View Full Version : Internet on your mobile phone?
bdogg64
10-23-2006, 04:43 PM
How many people here actually have internet on their mobile phone and use it on a regular basis?
tokenuser
10-23-2006, 05:16 PM
I have been using network access on cellphones for years, be it the PalmOS PQA file format, tha AT&T iMode, or generic WML, cHTML, and WAP. Even voice activated stuff using VXML.
(sidenote: I was a developer for wireless apps. Our BREW and PalmOS PQA apps were well reviewed and won various industry awards ... pity the company I worked for went under in 2002 :( ... I loved that job.)
Internet access has really only come into its own recently.
I now use my Crackberry 7130e with theither the default browser or the Opera Mini browser, or use it as a tethered cellular modem from my laptop.
bdogg64
10-23-2006, 05:26 PM
I have a t-mobile mda. I use the internet on my phone to stream music, read news stories, watch videos, test out mobile websites (which there arent many of), basically stuff to do when I'm bored.
ariastar
10-23-2006, 06:28 PM
I hade a Sidekick2 and an laptop with a wrieless data plan. But then the internet took over my life. I'd be driving 80 down 280 while trying to do stuff online. Not to safe. So I cancelled both and am missing not having the 'net everywhere I go, but I pay more attention to what I need to now.
sevver
10-23-2006, 06:44 PM
I have Internet on my cell phone, and as well as on my blackberry. I use them probably every other day.
jdhore
10-23-2006, 08:57 PM
i have internet on both my T-Mobile phone (EDGE) and my Verizon phone provided by my work (EVDO)...i love having internet almost the speed of my home DSL nearly wherever i go...it's great that i can be on IRC on the boring subway ride from work to my car
I had it for awhile, but I can't stand it, at least not on a razr.
Text messages for email is good enough for me.
splat
10-24-2006, 06:01 PM
I had is on my Motorola Q before my place was burglarized and it was stolen. I used it everyday for email. I also used it alot for checking Minnesota Twins scores when I wasn't able to watch the game. The more I think about it, the more and more I miss that phone because it was completely kick ass.
nextgenxbox
10-24-2006, 08:44 PM
Using the net on portable devices is such a pain in the ass. I'm waiting for the day when they'll make an awesome portable PC like the UMPC but better and way smaller that can surf the web just like a regular PC :)