Telstra T165i brings GPS to rural Australia
Dec 18, 2008 gps navigation, phones
Telstra T165i is the new ‘country phone’ from the company. There isn’t much going on for this handset as far as looks but it could be life saver since it promises to get a signal in remote areas of the outback.
One thing to note on the Telstra T165i is the antenna curves away from your head to get a better reception and even comes with quick mounts for your car – where you’d have a bigger and better antenna.
T165i supports HSDPA networks however we’re not how much of the country side in Australia is under 3G coverage. Assuming you have coverage Telstra says you can expect download speeds of up to 3Mbps.
As we already mentioned this device also has an A-GPS receiver but there are no pre-installed application to make use of the location data. You’re going to have to rely on third party programs for maps and directions.
Telstra T165i costs AU$529.
Check out the review on ZDNet.
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December 18th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
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December 23rd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Anyone has used this Australia?
December 30th, 2008 at 9:45 am
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January 2nd, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Have just bought phone today in Brisbane Australia. So far working good in city. Will be trialling it in rural areas over next few weeks so stay posted.