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Orbit or Compact III

I have the choice of an Orbit or Compact III and am interested in user feedback.
I prefer the Orbit for the wireless, but the T-Mobile Flext package is superb.
Has anybody experienced any issues/performance probs with either handset??
Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Happy Compact III user here. I don't notice lack of wi-fi due to having all I can eat GPRS from T-Mobile, wherever I am. No looking for hotspots.
Shame the device wasn't 3g too, that would have been icing on the cake, but I decided the built in GPS was more important to me, than waiting a few more seconds for a web page to load etc.

Go with the T-Mobile unit I use the HTC P3300 Artemis and the T-Mobile C-III derivative and to be honest I cannot remember the last time I switched the WiFi on when using the HTC device, it is simply not needed IMHO when you look at the Web-n-Walk tarrif by T-Mobile it simply makes sense - unless O2 wake up they are going to loose a lot of customers - Mike

I have the compact 111. Never ever froze on me, and never had corrupt sd card either. I use web 'n' walk all of the time. I use "internet sharing" with my laptop and I can't fault the service. WIFI would be handy when I'm at home, but then again I'm out of the house and no where near hotspots for 9 hours of the day.

Or get a Compact III from Holland I have a Compact III and it has WiFi too! lucky dutchman right hehehe..

I work at motor racing circuits, they all have WiFi. As you drive down the motorway all services have WiFi. I have WiFi at home, all my friends have WiFi. My Mums house (in her 80's knows nothing about computers) has 6 WiFi networks in range, of which 2 are open. If I drive 15 miles to a friends house through Loughborough I go through 19 Wireless networks. Most bars now have WiFi, all hotels do etc...and remember WiFi = Broadband, GPRS dosnt.
Why limit your choice?

Why limit your choice?
Good point, but in certain countries you have to remember that using a Wifi Network without authorisation of the owner is an offence.
Personally I had Wifi on my JAMin but only used it occaisionally in my house (I don't have a router so my PC had to be on to get access to the Internet through it, a facility I have through Bluetooth.
There is no doubt Wifi is the future but at the moment WebWalk suits me fine personally.
Regards

lol, so you can use a bunch of hotspots that you know.
And I can use anywhere I can get a phone signal.
Who has the limited choice again?
How much does O2 charge for GPRS again?

I have the T-Mobile device because of the web and walk tariff which gives me unlimited data when on the move. It's used mainly for work, so the Push e-mail with no extra data costs is a real plus.
I did consider the Orbit, but since the handset was free on T-Mobile and O2 wanted over £120 per handset (we have 3 as a business), it was a no-brainer. With O2 data costs, it would be a significantly higher monthly cost also.

TP2 Browsing to Slow VS HTC 8525

Hi everyone! I just the NEW TP2 Yesterday but i have notice that whe i use EI or Opera the work SOOO but soo SLOW!!! i even install the data speed fix but i still he it so slow.. i compare the speed of the TP2 with my all HTC 8525 and the 8525 it much faster browsing over wan and over wifi... what could be the problem. I'm thinking of return it to the store!!!!
any advise????
Thanks

EU unbranded TP2, WM 6.1, Opera 9.5
http://www.gsmarena.com/ over Wan full download: 45 sec. (deleted cache)
http://www.gsmarena.com/ over Wifi full download: 30 sec. (deleted cache)
Post your results.

disable the proxy, its in your tools folder.

The Jack of Clubs said:
disable the proxy, its in your tools folder.
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Well i just try it but after disabling Proxy i couldnt browse at all!!!
Other thing i just notice i have my TP2 next to my iphone and on the Signal Bar on my TP2 i was having 0-1 bar and on my iphone 4 bars.. so could this be that the radio is bad on my tp2? should i return it to the store???

that's completely backwards.. I've never seen an iphone get better reception than my TP2. You could try new radio software. Also, do you have your TP2 unlocked and flashed?
Also, my TP2 is much faster at browsing than my TP was. And my TP was faster than my Tilt. And my tilt was faster than my 8525.. sooo..... If you're getting a better browsing experience on the 8525 than you are on the TP2, firstly, make sure you haven't bought the wrong wireless band TP2... Did you buy it from the provider or online?

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that's completely backwards.. I've never seen an iphone get better reception than my TP2. You could try new radio software. Also, do you have your TP2 unlocked and flashed?
Also, my TP2 is much faster at browsing than my TP was. And my TP was faster than my Tilt. And my tilt was faster than my 8525.. sooo..... If you're getting a better browsing experience on the 8525 than you are on the TP2, firstly, make sure you haven't bought the wrong wireless band TP2... Did you buy it from the provider or online?
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WELL i just buy it 3 days ago from the my local AT&T store and it still virgen, i haven't flashed or unlocked, the only this i have run was the cab to mod the data speed and installed opera mobile 10 beta 3... what radio should i try for Puerto Rico?
I'm still not sure if i will better returning it to the store... and get something else..
Thanks for the reply!!

Try skyfire instead of opera. Skyfire in my opinion is much faster then Opera and it has standard flash support. So give it a go

[Q] Hotspot ON turns wifi OFF

I'm still new to smartphones/Androids...
After experimenting with the lastest update, it appears to me that turning on the hotspot option automatically turns off WiFi reception, and vice versa. If I'm wrong about that, please let me know.
Otherwise, I was a surprised and a little disappointed at that, since I can think of several instances in which it would be very useful to establish a wireless connection to the G2, and then re-serve that out as a hotspot.
I'm wondering if it's a hardware, legal, software, or simple greed reason that prevented TMO from making that option available?

Yes the hotspot feature doesnt serve as a repeater of sorts for wifi, it simply turns your 3G 4G signal to wifi. Imagine if you could do that though. You could share your wifi to yourself and somebody on another device could make a wifi call through your wifi, being repeated through your router. Clearly this would cause a glitch in the time/space continuum.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using telepathy and unicorn dust!

