Re: edge and which phone is faster for connecting

UPDATE: I discovered that my local Cingular store just got its first shipment
of Motorola V551 phones. I played with one a bit in the store, and except for
the silly Cingular customizations, I was favorably impressed, so I decided to
go ahead and buy it. With the 2-year subsidy and $50 rebate, the net price
was only $100 (plus tax and "upgrade fee"). I'll be posting more as I gain
experience with the phone.

In <jr5ld.4946$_3.62151@typhoon.sonic.net> on Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:22:39 GMT,
John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:

>In <jq3ld.68040$fF6.32192800@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.ne t> on Fri, 12 Nov 2004
>14:05:03 GMT, "John W. Hess" <fustibule@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Good day. I have seen the price on the motorola 551 and am considering it
>>but do also have a nokia 6620 which was giffted to me. Which will give me a
>>faster edge connection for Internet? v551 or nokia 6620? Thanks.
>
>* Motorola V551 (quad band) is EDGE Class 4 (3+1)
>* Nokia 6620 is EDGE Class 2 (2+1)
>
>Thus in theory the V551 is substantially faster on downlink than the 6620
>(albeit not on uplink). In current practice there may not be much real
>difference on Cingular, since Cingular currently seems to be limiting EDGE to
>2 downlink slots (here in Northern California at least), but given the way
>GPRS was brought up to speed by Cingular, 3 or more EDGE downlink slots may
>become available in the future, resulting in a substantial difference.
>
>Surprisingly (to me at least), Cingular is supporting 2 EDGE uplink slots,
>given an appropriate device (e.g., EDGE Class 10), which greatly increases
>uplink speed, and currently makes for a symmetrical connection (2+2), much
>like ISDN. (I'm seeing this on a Sony Ericsson GC82 PC Card, which is EDGE
>Class 10.) If the highest possible speeds, now and in the future, are
>important to you, go for EDGE Class 10 (3+2 or 4+1):
>
>* Nokia 6230 (small mediocre display, FM, speakerphone, MMC cards)
>* Sony Ericsson Z500a (coming soon, mediocre display, no Bluetooth)
>* Sony Ericsson S710a (coming by the end of the year, cool, pricey)
>
>I prefer clamshell phones, so I wish the V551 had better EDGE support and/or
>the Z500a had Bluetooth [whatever were they thinking?!]. I'm likewise put off
>by the small mediocre display of the 6230 (for the price), and the stiff price
>of the S710a. [sigh] So I might go with the V551, and continue to use my
>GC82 when I want the fastest possible EDGE speeds. Or just stick with my Sony
>Ericsson Z600 (GPRS only) -- while it lacks GSM 850, I haven't seen that as a
>problem, particularly now that I can roam freely on ATTWS.
>
>p.s. In the whatever-were-they-thinking dept, how about the lack of EDGE in
>the new Motorola RAZR V3?!

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