Benefits

What You Can Do With EDGE

  • Connect to your office or personal email account - you can even set your phone to check for email automatically using data sync
  • Browse the Internet on your phone
  • Synchronize your phone and office calendar while you're out of town
  • Download ringing tones, graphics, and games
  • Play online games (one example of this is the N-Gage Arena)
  • Send and receive MMS messages
  • Use your phone as a modem, connecting your laptop to the Internet
  • Subscribe to mobile services that bring you personalized information like sports updates, breaking news, horoscopes, share prices, the daily trip-hop-country single...
  • Use Java applications that require a network connection
  • Chat using instant messaging on your phone
  • Update your friends' Presence status

EDGE (based on GPRS) is better than a GSM connection for data that's transferred in larger "chunks." And unlike voice calls and dial-up Internet connections, you pay for how much you transfer, not for how long you're connected. You can have an active connection all the time if you like, which is nice if you need to synchronize periodically with a network or if you're expecting an important email. If you need to make or answer a phone call, your EDGE connection is automatically disconnected for the duration of the call.