SmarTone has installed its HSDPA mobile broadband service in 100 taxis around Hong Kong. Sounds like a fun novelty for those extended rides, provided you have your laptop with you! Hopefully this will be more conspicuous than the Octopus card taxi payment experiment! (Hong Kong, 8 March 2007) SmarTone-Vodafone today made available the world’s first Mobile Broadband in taxis, offering customers first-hand trial experience of its Mobile Broadband service free of charge … [Read more...]
HSDPA on the D810
When I first signed up for the plan they mentioned that the speed was 1.8G, but you would have 3.5G speed if your phone was HSDPA enabled. I have used Fit4cat to enable it so I hope it is working. My main reason for getting this plan is so the Dopod D810 becomes a modem for my laptop when I don't have a wired broadband available. The D810 comes with a utility called Internet Sharing in the Programs folder. This allows you to hook up the D810 to the laptop so it can share the HSDPA … [Read more...]
Treo 750v Released
Smartone-Vodafone has released the Palm Treo 750v in Hong Kong. Specs: 300MHz Samsung processor, 128MB ROM/64MB RAM, a 240x240 touch-screen display, Quad-band GPRS/EDGE, Mini SD, Bluetooth 1.2. There is NO Wi-Fi on this unit! Key features include: - Chinese Input onto the touch screen via a stylus or pen - The unique Today screen saves time by providing access to frequently used features - Speed dial by name, photo or phone number - Intuitive voice mail - Quick Web search - … [Read more...]
Encounter with the P990i
Hardware Features As we browse around the right side of the phone we see the camera button. As long as you have the lens cover open, a click of the button and the phone is ready to take pictures. A nice touch is when the camera is activated the little camera symbol glows. It should also be noted that the moment you open the lens cover it will also activate the camera functions as well. Next to the camera button is the memory stick slot. It uses the memory stick duo … [Read more...]
Dopod 838Pro (HTC Hermes)
INTRODUCTION The Dopod 838Pro is a Pocket PC Phone designed and manufactured by the giants HTC. Codenamed Hermes, it is sold elsewhere in the world as the Orange SPV M3100, Dopod CHT9000, Vodafone v1605, and Cingular 8525. World's First 3G Windows Mobile PDA Phone With Sliding Keyboard The Dopod 838Pro brings cutting edge technology into the hands of users. Packing 7 network bands into a slim package, together with WiFi 802.11g. The Dopod 838Pro is a … [Read more...]
Get Moving – 3.6Mbps HSDPA from SmarTone
The basic requirements are a USB mdem that costs HK$2,488 (pictured below), and your 3G/HSDPA-enabled SIM card which will be inserted into the modem. Costs of usage are HK$100 for 50mb of data transferred. Visit the link below for more details. Link: Get Moving … [Read more...]