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Research into Cell-PDAs

Houngan

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Does anyone have a cellular-enabled PDA/phone type thingy? I'm considering getting one, but I'd like some first-hand accounts of the data speed. Specifically, if anyone has ever run a terminal server client on one. Thanks.

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I didn't get one of the XDA versions sold by phone companies, but I have a Ipaq 5450 with an expansion pack and a CDMA phone card from Verison w/ an unlimited time, 115 Kb/s connection and voice service for $80/mo.

After the current contract ends I will probably switch over to T-Mobiles GSM setup. I has similar speed and they recently started offering an all you can eat internet plan and voice service for less than I am paying now. And with a triple band card I can use the phone while in Europe (and most of the rest of the world)which I can't do now with CDMA.

As a matter of fact I have the wireless card my laptop as I am writing this. I get access times that are better than dialup/worse than cable (in the ISDN range) and its portable (mostly, you have to watch out for dead spots. There are areas that I can make a phone call but not data calls).
 
Agammamon said:
I didn't get one of the XDA versions sold by phone companies, but I have a Ipaq 5450 with an expansion pack and a CDMA phone card from Verison w/ an unlimited time, 115 Kb/s connection and voice service for $80/mo.

After the current contract ends I will probably switch over to T-Mobiles GSM setup. I has similar speed and they recently started offering an all you can eat internet plan and voice service for less than I am paying now. And with a triple band card I can use the phone while in Europe (and most of the rest of the world)which I can't do now with CDMA.

As a matter of fact I have the wireless card my laptop as I am writing this. I get access times that are better than dialup/worse than cable (in the ISDN range) and its portable (mostly, you have to watch out for dead spots. There are areas that I can make a phone call but not data calls).
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Wow, 115k? I didn't realize they could push CDMA that fast. Could you give me a link to the T-Mobile you're looking at? Thanks.

H.
 
T-Mobile

Its under the "Internet Card Section". They have single, dual, and triband cards. Or look under the "Handhelds and PDA" section for the GPRS enabled Pocket PC XDA.

Be warned! GSM and GPRS are just being rolled out in the states so nationwide coverage may not be available yet. Its the reason that I've gone with CDMA for the last two years.
 
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