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Posted by: frrodrig

Running the orb program via wifi on the 8125 phone does it charge data costs or is it free via the wifi connection

Posted by: GldRush98

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figures.
search.

Posted by: frrodrig

I have looked and couldnt find anything, could you give me link, or just say yes or no. Thanks

Posted by: cjmedina

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Originally Posted by frrodrig

I have looked and couldnt find anything, could you give me link, or just say yes or no. Thanks

no when you use wifi it has nothing to do with cingular, so your answer is no its free

Posted by: frrodrig

Thats what I thought just wanted to be sure. THanks for the help

Posted by: CA

That's also why they take WiFi out of most of their phones.

Posted by: CeluGeek

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Originally Posted by Sonix

That's also why they take WiFi out of most of their phones.

They haven't taken WiFi out of any phone that I know. The 2125 was conceived without Wi-Fi and so is the 3125. The only other device that Cingular has carried that was supposed to have Wi-Fi was the Siemens SX66 and as far as I know it did have Wi-Fi.

Posted by: CA

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Originally Posted by WM4me

I stand corrected if you're sure the different versions of these phones didn't have WiFi either. I was under the impression the TMO variant did have WiFi. A quick look-up with the ODM schould provide details.

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It was on, then off, but now it's back — Cingular's 2125 (aka the HTC Faraday) quad-band GSM Smartphone is officially a go. You can get yours for $200 with rebate (and 2 year contract), but just remember, while it does have a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and EDGE data, it does not have WiFi as do some of its overseas counterparts. No word yet on the 2125's older sibling, the 8125 (aka the HTC Wizard)— we'll keep ya posted.

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Cons:

* No built in WiFi
* Power button is nearly impossible to press
* Unable to change the Start Menu background.
* Completely inadequate additional applications
* Problems recognizing Mini SD Cards

Posted by: CeluGeek

HTC made three different variants of their Tornado phone. The Tornado Tempo is what T-Mobile chose as their SDA. The Tornado Noble (aka i-Mate SP5/QTek 8310) is pretty much the same phone, but without the music buttons. The Tornado Faraday (Cingular 2125/Orange C600) is a Tornado without music buttons and without Wi-Fi. But it is not that Cingular took Wi-Fi out of the phone. They had three variants to choose from, and they - cheap ones - chose the one without Wi-Fi.

If there is anyone to blame, we should blame HTC. If they had produced only the two Wi-Fi enabled phones, Cingular would've probably picked one of those. It's like with the 8125: HTC made only two versions of the Wizard, both with Wi-Fi so Cingular chose one with Wi-Fi. If HTC had made a version of the Wizard without Wi-Fi, maybe Cingular would've picked that one instead.

Posted by: mbranscum

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Sonix...the 2125 never had wi-fi. There are other difference in the hardware besides wifi. For example the overseas counterpart has no hump and no 850 band. The tmo phone has music buttons on the front panel. The 2125 was marketed more to businesses while the tmo phone was more to younger people.

Posted by: CA

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Originally Posted by mbranscum

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Sonix...the 2125 never had wi-fi.

Yes I understand that but Cingular put it's name on a ODM phone with other cousins that do. This is my whole point!

And furthermore Cingular, in no way, has ever conceived any phones whatsoever they simply take the ODM design and have them alter it for their own purpose. This is why it didn't have WiFi and also explains why all the "testing and approval" delays happen. It's what they do to these things not what they are already.

Posted by: CeluGeek

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Originally Posted by Sonix

But you are making it sound like Cingular crippled the Wi-Fi on the 2125 like Verizon crippling the Bluetooth on their phones, or as if HTC has given Cingular a Tornado-Faraday with Wi-Fi and Cingular told them: hey, yank the Wi-Fi chip out of this phone because it is not convenient for us to keep Wi-Fi on this phone. This is not how it happened. The model Cingular chose as the 2125 is not the same model T-Mobile chose as the SDA. Cingular chose a model HTC made available without WiFi right from the start. Also, Cingular wasn't the only one who picked the WiFi-impaired variant, as Orange picked the exact same phone (sans the hump) and theirs doesn't have WiFi either.