Gomadic Wireless Internet Cables (Phone to PDA)

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.gomadic.com/delaxx5adtom.html+ppcthoughts' target='_blank'>http://www.gomadic.com/delaxx5adtom...tml+ppcthoughts</a><br /><br /></div>Gomadic, or "the Pocket PC cable company" as I like to think of them, has come out with a new series of cables that allow you to take a mobile phone and use it as a modem for your Pocket PC. For those of you without a Bluetooth phone and Bluetooth PDA, this is an awesome solution. I used a cable solution similar to this last year, and it worked really well. Not terribly fast mind you, but good enough for email and mobile Web sites.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/dellAxim-high.jpg" /> <br /><br />Gomadic has cables to bridge the Dell Axim to a huge variety of phones: Audiovox, Kyocera, Nextel, Motoralla, Sanyo, Samsung, and others. Go check out <a href="http://www.gomadic.com/delaxx5adtom.html+ppcthoughts">the complete list for more</a>. And if you have another type of PDA, <a href="http://www.gomadic.com/phonetopda.html+ppcthoughts">Gomadic probably has a cable for you</a>. And they even have cables to bridge a <a href="http://www.gomadic.com/laptomobphon.html+ppcthoughts">mobile phone to a laptop</a> (something that I'm very interested in doing myself). [Affiliate]

[kerphis]

Besides BlueTooth, nowadays, most of mobile phones have IrDA, it's a free alternative to the cable solution.

[GoldKey]

Wish they had something for Nokia.

[jizmo]

"Wireless Internet Cables".

Am I the only one who finds this funny? :lol:

/jizmo

[Jason Dunn]

Am I the only one who finds this funny?

No, I thought it was funny too - I was going to re-write the title, but that's the name of their product, so... :wink:

[Jason Dunn]

Besides BlueTooth, nowadays, most of mobile phones have IrDA, it's a free alternative to the cable solution.

The vast majority of North American cell phones in use do not have IR - for some reason, Nokia and the other OEMs have been disabling IR on their phones here for years (and trying to find a CDMA phone with IR a year go? Impossible!). Most newer phones have it enabled now though.

[jk]

That is pretty funny about the cables.

The phone itself has to have web access though right?

[Jason Dunn]

The phone itself has to have web access though right?

You'd have to have data services enabled on the account, but you don't need GPRS. You'd be using your phone to dial into your ISP like a modem.

[Perry Reed]

Nice. They carry most all of the current Sanyo phones except mine, the 4900.

[Birdman]

I bought my cable from www.thesupplynet.com and they too have cables for many different products. I have found it virtually impossible to find a CDMA phone with either IR or BT. I use the cable to connect my ipaq to my cel phone. While the speed is a little slow it is perfect to grab email and the occassional news surf. (That is until my PPCPE makes it across the border and shows up here in Canada, and I get it unlocked!)

I pay a $5 a month data access charge on my account and then time on-line for data gets deducted from my regular minutes plan.

[rberry88]

I bought the cable from Gomadic that connects my HP5455 with my LG5350 w/SprintPCS phone about two weeks ago. It works great and with the speed of the Sprint Vision service it is quite fast, almost as fast as when I'm surfing using WiFi at my house with my cable modem. The good thing about using it with Sprint service is that I have unlimited Vision on my Plan so it doesn't use my normal minutes.

Very much recommended. When I first stumbled upon the site a couple weeks ago, I was unsure of how it worked or if it would work with my setup so I sent them an e-mail and got a reply within a few hours that was very informative and detailed. I placed an order that night (about 5pm CST) and the cable arrived the next morning, yep the next morning.

rberry88 :rock on dude!:

[Woodster]

Could someone explain on how to find out:

- what PPC support this
- wireless carriers support
- what phones with a carrier support this
- what cables are needed? (answered above)
- what services do you need to purchase from carries and what is the cost
- is it all you can eat bandwidth
- do you also need an addtional local ISP (yet another cost)?

All the options and configuratiuons confuse the hell out of me. If one of the many purchased items mentioned above dont't support wireless data your screwed. When I try and talk to carries they don't know anything about data.

Any ideas on how to know if you have the right stuff?

[Perry Reed]

I bought the cable from Gomadic that connects my HP5455 with my LG5350 w/SprintPCS phone about two weeks ago. It works great and with the speed of the Sprint Vision service it is quite fast, almost as fast as when I'm surfing using WiFi at my house with my cable modem. The good thing about using it with Sprint service is that I have unlimited Vision on my Plan so it doesn't use my normal minutes.

Quick question. How do you setup the connection? In other words, how do you make the Vision phone connect to the service and act as a modem for the HP? I've got a Jornada and Sanyo 4900 Vision-enabled phone and, while I haven't found a cable for them yet, I hope to soon and want to be able to use them together.

Thanks in advance for any info you can provide!

