Ramchi

Believe me, I am not residing in any of the Metros or big cities but I have used these facilities thru Airtel GPRS. Also, I have used Y! & MSN Messenger in my mobile thru Airtel GPRS without having to pay anything additional. Sending and receiving messages thru Y! and MSN Messenger is free if you sign up for GPRS! Speed is not greate for sure; but my experience with Rconnect is also not that great. There may be slight performance improvement but not significant enough to down load songs from music websites. I have tried it thru both Airtel & RConnect. Reliance mobile handsets may not be allowing you to visit WAP Sites. Even if you use R World you may need to pay extra even if you have signed up for one of the RConnect plans.

Anujit, I was able to download the entire Windows XP Service Pack 2 thru my GPRS connection, ofcourse, over a 2-3 days time. I have been using my Airtel GPRS for the past one year without getting into major problems. There are performance issues no doubt but I have checked those websites thru my RConnect which was having problems with my Airtel Connection. Same problem exist even with my RConnect as well. So by opting for Rconnect I was not gaining any significant performance improvement. Even if I get slightly better speed thru Rconnect still I will be paying almost 5-10 times (that of Airtel GPRS) depends on the plan you take. Not only that, if I avail GPRS facility, I can also surf WAP sites thru my mobile without paying extra charges. I am not sure whether this is true for RWorld. I heard that R World does not allow people to use various sites. Just imagine, if you can sign-in to Yahoo & MSN Messengers thru your mobile phone. Using GPRS facilities in the roaming areas is perfectly possible without having to pay extra. All these facilities are available for just Rs 250 in Airtel.

I agree that Ambanis and Reliance are known for ripping Indians pockets! They even had to pay the penalty for the government for doing mischievous things what alternate we have? Only TATA, which is another Reliance!!!! I am paying only Rs. 250 per month accessing internet thru my mobile [Airtel] which is giving decent speed. Thru Rconnect also I am getting same speed but I need to pay almost 10 times if I use my internet service at the same level as I do with the other provider. My internet connection thru airtel is unlimited. Only in India we have this strange thing as Data usage. I have not heard this in any other country, where the rates are fixed for the entire month. I would not use Reliance Rconnect for my internet connection unless they reduce the rate like Airtel. They can never give internet connection like broadband any way. Soon GSM providers may able to give Broad band internet connection thru EDGE/3G facilities by which time Reliance would have lost their race by thousand miles. Already, they are light years behind as far as handsets are concerned.

Me too agree that Speed increase is not just possible. Whatever number displayed in the connection window need not be true. I am encountering a problem now if I install the Nokia PC Suite (I have already established internet connection thru Bluetooth without PC Suite). Looks like the Phone is automatically connects to PC Suite thru Bluetooth connection. Since the port is already connected to mobile phone, When I tried to dialup internet connection (using Bluetooth) it is unable to dial. It says hardware problems etc...now I have to remove the PC Suite again to make it working. Is there any way PC Suite and Bluetooth connections can exist without interfering each other?

The main reason for the limited speed may be due to the port. If we use USB Port the maximum speed it supports seems to be 115 Kpbs. If we probably, try USB 2.0 there is a possibility of increased speed. The machine must have high-speed ports such as Ethernet ports to support such connectivity speeds. But I could change the connection speed in the Dial-up connection properties by setting it to maximum. But I really doubt if it can achieve any meaningful increase in speed. It is difficult to achieve DSL/Cable model capabilities because they use Ethernet port which is lot faster than USB Ports. Infact, there is no need for downloading any drivers from any place so long the machine has the Microsoft Bluetooth software installed. Tariff plans for accessing internet in Reliance is prohibitively high! Compare that against Broadband providers or EDGE/GPRS providers, it is way too high I believe. Unless Reliance significantly reduce the internet access rates, I do not think I can use this facility except on rare circumstances.

I must thank Williamparker. Because I have followed those exact steps now I am able to connect to internet thru Bluetooth device along with Nokia 6255. 1. I have removed Nokia PC Suite 2. I have removed all existing Mobile Phones in the Bluetooth connection [Double Click the Bluetooth Icon in the systray and remove any mobile phone in the list] 3. Clicked Add BLuetooth device in the Bluetooth Icon. Added Nokia 6255 phone. 4. Went to Modem Phone in the Control Panel cut and pasted the following in the init string under Advanced tab '+crm=1;+cso=33'. For some reason my connection goes only up to 115Kbps (thats what it says) but the down load speed is very low. How do I increase the download speed thru init commands?

I have purchased this Nokia 6255 phone last week. Definitely this is a very advanced phone for any Reliance users; because Reliance normally uses pre-historic and ancient technologies. Reliance is a one provided which is proud of being outdated by their GSM competitors. Sarcasm aside, this phone has good amount of features. The Reliance Web World representative was so naïve. They did not even know that this phone has Voice dial feature. When asked the rep was telling me that it is not available in this phone. I can't help thinking bad when we talk about Reliance. Camera really s**ks; not good for viewing it in PCs with higher resolutions. I have not tried video recording yet. Lots of good things like good reception, sturdiness, PDA Functions, Bluetooth capability (still struggling to get the internet connection thru Bluetooth), ring-tone capabilities, wallpaper, mini-display etc… Reliance customer care is refusing to give you directions on how to setup internet connection using Bluetooth. Some one must wake up Ambanis from their blood ****ing dreams and ask them to think ahead. After all, they can not take all their 1000000000 crores to hell or heaven. With all the money Reliance can easily move forward with latest technologies which they refuse to do now.

I would like to know whether following features are available in Nokia 6255: 1. Voice Dialing 2. Memory Expansion 3. Bluetooth Dial-up internet connection 4. Internet Connection Spee Also, will this phone work with Reliance or Tata? If I purchase this phone from USA market (I know there is a variant available in US Market called as Nokia 6255i) will it work in India?