Re: FOSS friendly PDA?
On Wednesday 12 February 2020 11:09:46 Tixy wrote:
> 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?
That would be subject to lots of interference from microwave ovens in
these here parts, they are ay nominally 2450 megahertz and notorious
bleeders.
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