3G network

Choosing a 3G Tariff Plan in Hong Kong for iPad

May 25, 2010 iPad

With the pending iPad official release by Apple Hong Kong some time in July, mobile carriers in Hong Kong have begin to release tariff plans designed specifically to target iPad owners. Among them only 3 HK currently has a data plan that comes with either a regular mini-SIM or the new micro-SIM. The rest of [...]

Operation Chokehold on Friday 18, 2009, 15:00 US EST

December 17, 2009 iPhone

Last weekend the Secret Diary of Steve Jobs proposed a way for disgruntle iPhone users on the AT&T network in the USA to protest against the behaviour of AT&T. This also sparked the creation of a Facebook Fan page. Although I do not agree with Operation Chokehold. From what I know of the quality of service [...]

Smartone-Vodafone HSDPA Network Test Results

October 15, 2009 iPhone

As most readers know I conducted a joint test of Smartone-Vodafone’s HSDPA network last week; which I now found out it cost me HKD60.00 in data charges, as I had detailed in my post, Smartone-Vodafone HSDPA Network Speed Tested. At the time Smartone-Vodafone technicians did not have the data correlated until today. These results are [...]

iPhones on Two Different 3G Networks Compared

September 9, 2009 iPhone

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Today a reader, Stephen C., sent me a video of a test he and his friend conducted (“un-scientifically) with two iPhone 3GS’s connected to two different 3G networks on two (3 HK and Smartone-Vodafone) of six mobile carriers in Hong Kong. The result are a bit surprising, especially for customers of Smartone-Vodafone. The video had [...]