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Old 06-12-2008, 04:39 PM   #17
vhato
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Baton Rouge, La
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Many of the reviewers miss the point. I "assume" the 8120 is being reviewed by writers and not by users. At the end of the day my Blackberry provides two major services:

1. E-mail
2. Telephone

The addition of WiFi is a great business asset. I cannot count how many times the device is "Searching for Network" but WiFi has delivered E-mail. For me its not about increasing the speed, its about providing another avenue for data delivery when others have failed. Add UMA or SiP and the device is flawless.

I even added "linksys", "netgear" and "dlink" as SSIDs since so many people have unsecured wireless. It finds WiFi and auto connects.

The 8120 makes me proud when others in meetings show dissappointment at their devices inability to get cell service and deliver content while I am typing away!!!

I also see the reviewer was dissappointed with WiFi calls. I assume they were using T-Mobile. Though I cannot detemerine if the drops outs were due to the device or not I would like to defend the phone and say, too many other variables exist in the TCP/IP world we now live in. Without QoS (Quality of Service) which isn't widely supported on internet connected networks your voice over WiFi is treated no different than the guy next to you downloading porn or playing World of World Craft. Add to that everyone else connected to the WiFi Access Point or using the 2.4ghz spectrum, the speed of the local internet connection followed by the usual ".net congestion" and you may hear the occasional chopyness or drop out.

Last edited by vhato; 06-12-2008 at 04:47 PM..
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