#wifi usage

My latest entry on the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic sparked a nice little debate on people's preference and usage behavior between WiFi and 3G on mobile phones. So our poll for this week -- WiFi or 3G: Which one do you often use with your phone? As usual, I've added a poll at the sidebar so you can submit your votes there but please leave a comment if you want to share your own usage behavior and why you chose one over the other. There are 2 factors that affected my usage behavior in favor of 3G -- one is that I have allocated 3G minutes on my postpaid account and, second, 3G internet is pretty cheap and fast nowadays that I don't really bother looking for free wifi whenever I'm in public places. Let's look at an example: Mobile 3G on Phone: 90% coverage area of Metro Manila, 100 - 300Kbps speeds WiFi on Phone: 1% coverage area of Metro Manila, 256Kbps - 3Mbps speeds Is the mobility of a 3G connection more suitable for you or the speed of WiFi? And by the way, WiFi speed is also dependent on its source. If you're using WiFi on dial-up connection, your WiFi is still going to be slow. Read more in our articles including "Poll: WiFi or 3G for mobile usage?" and "MSI Wind WiFi Problem?".