05-20-2002, 09:48 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Pocket PC Wireless Primer
http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/club/weekend.asp
The anonymous, if eeriely familiar, voice of Club Pocket PC has put together an intro-level primer for Pocket PC wireless options. A great resource for beginners - check it out!
"On Club Pocket PC, as well as around the web, there is a great deal of fuss made about wireless data. Everyone tells you how great it is to be able to get your email and connect to the web on the go, but typically no one tells you how to do it. This conundrum is compounded by the international popularity of Pocket PCs. It's difficult to tell people how to get connected when the choices and methods are so different from continent to continent. In an effort to get you started, we have created this primer to familiarize with your options in North America. However much of this information is applicable to the rest of the world, we just won't enumerate the carriers or pesky details outside of the US and Canada for now.
In today's installment, we'll start with technology- carriers offer different methods, with different speeds to get data from the wired internet to your device. You'll want to choose a carrier with good coverage in your area and a reasonably priced plan. In subsequent installments we will describe what extra hardware (if any) you will need, and conclude by comparing cost vs. speed benefits. We'll start with the slowest methods and go up from there�"
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05-20-2002, 11:47 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,329
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*yawns* Wake me when something other the 19.2K/s is available nation wide.
Had Omnisky for a year. It was cool but I'm starting to wonder if the reason my hair is starting to recede is because I was pulling it out from the oh-my-god-I-can't-take-this-anymore connection speed. 
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05-21-2002, 12:31 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 33
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Originally Posted by Jonathan1
*yawns* Wake me when something other the 19.2K/s is available nation wide.
Had Omnisky for a year. It was cool but I'm starting to wonder if the reason my hair is starting to recede is because I was pulling it out from the oh-my-god-I-can't-take-this-anymore connection speed. |
hehehehehe LMAO
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05-21-2002, 12:41 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 137
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Club Pocket PC articles
Hmmm... guess Microsoft didn't want us to go there today.... I get the infamous "Cannot find server or DNS Error" message when I try the link. 
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05-21-2002, 12:45 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 312
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Originally Posted by Jonathan1
*yawns* Wake me when something other the 19.2K/s is available nation wide.
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The key to your happiness could be GPRS but after the US Government decided not to give nationwide GSM/GPRS licenses (like the rest of the world except China), this could become a long way for you - unfortunately. Maybe Omnisky is the best solution in the US for a longer time frame... :-(
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05-21-2002, 01:44 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Re: Club Pocket PC articles
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Originally Posted by iPaqDude
Hmmm... guess Microsoft didn't want us to go there today.... I get the infamous "Cannot find server or DNS Error" message when I try the link. |
Keep trying - it works for me.
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05-21-2002, 05:11 AM
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05-21-2002, 09:26 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 66
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pcworld SDIO article
pcworld SDIO article
"When will OS support appear? Palm aficionados can expect to see SDIO support in devices based on Palm OS 5 by fall. Pocket PC support could take longer: Since Pocket PC 2002 just debuted late last year, no one expects Microsoft to act swiftly. In the meantime, at least one company, BSquare, is offering a program for PocketPC vendors who want to support SD and SDIO cards in handhelds planned for release by the 2002 holiday season."
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/b...CKT&read=35477
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