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Article #395Re: Prediction on the future of cellphones
From: Richard Malcolm-Smith
Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 09:49
Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 09:49
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> >vodafone do, its $0.10 per 10 kilobytes on the casual plan - there are > >cheaper options for higher use, but I only use it for the odd email. > > > >I did find you can get to ebay thru wap, but its soooooo slow its not worth > >the bother. > > > Sorry if I appear a bit 'behind the times' on this topic. But are you > saying that Vodaphone has a GPRS phone on all the time option that > charges by the amount of data downloaded? > > What is the name of this service? I assume it is not connected with > the New Zealand 021 mobile service. SNOOPY Err, they call it GPRS.. They have had it for at least 3 months now.. Had it since the day I got my T68.. Actually makes WAP not too expencive to use. Having the phone connected to GPRS drops the standby time by heaps so I disconnect the GPRS when im not using it.
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