Re: FOSS friendly PDA?
On Wed, 2020-02-12 at 10:53 -0500, Dan Ritter wrote:
> David Wright wrote:
> > On Tue 11 Feb 2020 at 17:32:57 (-0500), Dan Ritter wrote:
> > > David Wright wrote:
> > I presume that the ability to make calls is covered by the item
> > "Quectel EG-25G with worldwide bands" (by a process of
> > elimination).
> > I think my GalaxyY is "quad-band", which allegedly covers the UK
> > and
> > US, though the latter in untested as I don't have a loose US SIM.
> > Are there many more bands?
>
> Sadly, yes.
>
> https://www.frequencycheck.com/countries might be useful.
>
>
> > > Modem: On enables 2G/3G/4G communication and GNSS hardware,
> > > off disables.
> >
> > Presumably this is what they refer to as the "LTE/GNSS switch".
> > Obviously I'm meant to know that it kills EG-25G too. Naturally
> > I've heard of 5G, though I have no idea whether my phones are
> > 2G or 3G. EG and 25G don't seem to fit into this scheme of things.
> > I guess I have to settle down with a dictionary of acronyms.
>
> There are very few regions of the world where 2G is still used
> for data; a few more where it sticks around for voice.
>
> EG? 25G? Those don't make sense to me in the context of
> cellphones.
Perhaps 'EDGE' a.k.a. 2.5G?
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Tixy
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