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	ldrn	2007-11-08 , 13:25
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Originally Posted by Hedgecore

I need to ask this question... If it were *any* other company that made the 770, n800, or n810, would the cell issue be such a hotly contested one?

I don't know if it would be *as* hotly contested, but yes, it would still come up and probably often, because...

Originally Posted by SD69

I largely agree with you. The IT should be judged on its merits as a handheld computer. A small part of this though depends on it being an always connected device. There are some handheld computers that have the advantage of HSDPA chips, but the vast majority do not.

When I think of handheld computer, I think of Nokia's IT series, the OQO computers, and Sony's UX series. The IT is the only one of the three without cellular internet... I think "does it have integrated WWAN?" is a perfectly reasonable thing to look at when considering a handheld computer.

That goes more than one way, though. I own a UX, and it's WWAN is useless. I switched from T-Mobile to Sprint, so I can't use a sim card any more, and so that module just wastes space in a device that doesn't have a lot of room to spare like that. Even when I did have T-Mobile, the fastest the UX can go is EDGE. I tether my UX even though it has an integrated SIM when I use it; for the most part, though, the N800 has taken on the role in my life I used to use the UX for.

It really is an amazing device.

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