Author: James Courtier-Dutton Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] New Linux-based phone
2009/9/26 Chris Dennis <cgdennis@???>: > James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
>>...
>> Conclusion: A 3G phone should still be able to fall back to do GSM based GPRS.
>
> Thanks for that James.
>
> Is GPRS unusably slow for things like GPS (where the relevant bit of map
> gets downloaded as you go)?
>
GPRS on GSM is slow but still works. A better option is to use a
pre-installed map, like tomtom and garmin use, instead of google maps
that load as they go.