Cingular HSDPA
 

"speedy" :D

Yup, tested the same technology out on T-Mobile in the UK. Proper broaband!

Got your TyTN all fired up there Scott?

Faster than Verizon's EVDO?

Probably not, I'm getting between 650 kbit/s and 850 kbit/s, but at half the price of Canyouhearmenow.

I'm anxiously awaiting the wider rollout of EV-DO Rev A by Sprint. It'll be nice to upgrade from my current Rev 0 card and actually have useful upstream bandwidth...
It is nice seeing 3G GSM services finally being rolled out in a decent fashion though. It'll be even nicer when I can get proper HSDPA/HSUPA service from T-Mobile since I refuse to deal with other US carriers for voice, having been through almost all of them at one point or another.

Cingular GlobalConnect plan?
 

I'd like to try out Cingular's HSDPA service, but I'm waiting for a global plan that won't break the bank with roaming fees.

There was a press release announcing such a plan with a tri-band UMTS/HSDPA card (plus quad-band GPRS/EDGE) at $140 per month with 100MB of roaming data (outside the US) included and unlimited data within the US.

http://cingular.mediaroom.com/index....ases&item=1452

But... nothing since then. The Cingular sales reps that I talked to don't seem to know anything about it.

Any info on this?

My rep said that their high speed service is coming out in November and it will be faster than EVDO and allow international roaming. I will ask if it is the plan referred to in your link.

I just have TMo EDGE, well and TMo unlimited WiFi. But I got my TyTN yesterday after ScottCs suggestion and that is a BANG - UP device :)

You can really tell how much faster the processor is than in my Treo 700w. Even though the Treo has EvDO the TyTN processor seems to make up some of the difference. Im feeling pretty good with the Treo w/EvDO in the US and the TyTN for out of the country or for when I want a bigger keyboard.

I wonder if the TyTN isnt approaching laptop substitute for a lot of applications?

It needs to be little bit bigger, it needs a VGA screen and for the love of... it needs a frikkin USB host port. Are you listening HTC? USB HOST PORT.

VGA really ought to be the norm by now (in fact, for browsing, we really need 800x600 - I'm having real difficulty finding a phone/PDA replacement for my hx4700). Speaking of it needing to be a little bigger, there's always the JasJar and that's just too big.

This via text.dslreports.com/speedtest ?

My Verizon and Sprint EVDO connections rarely go above 400kbps when tested (using Treo 700w, MotoQ, BB7130e, PPC-6600).

What metro area (if I may ask)?

Oh my, I get twice that routinely in EvDO areas of NYC region. Using a Treo 700w on VZW.

I'm glad others are talking about the TyTn.. I ordered one and should have it tomorrow. Longtime Treo 650 user looking for a change.

Please post back your thoughts about the TyTN compared to the 650.

One issue to me is one-handed use, which would seem awkward at best with the TyTN.

Does anyone know when it'll be available in the LA area? Also, as far as I know, no phone manufacturer has made a quadband GSM + dualband UMTS phone, right?

That's exactly what the TyTN is, it's actually quadband GSM+TRIband UMTS. Very important as Cingular runs HSDPA at 850Mhz in some areas.

OH. :eek: So is this the only one so far? I'm actually a little surprised that Cingular isn't advertising this as much. I'm also not seeing that introductory price of $20/month for unlimited phone-based data access. Should've taken that offer up. Sweet deal.

Cingular 3G in Las Vegas
 

Anyone know how fast Cingular 3G is in Las Vegas?

They won't give you the $20 plan on a TyTN or any other PDA device. Only on SmartphoneOS based devices. The TyYN needs a $44.95 PDA connect plan.

I somehow managed to get the $20 plan with my 8125 (HTC Wizard). If I upgrade to a HSDPA device, will it run at the blazing speeds without any changes, or do I have to have Cingular activate it somehow?

You shouldn't have to change a thing but the speeds through the wap.cingular access point may not be as fast as through the isp.cingular accesspoint. The wap one has speed limitations on it of around 350kbps...

Bastids! :)

I was there shortly after they turned up the UMTS network and was last there in Sept. I constantly achieve 800Kbps+ speeds in Vegas. Be advised, if you get a Sierra U860, you may not want to use the Cingular Connect software. Cingular had an issue forever ago that still hasn't been corrected where their software will 'be confused' by the multiple networks (former AT&T and Cingular networks) and may not find 3G service or will hunt between the two and show no service for extended periods. I moved to the Sierra Wireless watcher client which is far superior and allows me to lock the card to UMTS as I wish, so I can't say if it's still happening but it was a massive problem that Cingular could not resolve at the time.

Fantastic!
 

just wanted to be on the list of TyTN Lovers - got mine on Tuesday and think it is truly the best I ever had!

Sitting in Toronto now and not having a UMTS network isn't exactly nice though :p

Anybody know if you can use mobile-skype with the videocam on it? (While connected to a WLAN of course)

Now that is worth knowing as the roaming charges I get have quadrupled my total cell bill for a few days in Europe....sigh