GPRS or WAP - Esato archive

Posted by mskippen
My P800 should be arriving tomorrow and I want to set it up to send and recieve emails. I dont really need to surf the web on the phone so i'm wondering which service is best. Emails will be text only. Im going on the orange network. Please help.

Posted by jplacson
"GPRS or WAP?" is like asking "DSL or Internet?"

You surf WAP/WEB via GPRS/Dial-up.

The difference is between GPRS and dial-up access:
GPRS charges for data exchanged (both up AND down loaded data)
Dial-up charges for time connected

Both GPRS and Dial-up can access the WEB & WAP depending on your providers gateway.

Posted by mskippen
But I only really need to send and receive emails and you can do that with wap right? does having GPRS turned on use more power on the phone? orange is giving 3 months wap for free right now if you sign up for 1 month.

Posted by jplacson
how are you supposed to access the free WAP without GPRS? via Dial-up? Please check with Orange. You can only access WAP through 2 ways... GPRS or Dial-up. GPRS only consumes power if you're surfing/emailing/etc. There's no need to dial-in since GPRS keeps you online all the time...it's the next best thing to an actual unlimited internet connection.

Now, whether you can email or not through the WAP gateway is operator dependent... the safest is to get a GPRS subscription as well. But if you'd rather not... I suggest you try emailing from a friend's Orange SIM. The T68i should be a good gauge as well... if the email works on the T68i, it will work on the P800.

Posted by Bogman
Sign up for the Orange "Access Pack" and the first 3 months are free. You can access your email using WAP...you can send and read your emails directly over WAP. I have an Orange and Freeserve email accounts and no problems using these.

The differance between WAp and GPRS mail is as follows

GPRS:- You can download your email directly to your phone or send from your phone
WAP:- You need to log onto your email account read and send email when you are conneted

Hope this helps

Posted by jplacson
Can people PLEASE STOP CONFUSING WAP & GPRS!!!!!!

You ACCESS WAP via GPRS

GPRS is a CONNECTION

WAP is a PROTOCOL

GPRS is NOT the web

WAP is NOT dial-up!!!!

WEB & WAP are BOTH on the Internet.

GPRS & Dial-up are different ways to CONNECT to the Internet.

Whether you want to surf the Web or Wap depends on your provider's gateway.

E-mail (if you want to use your existing email address) can be accessed via GPRS or Dial-up (w/ data subscription) just enter the same fields in your email program, on the P800.

Posted by Bogman
Never said WAP was'nt a GPRS connection....read my post again
All I said was that you can access your email using WAP

AND DON'T SHOUT

I'm not stupid

Posted by psikey
Really comes down to cost. GPRS connection is quickest & easiest way to get your email but may be much more expensive. I use GPRS & mail set up for headers & mail below 10K in size. If one of the emails had a large attachment I would connect by GSM connection.