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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
Personally, I'd prefer the device DOESN'T have a wide area radio like WiMAX and I'd prefer to have that as a feature of my cell phone (so I can tether to it like a modem) or as a feature of a seperate device (the way GPS is for the N800).

I only say this because if you made it part of the unit, then you pay for extra weight and technology that marries that unit to a particular kind of wide area network that your favorite carrier may not support and will eventually become obsoleted down the road as everything eventually does.

I would prefer that Nokia and other phone makers concentrate next-gen data on phones and make it so that they can "modem" the data through that wireless phone device so that ANYTHING (770, N800, N810, N900, laptops, etc.) with Bluetooth can just hook up.. even old systems as long as they talk Bluetooth.
Yes, you pay for the extra weight & technology, but it sin't very heavy now, is it?

Following your argument lets not include WiFi either. Lets not include GPS either. Lets keep all kind of other devices in the pocket to tether with BlueTooth. Oh wait, BlueTooth was left out as well. I don't want a GSM, and a GPS, and a DAP, and a PDA. I want one device which is able to do all of that well with good hardware & user-friendly software (probably would cost 1000 EUR or so), and able to tether with a _laptop_ for the big work.

Besides, GSM sucks. VoIP is the New World, and dead to GSM telcos who sell contracts for ridiculous prices. You only need one wide area hardware interface + data plan to be 24/7, and it has to be widely available. Currently that is 3G. In the future perhaps 4G (e.g. WiMAX).
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