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New FCC Documents Unveil Sidekick 3 Features

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macfreak

Jun 6, 2006, 3:46 PM
The Bluetooth and Music Player are good news.

I feel a little iffy about the hard plastic keys. I loved the rubbery ones.

Better news for me is EDGE support. I can't wait for somebody with one of these in their hands to compare web browsing speed.

I wonder what class of EDGE? That will make a difference as it competes with the EVDO smartphones.
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Protege

Jun 6, 2006, 4:25 PM
I dont think EDGE comes close to EVDO speeds...
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Me2

Jun 6, 2006, 4:40 PM
Protege said:
I dont think EDGE comes close to EVDO speeds...


Your right, even at class 10, edge maxes out at 150k versus evdo's 400-600k. Its still an inprovement over GRPS though which is slower than dial-up at 40k. P.S. all speeds are measured in KiloBITS no bytes. Most internet connections are measured that way. One day T-mobile will hopefully acquire some 3g spectrum and be able to use UMTS with HSDPA and maybe even HSUPA by the time they get a network up and running.....But then you will have to wait for sidekick 4 to support UMTS
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CRCinOklnd

Jun 6, 2006, 5:24 PM
Will the Sidekick3 have WiFi capability? With the reasons people use this thing it would be too bad if it didn't.
Chris
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Protege

Jun 6, 2006, 5:29 PM
Dont think so... could be wrong...
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macfreak

Jun 6, 2006, 6:03 PM
But you're not comparing apples to apples.

Because of Danger's on-the-fly file-shrinking technology, in the real world, the GPRS-only Sidekick II browses the web faster than many EDGE phones.

I've done the side-by-side tests to prove it.

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=831643 »

Therefore, the EDGE Sidekick 3 should be proportionally faster.
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Me2

Jun 6, 2006, 7:38 PM
Opera Mini is supposed to do the same type of thing.... Ir runs through opera's proxy and shrinks/reformats pages to optimize them speedwise and sizewise....
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macfreak

Jun 6, 2006, 7:41 PM
The difference is that Danger does it on the fly, seamlessly, while preserving your bookmarks, passwords, cookies, logins, etc. No extra URLs to enter.

They make it invisible and you don't have to "do" anything.
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Protege

Jun 7, 2006, 7:49 AM
I think you responded to wrong post. What does this have to do with wi-fi??
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macfreak

Jun 7, 2006, 7:54 AM
Sorry, was just tring to keep the topic in one thread.
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Protege

Jun 7, 2006, 9:50 AM
no problem.
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