Mobile Phones and Sharetrader Access

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I dont have a smartphone at this point but I still have a bit to say hahah.

I am using an Ipod Touch sometimes at home now to get away from the computer chair, and its ok for browsing and that includes Sharetrader, but of course it doesnt have 3G so you need a wifi zone if out and about.

From what I know the Samsung Galaxy S2 is a premium phone comparable in quality with the Iphone. Both will set you back well over a grand. But increasingly there are smartphones available at much lower prices that will do those straight forward email and web browsing tasks, as well as have cameras and music
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EG have a look here at the ones in the $0-500 section
http://store.telecom.co.nz/mobile/prepaid/compare
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for example the HTC Wildfire at $399
I am pretty sure if you checked it out you would find this would be a very functional smartphone

Even cheaper at $179 the Huawei X1 does nearly everything the HTC one does, still has a touch screen and a browser and email.
If you're going really budget it may pay to get the saleman to confirm it does what you think it will.
Make a list of what it is you want. eg camera. radio mp3 , document viewer and choose to fit that

Of course Iphones are nice....
I've used one and an Ipad2 and they are easy and fun. Just really expensive.

[Snoopy]

I am using an Ipod Touch sometimes at home now to get away from the computer chair, and its ok for browsing and that includes Sharetrader, but of course it doesnt have 3G so you need a wifi zone if out and about.

Excuse my ignorance Peat. But an Ipod Touch isn’t a phone is it? So how can you browse using it?

And if I can display my ignorance again, why can you not browse using a non 3G phone unless you are in a Wi-Fi zone?

SNOOPY

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Excuse my ignorance Peat. But an Ipod Touch isn’t a phone is it? So how can you browse using it?

And if I can display my ignorance again, why can you not browse using a non 3G phone unless you are in a Wi-Fi zone?

SNOOPY

The Ipod Touch has a browser (Safari) and it uses wifi to access the internet. Believe me you can do internet but not anywhere like a 3G phone
Not quite sure how to answer your other question, but 3G is the full mobile access provided by the telco whereas wifi capability gives internet where you have a wireless access point such as cafes or at your home.

[CJ]

The Ipod Touch has a browser (Safari) and it uses wifi to access the internet. Believe me you can do internet but not anywhere like a 3G phone
Not quite sure how to answer your other question, but 3G is the full mobile access provided by the telco whereas wifi capability gives internet where you have a wireless access point such as cafes or at your home.

An ipod touch does pretty much everything an iPhone can do (except be a phone, can use skype/viber though), but only when connect to wifi. Therefore very similar when at home but once you walk out the door, you are not connect to telecom/vodafone/etc so it reverts back to just being a music/game machine.

They must be handy in universities in the US where if you live on campus and the campus has free wifi, an ipod touch would be pretty much all you need.

[Snoopy]

3G is the full mobile access provided by the telco whereas wifi capability gives internet where you have a wireless access point such as cafes or at your home.

Sorry to be so technically ignorant Peat. But what equipment would I need to buy to have wireless access in my home?

TIA

SNOOPY

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Sorry to be so technically ignorant Peat. But what equipment would I need to buy to have wireless access in my home?

TIA

SNOOPY

these days the router/modem that is used for wired internet access (DSL using the phone line) nearly always incorporates a WAP (wireless access point).