KeithAdv said:
I'm still new to smartphones/Androids...
After experimenting with the lastest update, it appears to me that turning on the hotspot option automatically turns off WiFi reception, and vice versa. If I'm wrong about that, please let me know.
Otherwise, I was a surprised and a little disappointed at that, since I can think of several instances in which it would be very useful to establish a wireless connection to the G2, and then re-serve that out as a hotspot.
I'm wondering if it's a hardware, legal, software, or simple greed reason that prevented TMO from making that option available?
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Are you for real? To create the hotspot you're using your wireless card, the same one you'd normally be using to connect to wifi. Greed has little to do with this short of the phone only having a single wireless card. But no worries, laptops can't do this, either, unless they have a second wireless card.

It's a hardware limitation. The wifi chip can only do one thing at a time: either connect to an existing wireless network as a client, or serve it's own internet. Not both.

Got it. Thank you!

first id like to say lol to the time space joke
next... why on earth would u even want to get a wifi signal from ur g2... and then broadcast the signal you get from the wifi? why not just connect whatever your gonna connect to the g2 straight to the source..?

If you are on an airplane using Wifi (which is paid, and usually cheaper from a phone than from a laptop), and someone you want to broadcast that Wifi signal to your laptop and a partner's laptop --- thus not paying twice. It could be useful then.
You can do one laptop with wired tether, but not two or more.

cparekh said:
You can do one laptop with wired tether, but not two or more.
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Yeah, you can. Share the wifi through the laptop.

kidd657 said:
first id like to say lol to the time space joke
next... why on earth would u even want to get a wifi signal from ur g2... and then broadcast the signal you get from the wifi? why not just connect whatever your gonna connect to the g2 straight to the source..?
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Well, I know now that re-serving/repeating a wifi signal is a physical impossibility with the G2; however, to answer your question, there are several instances where such a capability would be useful:
1. Our company's wireless network is pretty secure. We do also have a server for guest access but the password changes daily. So, if a vendor or other person drops by and wants to show me a demo or catalog that's on-line, I have to hunt down a tech guy who knows today's password. That's been a bit of a time-waste to me in the past.
2. I'm on the road with a few colleagues. I get my hotel room's wireless access set up but I sometimes have to fiddle with my other various wireless devices to get them to work and a colleague might bring a laptop over to my room if we want to work on something. It's not unusual these days for road warriors to take a wireless router with them just for these circumstances.
3. I'm at the airport with a couple colleagues and we're all working. If we all need to get on-line, we each have to buy an hour's access (which never, ever gets fully used) at $10 a pop.
4. I'm at some research facility or client's and I manage to get the wireless key for their network. But, while I'm there, other colleagues drift in and out and it's always another mad dash for them to find the sacred piece of paper with the key.
Now, there are various ways to solve all of the above (and all of them are real-world experiences), but by in each case the easiest and most economical would be for me to re-serve a wireless signal and give my key to my vendors/associates, if the G2 actually had that capability. I know it doesn't and can't now.
Still love it, though.

There's nothing wrong that mobile hotspot and wifi can't co-exist (one is server and another is client).
Same thing happens on my nexus one.

dude seriously
KeithAdv said:
Well, I know now that re-serving/repeating a wifi signal is a physical impossibility with the G2; however, to answer your question, there are several instances where such a capability would be useful:
1. Our company's wireless network is pretty secure. We do also have a server for guest access but the password changes daily. So, if a vendor or other person drops by and wants to show me a demo or catalog that's on-line, I have to hunt down a tech guy who knows today's password. That's been a bit of a time-waste to me in the past.
2. I'm on the road with a few colleagues. I get my hotel room's wireless access set up but I sometimes have to fiddle with my other various wireless devices to get them to work and a colleague might bring a laptop over to my room if we want to work on something. It's not unusual these days for road warriors to take a wireless router with them just for these circumstances.
3. I'm at the airport with a couple colleagues and we're all working. If we all need to get on-line, we each have to buy an hour's access (which never, ever gets fully used) at $10 a pop.
4. I'm at some research facility or client's and I manage to get the wireless key for their network. But, while I'm there, other colleagues drift in and out and it's always another mad dash for them to find the sacred piece of paper with the key.
Now, there are various ways to solve all of the above (and all of them are real-world experiences), but by in each case the easiest and most economical would be for me to re-serve a wireless signal and give my key to my vendors/associates, if the G2 actually had that capability. I know it doesn't and can't now.
Still love it, though.
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Dude seriously... its called an ad-hoc network... you tether your phone to your computer and then broadcast an ad-hoc network from your computer and there you go... I've used this for counter-strike lan games with 8 players before on the g1 and the moto cliq and my g2... goggle how to set up ad-hoc

hi, i just want to know if is there any solution to use Tethering (on Froyo) like a wifi repeater? can i do it? thanks
SOrry for bad english

Phone / device for tethering when roaming abroad?

Since I travel a lot abroad, I would love to be able to use some internet while roaming. Cost of course is high if you use your home internet connection when abroad, so I am looking for alternatives. Dual sim solutions are not very appealing.
One solution I am thinking of is to get a phone that would tether its network connection via wifi (the same way sgs does it). Since I want it only for this purpose, a simple dump device would also be welcome. In this case battery life is important (assuming you are a tourist going around the whole day) and thus I would love a device with excellent battery performance.
Any ideas?

Why not get a Mi-Fi(or a similar device)??

Fake wireless connection type.

Question
Is there anyway to trick apps into thinking there is a wifi connection in use even if it's it's really 4g or 3G?
I really like a few apps that require wifi to use on the go.
Thanks...
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