03-07-2002, 07:31 PM
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Compaq iPAQ GSM/GPRS Wireless Pack Review
http://www.pocketpcwriter.net/stories.php?story=02/03/06/4560436
Arne Hess reviews the Compaq iPAQ GSM/GPRS Wireless Pack on his site, Pocket PC Writer.net. Looks like quite the piece of hardware! Arne says that even when the iPAQ is off, the GPRS sleeve can receive a call and wake the iPAQ up. And with a standby time of 180 hours and 4 hours of talk time, it's on par with most cell phones.
"The Compaq iPAQ Wireless Pack for GSM/GPRS Networks broadens the functionality of Compaq iPAQ H3600, H3700 and H3800 Pocket PCs to include data and voice capabilities. The Wireless Pack combines Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technologies to allow users to access the Internet and send and receive email and Short Message Service (SMS) messages, in addition to making wireless phone calls. The Wireless Pack essentially converts the pocket PC to a mobile phone and wireless data device that can be easily and conveniently taken anywhere also because it supports GSM 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz."
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03-07-2002, 08:47 PM
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Compaq iPAQ GSM/GPRS Wireless Pack Review
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Cool gadget indeed it is. But the price!!! For this price one can buy decent smartphone!
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03-07-2002, 08:52 PM
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Compaq iPAQ GSM/GPRS Wireless Pack Review
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
converts the pocket PC to a mobile phone and wireless data device that can be easily and conveniently taken anywhere also because it supports GSM 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz."
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Not truth! It lacks WLAN !!! There are already on the market gadgets that combiane WLAN and GPRS in 1 expansion pack for iPAQ! In order to treat this pack as serious solution for enterprises it would need to have WLAN too!!! Sorry, to be critic but it is truth...
Here is my baby with WLAN:
I just cannot imagine myself life without WLAN...
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03-07-2002, 09:01 PM
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Now, the question is can Whitney fit this in a naked Vaja sleve? 8)
Mark
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03-07-2002, 09:24 PM
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Compaq iPAQ GSM/GPRS Wireless Pack Review
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Originally Posted by jpzr
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
converts the pocket PC to a mobile phone and wireless data device that can be easily and conveniently taken anywhere also because it supports GSM 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz."
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Not truth! It lacks WLAN !!! |
This I don't get. I believe the quote from Jason (who quoted Arne) is true as can be. It converts the Pocket PC (iPAQ) in a Mobile Phone (GSM) and Wireless Data Device (GPRS) that can be easily and conveniently (True, both iPAQ and sleeve are highly portable) taken anywhere because it supports GSM 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz (True, because tri band means coverage in for instance Europe and the US).
In short, there's nothing wrong with the quote, and still you got pretty excited (twice the word 'truth'). So you like WLAN as well. But I'm sorry to disturb you: life without WLAN is imaginable. I'm an enterprise user, and still I don't use WLAN. But I do use GPRS. All the time, every day. Still you don't catch me saying that people should forget about WLAN, and do only GPRS. That would be plain silly.
Please realize that people will have different schemes for doing the things they do, and your scheme might not always be the one and only scheme. If you want GSM, GPRS and WLAN, take a J928 WDA as soon as it's available. Or that GPRS/GSM/WLAN sleeve. But don't go around saying a quote that doesn't lie does not speak the truth....
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03-07-2002, 09:27 PM
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Compaq iPAQ GSM/GPRS Wireless Pack Review
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For this price one can buy decent smartphone!
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You could also buy a few hundred McDonald's hambugers indead. What's your point? A Smartphone is a totally different device than an iPAQ sleeve, so comparing them strictly based on price doesn't make much sense....
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03-07-2002, 09:30 PM
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Compaq iPAQ GSM/GPRS Wireless Pack Review
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Not truth! It lacks WLAN !!! There are already on the market gadgets that combiane WLAN and GPRS in 1 expansion pack for iPAQ!
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And how much do they cost? I bet they're more expensive than a Smartphone... :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I just cannot imagine myself life without WLAN...
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Go a mile away from your WLAN access point and then imagine life without GPRS - more mobile workers benefit from WAN technologies than LAN technologies. Not everyone stays within 1000 feet of their office. :roll:
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03-07-2002, 09:45 PM
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Compaq iPAQ GSM/GPRS Wireless Pack Review
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What's your point? A Smartphone is a totally different device than an iPAQ sleeve, so comparing them strictly based on price doesn't make much sense....
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JPZR doesn't understand it or he doesn't read my full review including my conclusion:
I can recommend the Wireless Pack for everybody how needs professional access to the Net. Non professionals, or user who want to access the E-Mail from time to time only should better think about a Pocket PC/Mobile Phone connection; but again the philosophy behind all Wireless Pocket PCs (doesn't matter if integrated or like the Wireless Pack) is data centric with voice support, while the new Smartphone 2002 is voice centric with data support.
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03-07-2002, 09:53 PM
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Compaq iPAQ GSM/GPRS Wireless Pack Review
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Go a mile away from your WLAN access point and then imagine life without GPRS - more mobile workers benefit from WAN technologies than LAN technologies. Not everyone stays within 1000 feet of their office. :roll:
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Jason, I know what you mean. My point was that it
cannot be called "enterprise solution" if it does not have WLAN.
Look at gismo at http://www.gismoclub.com/ to see what I mean.
For this price I would really prefer to buy some
device with PocketPC Phone Edition
or even device with MS Smartphone 2002!!!
Sorry, but I don't believe in "GPRS-only expansion packs"...
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03-07-2002, 09:53 PM
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Compaq iPAQ GSM/GPRS Wireless Pack Review
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Originally Posted by jpzr
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
converts the pocket PC to a mobile phone and wireless data device that can be easily and conveniently taken anywhere also because it supports GSM 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz."
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Not truth! It lacks WLAN !!! There are already on the market gadgets that combiane WLAN and GPRS in 1 expansion pack for iPAQ! In order to treat this pack as serious solution for enterprises it would need to have WLAN too!!! Sorry, to be critic but it is truth...
Here is my baby with WLAN:
I just cannot imagine myself life without WLAN... |
JPZR - where is the point? What is not true? Nobody wrote that it supports W-LAN so what is not true?
BTW: I recommend to use a CF W-LAN card, it's more handy than your baby - a brick. Your iPAQ looks like a Nokia 3G prototype today (or even the brick called Nokia 7650)... But okay, the Finns (and I count you as a Finn, even if you are not one) will loose/already lost the design war of cool mobile devices... :lol:
And you are right, I can not live without W-LAN at home too but I can not even live without GPRS on my ways. I can not live without Net access but what you are talking about are different focuses...
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