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sorry to be such a newbie about this but could you guys give me an idiots guide to gprs, im about to buy either a t610 or a p800 and dont know what i could do or how much it would cost me in the uk, cheers
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Posted: 2003-05-22 15:40:51
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Fast access to wap/internet.
The cheapest access at the moment for wap access it with O2 PAYG where it is free. It wont be free for much longer though.
Most providers charge you an amount per Mb, just have a look at the different tarrifs.
If you want to use it to surf the internet with, P800/PDA e.t.c then you will need DATA GPRS access which normally costs a bit more.
Regards,
Phil.
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Posted: 2003-05-22 15:45:27
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can i check hotmail on gprs?
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Posted: 2003-05-22 15:50:00
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Yeah.type www.google.com and in there u type gprs and ull find out in 5.
This message was posted from a WAP device
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Posted: 2003-05-22 15:51:34
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yes. A data GPRS account will allow you to view 'real' hotmail through a P800/pda.
You can also view a wap version of hotmail using WAP GPRS or GSM WAP.
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Posted: 2003-05-22 16:06:44
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There isn't any difference between wap and a normal GSM data connection in regards to what you can do. But GPRS is amost always faster (it can be slower though if the networks are under heavy traffic). Also you usually pay by the amount of data with GPRS and not the time connected as you do with a standard GSM data connection.
A bit more technical. The GSM network uses timeslots to fit more than one at once between the phones and the base-station. The time is divided into eight "slots". Each slot handles one phone. With GSM you get one time slot when you call or connect a GSM data call. And you have this slot as long as you are connected even if don't transfer anything. (When you hear interferance from a GSM phone in your stereo speakers or something like that, it's actually interference from the data burst of the timeslots that you hear.)
GPRS=General Packet Radio Service (if I remeber correctly). GPRS is a packet data service and functions by dividing the data sent in small packets which are then transfered in free time slots when needed. If you don't transfer anything no slots wil be used. But when you do transfer you can use more timeslots at once. With a GPRS phone you can get up to 3-4 timeslots (download) with the most common GPRS phones. Since you get more timeslots you can increase the transfer speed.
If the network is heavily loaded and lot's of people are using it, you are not garantued any timeslots, which means that the transfers can become really slow if there are lot's of users using the network. This is because normal GSM calls have priority.
A small addition. There is also a GSM data connection that uses more than one timeslot (and higher transfer speeds) called HSCSD. With this you still pay for the time conencted though.
[ This Message was edited by: ppcrockar on 2003-05-22 16:29 ]
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Posted: 2003-05-22 17:18:48
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