erm, he never mentioned anything about edge connections tho... You'd be seriously hard pressed to have to use edge on your Desire in the UK. The connections most used are 3G and H (HSDPA). Both are significantly faster than edge.
(Dastardly, if the above is nonsense to you don't worry, you don't have to know what i'm talking about)... Except that in order of speed, the signals you will get are:
1: H (may show as 3G+) Fastest
2: 3G Fast
3: G slow
Ok bare in mind I'm a newbie to smartphones...technophobic and well into my 50's.....So silly question of the day..Here goes...If I can access the web, send email etc etc with wi-fi turned off why do I need wi-fi on the phone? I don't really understand this. Should I have wi-fi turned on always? Do most people keep it turned on? What are the pro's and cons of having it always on? THanks.l
Basically because of speed and network limits of 3G usage.
1: wifi is much much faster than 3g. You can download much faster, read emails faster, stream videos faster, anything to do with the internet is faster on wifi.
2: No data plan is unlimited, there is always a maximum amount you are allowed to download via your mobile data connection. People may wish to to data heavy things like downloading videos or refreshing their rss feeds over a wifi connection. This lets them use their limited data connection for when they are out and about.
Don't leave the wifi connection on all the time. Only turn it on when you know you are going to use a wifi connection. Leaving it on when no wifi is around will use up more battery as the phone is always checking to see if there is a signal it can connect to.