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Phone Purchase Ponderings ...
Jan. 18th, 2011 09:52 pmIf I was hypothetically looking for a mobile phone with a good camera and the ability to be a wifi hotspot AND which could be purchased outright so I can use it with a prepaid voice/data SIM here in Australia, what would you tech people recommend?
I realised yesterday that I am considering buying a new camera (my 7.1 megapixel point-and-shoot is falling apart literally) AND after the saga with my "Mifi" type wireless 3G modem I have to get a new one of those ... and that hence it would probably be smarter to just buy a better phone. I do actually have a mobile phone but it's a very very simple no-internet non-smart Nokia that just does voice and text messages and is a pain to use. I just have the phone basically for emergency purposes when I'm out - I don't use it really at all, but now I'm going out alone it'd be dumb not to have it around.
Carrying one device instead of three would be nice, to start with, and less things I have to remember to charge and remember to bring with me!
My default would be to get an iPhone since then it's (a) a business expense (b) something I can use for ATMac app reviews, but you can't use an un-jailbroken iPhone as a wifi hotspot or even a bluetooth tether for an un-jailbroken iPad and that's why I want the wifi hotspot/tether functionality. I did see some rumours that iOS 4.3 might have personal wifi hotspot functionality but I don't have any confirmation of this so I figured I'd explore other options in the mean time.
Opinions please!!
Cheers,
r
I realised yesterday that I am considering buying a new camera (my 7.1 megapixel point-and-shoot is falling apart literally) AND after the saga with my "Mifi" type wireless 3G modem I have to get a new one of those ... and that hence it would probably be smarter to just buy a better phone. I do actually have a mobile phone but it's a very very simple no-internet non-smart Nokia that just does voice and text messages and is a pain to use. I just have the phone basically for emergency purposes when I'm out - I don't use it really at all, but now I'm going out alone it'd be dumb not to have it around.
Carrying one device instead of three would be nice, to start with, and less things I have to remember to charge and remember to bring with me!
My default would be to get an iPhone since then it's (a) a business expense (b) something I can use for ATMac app reviews, but you can't use an un-jailbroken iPhone as a wifi hotspot or even a bluetooth tether for an un-jailbroken iPad and that's why I want the wifi hotspot/tether functionality. I did see some rumours that iOS 4.3 might have personal wifi hotspot functionality but I don't have any confirmation of this so I figured I'd explore other options in the mean time.
Opinions please!!
Cheers,
r
