| Specification: | Sony Ericsson' s GC85 EDGE laptop card
This is a capable GPRS data card, which will deliver faster near-3G throughput when connected to a network that supports EDGE.
Mobile professionals requiring an always-on data connection when out on the road now have a number of choices of PC Card to use in their notebooks. At the slower end of the spectrum are GPRS and GPRS/ HSCSD cards like Vodofone Mobile Connect Card and Sony Ericsson' s GC79, which will manage download speeds of up to 56Kbps ( that is, dial-up modem speed) . The fastest available mobile data cards are the recent crop of 3G products, which claim broadband-like speeds of up to 384Kbps. In the middle is a GPRS/ EDGE card such as Sony Ericsson' s GC85, reviewed here, which -- on mobile networks that support EDGE ( Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) -- can achieve near-3G speeds of 247Kbps.
Producer: Sony-Ericsson
Pá smo GSM [ MHz] 900 / 1 800 / 1 900
Rozm ry [ mm] 85, 6 x 54 x 5
GPRS class 10 ( 4+ 1, 3+ 2)
EDGE
Frequency bands
EDGE/ GPRS/ CSD 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900 MHz
Services
EDGE: 247.4kbps ( DL) / 123.7kbps ( UL)
GPRS: ( CS4) 85.6 kbps ( DL) / 42.8kbps ( UL)
GPRS: ( CS2) 53.6kbps/ 26.8kbps ( DL/ UL)
CSD: 9.6kbps & 14.4kbps ( DL/ UL) |
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