Touch Consolidated Answers..GPS, WiFi, etc

[ryanbg]

Originally Posted by Success100

his elevator seems not to go all the way to the top floor-

they dont manufacture a CDMA touch. GSM is a different story. Get your story together buddy

CDMA Touch = Vogue
GSM Touch = Elf/Elfin
Just for further reference for the small population who don't know the difference. The phone being discussed is the CDMA Touch/Vogue, which currently does not have WiFi enabled and/or hardware present.

[joe3789]

Originally Posted by Success100

his elevator seems not to go all the way to the top floor-

they dont manufacture a CDMA touch. GSM is a different story. Get your story together buddy

Just FYI - Sprint's Touch has to be CDMA-manufactured to be able to utilize Sprint's CDMA data network. Often unreliable Wikipedia has more accurate info than your source (your brain) on this. GSM is the lesser option, btw. Sucks for you (got off the elevator too soon as well, I'm guessing).

Be well

[Torx]

and i thought the gsm version had wifi built in..
im soo confused on all this, its rediculous.

i know the touch is rev a, and gps capable.. but wifi.. its another story with the CDMA version. Ive heard and read around the gsm version DOES have wifi working.

wifi to me proved to be nothing more than a battery hog.. once rev a comes around wifi wont even be needed for me

[ryanbg]

Originally Posted by Torx

and i thought the gsm version had wifi built in..
im soo confused on all this, its rediculous.

i know the touch is rev a, and gps capable.. but wifi.. its another story with the CDMA version. Ive heard and read around the gsm version DOES have wifi working.

wifi to me proved to be nothing more than a battery hog.. once rev a comes around wifi wont even be needed for me

OK
GSM Touch = Elf/Elfin HAS WiFI
CDMA Touch = Vogue NO WiFi, WITH Rev. A and GPS capable

[bedoig]

My constant use of WMWiFiRouter is the main thing keeping me on my Mogul (GPS/RevA is good too, but that should be coming for the Touch).

Otherwise, I would agree, WiFi is unnecessary for data access from the phone itself. Kinda nice when you are out of your service area though. VOIP calls over Skype from Italy was cool : )

[bedoig]

Originally Posted by klurf8881

the problem with that is someone has to sit and waste their time writing a simple step by step for everything. Were you all spoon-fed info in college or did you actually have to do reading and studying on your own? This is basic research here- not everything in life is "easy" or right there for you written out. Noobs im sure can read as well as the vets can. No one laid it out step by step for the vets either. I was never coached step by step or in a tutorial i learned from reading. We were all noobs at one point and ive NEVER seen a long step by step drawn out tutorial for anything or any phone. Even the vets have lives outside this little space we call "modding" and dont have that time to sit and write pages on steps down for your benefit because the new people simply dont want to learn on their own and read up first. We ALL do the same thing, filter through pages and pages of crap to get a few good snippets of info, thats life.

True enough, but does anybody remember the walkthrough that was in the Apache kitchen? Now there was some amazing documentation with a simple step by step approach. TalynOne and a few others take the time to do some really nice write ups too.

Edit: Sorry, I just realized how off topic that was, and how that was the very thing the OP was trying to avoid. My bad. Just wanted to give some recognition to those out there that do take the time. We were all noobs once. Not saying everything has to be spoon fed, but a link here and there can be more helpful than "use the search." My $.02

[wldthng842]

Originally Posted by bedoig

a link here and there can be more helpful than "use the search." My $.02

agreed, or if need be do both to send the message and be helpful all at the same time.