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Is evdo still faster than edge? Im still with sprint cause the speed is really good. Im not in rev A yet but its still fast. Just curious if edge might be catching up speed wise. Im tired of sprint not bring up to date with there blackberries.

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thanks guess i will have to wait a few years for a New model then. Just kidding but im sure sprint will be last.

How much faster is EVDO than EDGE? I'm debating switching from Verizon to Cingular because Verizon isn't doing a very good job at fixing all the issues I'm having (SMS packet failure, voicemail's not deleting, etc)

EDGE is very slow compared to EVDO. I've used both and typically EDGE is about 90kbps and EVDO is (Verizon Rev 0) 400-600kbps. If you're going to tether, it makes a big difference. If you are just using the BB handheld, probably the only difference would be if you use the browser. Cingular's answer to EVDO is HSDPA but we won't expect that in a BB until end of 2007 at the earliest.

Regards-Michael G.

Maybe I'll wait to switch until there's an HSDPA BB out for Cingular. I do love the speeds of EVDO (We have Rev A here, but my 8703e only does Rev 0)

EVDO is faster than Edge, but Cingular just released a new connection called G3, which run faster, possible close to EVDO.

Bad news, 8800 still use EDGE, which doesn't have G3 connection yet. I heard new rumors that 8830 will come with new connection beside WIFI. I hope it come with G3 as well.

Speed on a handheld is nothing to write home about however. It depends on the connection, the handheld's processor and available memory. Nothing at all like a cable or DSL connection. I used 3G on a Blackjack for awhile and didn't notice that much of a difference over my BB. Email is still delivered every 15-20 minutes as always on a BB, so nothing earth shattering there.

EDGE typically runs on average 40-90 kbps with a max of 236 kbps. EV-DO currently runs on average 500-700 kbps with a max of 1.2 mbps.

I agree!

There is a BIG difference between the published specs, and real world performance.

I owned a Blackjack and a Samsung Sync 707 both 3G. The only time one notices a difference is when surfing the web. And then only with a solid 3G connection. It has no benefit for email. Then as you mentioned there are many other factors to consider such as processor speed, allocated memory and how that's managed, as well as the overall architecture of the circuitry.

The experience I had with not one, but two Blackjacks was terrible. The have a slow OS, which hangs and crashes or freezes frequently. I was quite surprized at just how poorly they perform, and the level of instability and lack of reliablity. For the most part just a time waster. Who has time to deal with an unreliable error prone device?

My experience with BlackBerry's has been exemplary. They are very fast, reliable and stable. In the areas that matter most, the BB cannot be beat. I know that my BlackBerry will always beform as expected. It gets the job done, and that's the most important part. I must have a device that I can count on and that device is a BB.

Cheers...

Well said!

I'd also check into actual browsing speed on EVDO vs EDGE on a BB. I've heard from those who have actually performed side-by-side comparisons that there's very little difference due to page rendering on the BB. I haven't been able to do this myself since I don't have access to an 8703e to test.

Tethering, of course, bypasses that bottleneck.

I've done side-by-side comparisons and they are usually either the same or EVDO slightly faster. However, not a drastic difference.

Correct, I have had both EVDO and EDGE bb's and the difference, if any, is negligible...

Tethering is another thing..EVDO kills edge...

Bringing this thread back instead of starting a new one. With the Curve coming soon to AT&T, I'm debating my switch from Verizon (8703e). VZW has been annoying me with SMS packet failures and voicemail issues, and my plan would be cheaper with AT&T.

I won't be tethering at all. I check a few websites a couple times a day, nothing major. Mostly I just do email. I'm in an EVDO Rev 0 area now, and I don't think I pull more than 100Kbps average. It takes a while for sites to load that show 62KB for the size of the page.

Am I right in thinking I'll see hardly any difference if any, going to EDGE?

I am in no means an expert, but I don't think you see a great difference if you are surfing on your device. If you tether, and download lots of data, then you probably see a big difference. I am on Cingular with a Pearl and pages load rather quickly. It's not like I wait forever for a page to load, it only a few seconds. Hope this helps.

Surfing on my 7130e vs on a 8700g, there isn't a whole lot of difference that I can tell. The 8700 has a faster processor but slower connection. But when tethered, the difference is very noticable.

I just switched from Cingular's 8700c to Sprint's 8703e. Onboard speed isn't much different, but the tethering is pretty significant. It also frustrated me when I got the 8700c, and the OS was defunkt out of the box. Took it to the store to exchange it, and the guy kept my 3G card, saying the device doesn't utilize 3G anyways...

Sprint's been great to me though. I wish the new device's would launch soon, but I prefer the almost perfect signal at my 2 most frequent places, home and work.

The processor on the 8703 is a little bit slower since it uses a Qualcomm all in one chip that has the CDMA DSP and ARM chip in one package and the 8700 uses an xScale processor (also ARM based, but faster overall)

EDGE will be geting a update this year to put it closs to 1mb speeds (thanks SE). On the other hand. I am a CO tech I install and fix T1 lines going Cell towers. I can tell u now and i am not lieing speeds all matter on how many poeple are on the network. Over 36 diff sites with at less t1 going to ever tower for each carrier. I will say this Cingular (at&t) does have the best Techs to work with and most t1s in the Co's i work with. THis might not be ture in other parts of the states but it is here. Verizon is geting good amount of t1's also. spirt mmm yeah same thing with Alltell, they just dont have many. While speeds may be better( on papper) it all comes down to your phone and how good the modem is. and the 8800 got a great edge modem in it. 3g? well cingular just upgraded there towers to nokia gear thats post to handel 3g with upgrades. But as i said SE will be coming up with a speed upgrade to edge this year and should be alot better.

thats the best news i have seen in awhile about EDGE. thanks