Here I am sitting in the San Jose International Airport surfing the web on my VAIO notebook. I am not using the for-pay wi-fi hotspots that are here in the airport. Rather I am using a Bluetooth connection from my notebook to my T610 for Internet access. Yea, the lag is pretty large and the transfer rates are nowhere near 10MBits/sec, but it is free (T-Mobile gives free WAP and GPRS access with their plans) and it works in a situation like this when I am bored to death while waiting for a plane. T-Mobile ironically sells wi-fi access, not sure if they provide it here in SJC. For T-Mobile subscribers it costs $19.99/mo and for non-T-Mobile members it costs some $29.99/mo. For me, since I am not travelling as much as I used to, it is not worth it if I can get some free, albeit slow, Internet access from the GPRS connection. Now if only someone can find me an electrical outlet to plug my VAIO into, it only gets 90 minutes of life per full battery charge!
Apr 2nd, 2004 at April 02, 2004 8:32 am
Some of the folks in the office have the T-Mobile Black Berry 6710… Apparently IBM was giving them away at a recent event.. I am angling to get one and have the company pay.. The unlimited internet plan is only $30 more per month and the device can connect to the exchange server and get my contact, schedule and emails continuously… I would give up my Palm for this thing…
Apr 3rd, 2004 at April 03, 2004 5:04 am
My bosses are thinking about getting a few of us Blackberry devices also. I am thinking I don’t want since it’ll mean that I’ll be constantly bombarded with work email. Bah. That doesn’t sound so hot!! I am posting this from the Las Vegas airport using my GPRS connection. How nice it is!
Apr 3rd, 2004 at April 03, 2004 8:33 am
I have the blackberry 7230… it’s nice. currently only polling pop but after blackberry enterprise server is set up, we’ll get true push e-mail. if you get it with a voice plan internet is only $20. works great with outlook *knock on wood* plus wap is much nicer vs. t610 screen. if my laptop ever needs internet… i just swap cards to my t610 and hook up BT.