Sprint Mogul Gets EV-DO Rev A
March 10, 2008 | by Geoff Duncan
An upgrade lets users of the Sprint Mogul smartphone from HTC tap into EV-DO Rev A networks, doubling downstream bandwidth and boosting upstream throughput by five to seven times.
Sprint and HTC are offering a software update to their Mogul smartphone that enables it to tap into Sprint's EV-DO Rev A network, which has previously only been accessible via add-on cards for notebook computers. Other Sprint (and Verizon) smartphones use EV-DO Rev 0, which offers downstream bandwidth from 400 to 700 kbps and upload speeds off 50 to 70 kbps (the latter being barely better than a traditional modem). EV-DO Rev A roughly doubles downstream bandwidth to 600 to 1,400 kbps, and offers greatly improved upstream bandwidth of 350 to 500 kbps: not enough to make users give up their wired broadband, but enough to make sending images and documents more practical.
The Sprint Mogul is a Windows Mobile 6-based smartphone designed by Taiwan's HTC. Among other things, it can be used as a modem for notebook computers, so the update enables notebook users to get EV-DO Rev A connectivity without buying a separate EV-DO card.
The software update also includes GPS capabilities to support navigation services and applications.
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edv on Mar 13th, 2008 at 7:15 AM:
Great review. Thanks!
Some questions:
Is this a new version, or simply a firmware upgrade? Do you need to check the phone's version to ensure you're getting the updated one?
Can you use it as a modem under the $15/month data plan, or do you need to spring for the $40 plan (or both)?
Are the GPS features only useable by paying extra for Sprint add-on features?
Finally, how is dialing on the touch-screen? Can you dial without looking at the phone (ie, while driving)? (If it had dedicated raised dialing keys, a la LG Rumor, this phone would be a no-brainer for me, even with a smaller screen.)
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edv on Mar 13th, 2008 at 7:15 AM:
Great review. Thanks.
Some questions:
Is this a new version, or simply a firmware upgrade? Should new buyers check the version of the phone they're buying?
Can you use it as a modem under the $15/month data plan, or do you need to spring for the $40 plan (or both)?
Are the GPS features only useable paying extra for Sprint add-on plan features?
Finally, how is dialing on the touch-screen? Can you dial without looking at the phone (ie, while driving)? If it had dedicated, raised dialing keys (a la LG Rumor), I think this phone would be a no-brainer for me.