iMate SP5m
Motorola Q
Nokia N95-3
The SP5m was decent on T-Mobile's EDGE network, but EDGE didn't do it for me. The Motorola Q worked after some hacking on Verizon's EVDO network, but then Microsoft pushed a firmware update that removed Bluetooth DUN entirely. Bye bye Windows Mobile! I got some extensive time with the N95-1 at the Web2Summit and loved it so much that I bought an N95-3 and use it with AT&T's HSDPA (3.5G) network. If you can afford it, get an N95 with your Internet Tablet. They're a fantastic pair.
What I am asking you, dear readers:
- Do you use your Internet Tablet with your phone for Internet access?
- What kind of phone do you have?
- Was it easy to get working?
- Who is your service provider?
- How affordable is your data plan?
- What else should users know about that phone/provider/plan?
- Constantly
- Nokia N95-3
- Very.
- AT&T
- I pay an extra $19.99 for the unlimited MediaNET (mobile web) service.
- the N95 and N800/N810 browse beautifully on it, but for some reason I cannot stream certain things like m.youtube.com to the phone.
- Constantly
- Motorola Q
- I had to install a registry hack, but it worked.
- Verizon
- I paid an extra $39.99 for unlimited data plus a $15/mo "tethering" surcharge.
- Verizon's Terms of Service, at some point in my contract said it "may be used with wireless devices for the following purposes: (i) Internet browsing; (ii) email; and (iii) intranet access. Services cannot be used: (1) for uploading, downloading or streaming of movies, music or games; (2) with server devices or with host computer applications, including, but not limited to, Web camera posts or broadcasts, automatic data feeds, Voice over IP (VoIP), automated machine-to-machine connections, or peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing." They will also change these as they so desire - which happened to me twice (first stating the 5GB cap, then stating the 5GB limit until the connection gets throttled) in the course of my year with them. I never got written notification of these changes. (update: My quote above is also not the "current" terms of service either.)
