02-07-2003, 08:56 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Connect Your PC to the Internet Using a Smartphone
http://msmobiles.com/article.php/12.html
I must confess that I rarely leave my laptop behind when I travel. The Pocket PC is great, but I still can't whip up Visual Studio .NET on it. So, there I am with a wirelessly connected Pocket PC (Phone Edition) and a disconnected laptop. I recently posted about how to use the Pocket PC Phone Edition as a modem to your laptop. msmobiles.com just posted an article on how to use your Smartphone as your laptop's modem when your'e out traveling. Lots of detailed instructions, screen shots and pictures. Nice!
"If you have a notebook and need an Internet connection over infrared with help of your MS Smartphone then you can find in this article information how to do it. Typical task of cell phones is to serve a purpose of a modem for notebooks."
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02-07-2003, 01:30 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 658
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How do we know if our phone is a Smart Phone or not? Is the Sanyo 4900 (Sprint has it for sale for use with their service) a Smart Phone?
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02-07-2003, 04:05 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Bluetooth enabled phone such as Sony-Ericcsson T68is works great with ipaq or laptop too!
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02-07-2003, 04:30 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by Cobbler
Bluetooth enabled phone such as Sony-Ericcsson T68is works great with ipaq or laptop too!
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And if your laptop doesn't have bluetooth, the T68 and many other phones with IR ports can work just as well, too! 
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02-07-2003, 05:07 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Has anyone in the U.S. used one of these on a U.S carrier (Preferably T-Mobile.)? Comments? Am I correct in understanding that the Orange SPV is a world phone?
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02-07-2003, 05:54 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 100
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The orange SPV is unfortunately stuck to a UK operator, unless you buy the phone outright.
The phone is tri-band, though.
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02-07-2003, 05:59 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Originally Posted by DavidHorn
The orange SPV is unfortunately stuck to a UK operator, unless you buy the phone outright.
The phone is tri-band, though.
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I see "unlocked" ones from the U.K. on eBay. I'm assuming those should work over here. Surely somebody has broken down and put one to work in the U.S. :?: :?:
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02-07-2003, 06:30 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 468
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Originally Posted by mscdex
How do we know if our phone is a Smart Phone or not? Is the Sanyo 4900 (Sprint has it for sale for use with their service) a Smart Phone?
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The Sanyo 4900 (I have one) is not a SmartPhone, however you can use it as a modem for your laptop (but not a PocketPC). You have to buy a USB cable and some software, both of which are available on the Sanyo website.
Annoyingly, if you also want to sync your Outlook contact info to the phone, you'll need the same USB cable, but a different software application, sold separately, of course.
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02-07-2003, 10:14 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 658
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Originally Posted by Perry Reed
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Originally Posted by mscdex
How do we know if our phone is a Smart Phone or not? Is the Sanyo 4900 (Sprint has it for sale for use with their service) a Smart Phone?
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The Sanyo 4900 (I have one) is not a SmartPhone, however you can use it as a modem for your laptop (but not a PocketPC). You have to buy a USB cable and some software, both of which are available on the Sanyo website.
Annoyingly, if you also want to sync your Outlook contact info to the phone, you'll need the same USB cable, but a different software application, sold separately, of course. |
So there is absolutely no way the sanyo could work with my ipaq? IR? nothing? :cry: That is the cheapest phone that Sprint offers with their unlimited data service.
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02-07-2003, 10:18 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 468
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Originally Posted by mscdex
So there is absolutely no way the sanyo could work with my ipaq? IR? nothing? :cry: That is the cheapest phone that Sprint offers with their unlimited data service.
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Not that I know of. The 4900 doesn't have IR. I believe USB is the only choice and since the iPaqs don't do USB-host, it won't work.
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