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Posted by: tmojay

http://www.blackberry.com/products/...berry7270.shtml

sounds cool

Posted by: Brad00111

too bad its b and not g......also this would be great if it were added to a regular BB, have blazing Inet in a wireless area would rock.

But i can see where they are trying to market it.

-Brad

Posted by: hillstrubl

it wouldnt need G, all its doing is downloading emails, Voip (if it has the software) calling and maybe occasional webbrowsing (on a small screen)

the difference between B and G would be negligible in speed and the lack of it would keep the cost down

Posted by: tafische

I doubt the BB processor could keep up with G speeds anyway....it can barley keep up with GSM speeds!

If it could, it sure would be nice!

Posted by: 55lh55

so is it basically the same BB as the 7290 just with the addition of wifi?

Posted by: Brad00111

I think this new one only has wifi.....correct me if I am wrong, but i think it will only be a glorified PDA if taken out of the workplace.

-Brad

Posted by: 55lh55

oh really.....that sucks..i have no idea why the hell they would ever do that...so basically i only get my emails when i'm in a hot spot?

Posted by: Brad00111

Yea, i think they are trying to market it to large corporations, so that employees will not need a desktop and can use the BB as a subsitite.

Thats my guess. Anyone else have any theories?

-Brad

Posted by: verticl

actually, thats probably right on the nose. But its bad since it only has a B network, and that will make it a bit slower.

Although it can be for personal use too, instead of a home computer you would just use your BB.

we will see...

Posted by: NJBlackBerry

Guys, do the math. "B" maxes out at 5.5Mbps. Let's say the plant (remember - this is for a plant floor setup) has a T-1 back to corporate for Internet. T-1 = 1.544Mbps. So the 5.5 is still > T-1. And e-mail is text. E-mail works fine on Mobitext, and that is 19.2k - or maybe 9600bps; I forget.

Last I heard, it is not for home or hotspot use - it is for corporate campus or plant floor usage.

The 7270 is not designed for movies, MP3s or massive downloads. So what's the point of A or G, if B is more than enough.

Considering that GPRS is 30-40k, 1xRTT is 80-90k and EDGE/EV-DO may be in the 300k-400k range, how can anyone make the case for anything more than B?

Posted by: verticl

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Originally posted by NJBlackBerry
Guys, do the math. "B" maxes out at 5.5Mbps. Let's say the plant (remember - this is for a plant floor setup) has a T-1 back to corporate for Internet. T-1 = 1.544Mbps. So the 5.5 is still > T-1. And e-mail is text. E-mail works fine on Mobitext, and that is 19.2k - or maybe 9600bps; I forget.

Last I heard, it is not for home or hotspot use - it is for corporate campus or plant floor usage.

The 7270 is not designed for movies, MP3s or massive downloads. So what's the point of A or G, if B is more than enough.

Considering that GPRS is 30-40k, 1xRTT is 80-90k and EDGE/EV-DO may be in the 300k-400k range, how can anyone make the case for anything more than B?

couldn't have said it better myself. People at our work always mention this and I always have to go through this shpeel. B is greater than the speed at wich your network runs. I sit on top of a 100mb/sec network, but i am not going to open it up to employees so B is more than enough, 5.5MB is mroe than enough. BB isn't your home computer that you dl music on, you will run out of space, espcially since there is no MMC!