Comments on Headworx: UMA Revisited

Sure. There are four config options: 1. Mobile Ne...

2010-02-20T06:21:24.551+01:00

Sure. There are four config options:

1. Mobile Network Preferred
2. Mobile Network only
3. WiFi Preferred
4. WiFi Only

With the 4th option there are no roaming charges at all...

Can it be set to make sure it prefers UMA rather t...

2010-02-20T01:06:44.871+01:00

Can it be set to make sure it prefers UMA rather than cellular? Is there any risk that you might end up roaming while within signal of wifi?

Yes I use it abroad very often. Works perfectly, ...

2010-02-19T21:18:43.500+01:00

Yes I use it abroad very often.
Works perfectly, though on the bill they show connections initiated abroad (not charging for them, but technically / potentially they can...).

So have you tested it abroad? The T&C state th...

2010-02-19T16:14:45.999+01:00

So have you tested it abroad? The T&C state that it won't work at all when you are roaming while the Orange account manager I spoke to said it worked but you are billed at roaming rates.

Yeah it is a classic chicken-and-egg problem... Ju...

2009-04-07T10:16:00.000+02:00

Yeah it is a classic chicken-and-egg problem... Just a few carriers implement UMA because not many phones support it and handset makers do not invest in development of UMA stacks, because just a few carriers support it.

I think it is all in the hands of the MNOs. I guess RIM implemented UMA to support T-Mobile-USA @Home rollout. AT&T should have similarly pressed Apple to include UMA in iPhones (but then AT&T never had UMA in place).

I am just soo glad the 8900 has UMA as it really works...

I wonder why symbian phones don't have UMA as it c...

2009-04-07T00:34:00.000+02:00

I wonder why symbian phones don't have UMA as it could really help spread this technology... :(