Thoughts on adding Wifi...

[acarnut]

Originally Posted by GnatGoSplat

I currently have a Mogul. I don't really text/type on my phone that much. I love the look and size of the Touch. I've installed the Touch keyboard/keypad on my Mogul and it works good enough for me that I don't need the real keyboard. I know GPS will be available for the Touch at some point. So after getting GPS, the Touch would be perfect for my needs and wants... if only it had Wifi.

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Beyond the technical discussion, what would you use wi-fi for? do you not have a good data plan?

As I have the Bell Touch with the unlimited data plan, wi-fi would be extra baggage. I sync with my exchange server, use Orb, Slingbox, etc and if I was motivated I'm sure I could set up the VPN into the Windows Server 2003 that the Exchange server runs on. Certainly easier than reverse-engineering the phone.

Although the geek in me would still consider picking up a wi-fi card, especially if I could figure out how to expense it to the company, on the premise that I would use it for the 3 or 4 weeks per year I might be in the states. But I'd rather have a 32 gig memory card in there, and just bring it all with me.