More cell phones and internet connectivity ...

[bhorne at banet.net (bhorne)]

Seth,

Is this the combined cell phone/palm pilot?

Seth M. Landsman wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 04, 1999 at 11:26:36PM -0500, Seth M. Landsman wrote:
> >       Okay, so I think I found my personal "end-all-be-all" of getting
> > wireless data to my laptop without a huge amount of money and getting
> > something that isn't an unpleseant "antique on arrival" product.
> >
> >       BellAtlantic Mobile is selling the Qualcomm 860 thin phone.  For
> > an extra 10$ a month it gets wireless internet connectivity.  There is a
> > serial cable that you can buy which will make the phone look like a modem.
> >
> >       The question on hand is, is this a real and usable modem?
> > According to qualcomm, they are selling a palm pilot connection kit.  This
> > means it isn't a winmodem and probably an honest hays compatible modem.
> >
> >       Has anyone used this?  Does anyone have a clue if this will get me
> > able to have both my pilot and my laptop on line on the road?
>
>         Okay, due to my natural impatience, laziness and hubris, I went
> out to answer my own questions.  I'm not the proud owner of the Qualcomm
> 860 phone, which, to my surprise, especially after dealing with the sales
> clerk ("what's a palm pilot?"), does everything I want it to do, albeit
> slowly.
>
>         I've managed to connect with a decent PPP connection via my
> oft-neglected windows partition on my laptop.  I've managed to compose and
> surf via the phones (massively sucky) web browser.  I've gotten a decent
> terminal and ppp connected via minicom and wvdial on my linux box (yay!).
> I've managed to make my pilot dial, though I don't have the software or
> scripts to make it connect.
>
>         This is a real, honest 14.4k modem.  This makes me happy.  No
> windows-only winmodem crap.
>
>         The one gotcha which I discovered is that you *MUST* set the
> computer-to-modem speed at 19.2k, or else you can't talk to the modem.
>
>         So the next question is, how does one go about getting the
> protocols for this phone.  The windows utilities let you do all sorts of
> nifty things like set the address book via the serial cable.  I want to
> write the gnome equivilent.
>
>         Hmm, now off to test PalmVNC ... :)
>
> -Seth
> --
> "It is by will alone I set my mind in motion"
>
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Bill Horne
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