what mobile phone should i use bluetooth or gprs?

Question

virgin have a package of broadband, t.v., land line phone plus a mobile phone, i am not that smart when it comes to mobiles and don't use it that often, they have a choice of phones one using bluetooth and the other using gprs what's the difference between the two and which one would suit me most, i do use the computer a great deal of the time

Answer 1

Sal*UK is wrong in telling "GPRS is basically a sat nav system." I think she misread.. Actually GPS is a sat nav system.



GPRS (General packet radio service) is a packet oriented mobile data service available to users of the 2G cellular communication systems

Learn more about it here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Packet_Radio_Service



Bluetooth is an open wireless protocol for exchanging data over short distances

Learn more about it here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth



As a user if u have bluetooth you can transfer data like photos e.t.c with your friends who have a bluetooth phone. Also if your phone has bluetooth profile 2.0 (dont know whether your phone has this feature) you can use a bluetooth remote headset to hear songs .

On the other hand GPRS is used to retrieve data through your mobile phone. Normal phones with GPRS are often described as 2.5G. They can be used as a modem to connect to internet, but at a cost which your provider determines.



Both of them are entirely different technologies. It is upto you to choose between the two based on your needs. Thanks.

Answer 2

Bluetooth = short range communication for using with a bluetooth earpiece, handsfree, or uploding pictures wirelessly to a bluetooth equipped PC.



GPRS - a better way to access mobile online content than WAP.

If you only have WAP on a phone, and not GPRS, then mobile browsing uses a WAP call and is charged at call rate by time.

GPRS (on Virgin) is charged at 30p per day used, or a package of £5 for a month.



I'd be surprised if all but the most basic of phones were not equipped with both.



If it's the quad, them I guess you have the choice of:

Nokia 6303

http://www.mobile-phones-uk.org.uk/nokia-6303-classic.htm

It does have GPRS, as well as bluetooth, and a 3.2MP autofocus camera, and a FM RDS radio.



http://www.mobile-phones-uk.org.uk/lg-kp500.htm

The LG Cookie has Bluetooth as well as GPRS, touch screen and accelerometer (shake) control, but it looks like the camera is not as good as the Nokia's (not autofocus) and the FM radio is not RDS.



http://www.mobile-phones-uk.org.uk/lg-ks360.htm

The KS360 has Bluetooth and GPRS, touchscreen and a slide out qwerty keyboard, but the camera is only 2MP, has FM radio as well.



So of that selection, it seems the Nokia has the best camera, The KS360's keyboard may be a winner if you do mobile email, while the Cookie has a larger touchscreen and better camera than the KS360.



Take your pick!

Answer 3

If you want to browse the Internet you better use GPRS.If you have Bluetooth you can sent any music file or other files to other phones with Bluetooth..

Hope you found a solution

Regards::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Answer 4

Blueooth enables you to do things with your computer/phone wirelessly - like transferring pictures.



GPRS is basically a sat nav system.

Answer 5

in case you have a private internet site, flickr account, and so on you may desire to have the flexibility to easily upload your photographs there. whilst they're up enter the url of image you decide on into your telephones internet/wap browser and you may desire to have the flexibility to acquire and save to the telephone.