GPRS NextG/3G mobile data Q

I currently use Palm h/h with a bluetooth GPRS phone, that works fine for
email/net access;

I'm thinking of getting a 'faster data phone' like NextG, again, to use
from Palm over bluetooth

Palm's standard net access command is like: ATDT*99#

I went to a Telstra shop and tried a Motorola NextG phone, it seems to
work OK with my current driver for net access (except for SMS retrieval)

apart from mini icons on phone's screen, how can I see what speed I'm
connecting ?
(I think) phone screen showed 'GPRS Active' and a '3G' mini icon

will ATDT*99# estabilish a 3G/NextG connection ?

does 'GPRS Active' appears on 3G connection ?

Palm is bluetooth 1.1, so I expect that will be the bottle neck in this,
AFAIK, BT 1.1 is 1Mb/sec, should I expect to see abt 1Mb/sec ?

is dslreports.com/mspeed best way to test it?

(fwiw, on GPRS I get around 27~38 kb/sec and 1.2sec latency)



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