http://smstextnews.disqus.com/Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanaticsenMon, 28 Jul 2008 15:26:37 -0000http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/07/were_going_to_beijing_this_summer.html#comment-1022932Jonathen - interesting... I hope to be able to try (1) roaming data, (2) local MNO data, (3) official Olympic venue WiFi and (4) local (and hopefully non-tourist) WiFi to see the differences...bensmithMon, 28 Jul 2008 15:26:37 -0000http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/07/were_going_to_beijing_this_summer.html#comment-1021523Don't give him ideas... :-)bensmithMon, 28 Jul 2008 13:17:10 -0000http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/07/were_going_to_beijing_this_summer.html#comment-1021062I'll be interested how the mobile web performs behind the Great Wall of China!Jonathan JensenMon, 28 Jul 2008 12:33:49 -0000http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/07/were_going_to_beijing_this_summer.html#comment-1019561LOL, yeah, ask him to test one of those portable mobile networks.South77Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:55:10 -0000http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/07/were_going_to_beijing_this_summer.html#comment-1019169The Lonely Planet Audio Phrasebook apps for the iPhone (available from the app store) look quite good... the Mandarin one is the only one that's free and, although I don't speak a word of mandarin it seems to be up to the job of basic conversation... I'd be interested to know how useful these actually are in the real world though.danlaneMon, 28 Jul 2008 09:05:04 -0000http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/07/were_going_to_beijing_this_summer.html#comment-1019078I think Ben should try to get a portable mobile network into China... I'm sure they're far more relaxed about that sort of thing than the Maldivians.....................MarkWMon, 28 Jul 2008 08:48:11 -0000