[Monty Gibson]

Gomadic, or "the Pocket PC cable company" as I like to think of them, has come out with a new series of cables that allow you to take a mobile phone and use it as a modem for your Pocket PC. For those of you without a Bluetooth phone and Bluetooth PDA, this is an awesome solution. I used a cable solution similar to this last year, and it worked really well. Not terribly fast mind you, but good enough for email and mobile Web sites.

Jason, don't you miss your T-Mobile/XDA (et al names)? Or have you reverted back to the "Dark Side :robot:" :lol:? You are now "linked" and/or "tethered" again to using a cell phone and a pocket pc for your wireless needs. Isn't that cumbersome? Come back :scatter: ... we miss you :lol:.

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

Besides BlueTooth, nowadays, most of mobile phones have IrDA, it's a free alternative to the cable solution.
IrDA is good to use as a last resort but if I didn't have BT and had to choose between cabled and IrDA, I'd choose cable.

Keeping a line of sight between two devices during an entire dial-up session can be tedious.

[Jason Dunn]

Jason, don't you miss your T-Mobile/XDA (et al names)? Or have you reverted back to the "Dark Side :robot:" :lol:? You are now "linked" and/or "tethered" again to using a cell phone and a pocket pc for your wireless needs. Isn't that cumbersome?

Yes, I'm using a two-body solution right now. T68i talking to a Dell Axim X5 w/Socket Bluetooth card. It's not bad, the T68i is a nice little phone, but I'd still prefer the XDA. Problem is, my screen is still cracked and I need a new one - politics are making it impossible for Pocket PC Techs to repair it for me. &lt;sigh>

But the cable for my laptop - now THAT would be pretty cool!

[bdegroodt]

The exchange program these guys have is awesome. Trade in your cable if you change phones or PDA. We need more of that!

[shawnc]

Nice. They carry most all of the current Sanyo phones except mine, the 4900.

I feel your pain. They have Samsung except mine (A500) :evil: !

[patwoods]

Jason, they also DON'T have the v35. You might have to make them fix that... :twak:

Love the new icons!

[Jason Dunn]

Jason, they also DON'T have the v35. You might have to make them fix that...

Well, they're reading this thread, so we'll see what happens. :-)

[Dave Beauvais]

I have a couple friends who live in a somewhat rural area that has no cable or DSL service who use Sprint PCS Vision for Internet access. Hey, it's faster than dial-up!

As for the "wireless internet cables," it reminds me of something I saw sometime last year in a joke ad: "Wireless Patch Panels from transLucent Technologies." :)

--Dave

[rberry88]

Quick question. How do you setup the connection? In other words, how do you make the Vision phone connect to the service and act as a modem for the HP? I've got a Jornada and Sanyo 4900 Vision-enabled phone and, while I haven't found a cable for them yet, I hope to soon and want to be able to use them together.

Your phone needs to have a serial connector and not a USB connector for this to work, which the LG5350 has. I hook the cable up to the phone on one end and the 5455 on the other. On the phone I set if for "Data Always In", Method = RS-232C and speed at 115200. On the PDA I setup a new connection under network connections and have it dial #777 (to connect to the Sprint Vision service). When I connect, the phone dials #777, takes a about 4-5 tries and connects. Once connected it is just like surfing on WiFi, a continuous connection.

If you go to Gomadics site and select cables, select the brand of phone or PDA you have and it will give detailed instructions on how to setup your phone and PDA to work.

rberry88

[Perry Reed]

Your phone needs to have a serial connector and not a USB connector for this to work, which the LG5350 has. I hook the cable up to the phone on one end and the 5455 on the other. On the phone I set if for "Data Always In", Method = RS-232C and speed at 115200. On the PDA I setup a new connection under network connections and have it dial #777 (to connect to the Sprint Vision service). When I connect, the phone dials #777, takes a about 4-5 tries and connects. Once connected it is just like surfing on WiFi, a continuous connection.

Ooh, I bet that's why nobody has a cable for my phone. It has a USB connection, not serial.

Thanks for the info!

[PetiteFlower]

Shame you guys put up the affiliate link just today, I already ordered mine a few days ago--actually off ebay (even though I only saved $5, better then nothing though!). But I probably would have bought direct from Gomadic if I'd seen the affiliate. Oh well.

Anyway when it arrives I will be sure to let everyone know how I like it! I hope it works as well as rberry says it does, since another poster has had some trouble getting his connection set up. I can't wait though!

[QYV]

These cables work great if you're looking for a cheap solution for an existing non-Bluetooth phone. We've been discussing this in the Axim forum - in addition to the Sprint plans, Verizon has a free option with their voice plans called Mobile Office which allows you to connect without an ISP at 14.4K using your voice minutes. Highly impractical for web surfing, but it's a great way to check e-mail.

BTW, slightly off-topic: I have a Supply Net cable (not the Gomadic one) to connect a Motorola StarTAC phone to an iPAQ 3600. Sold my iPAQ in January so I don't need the cable anymore. It's not upgradeable like the Gomadic ones, but I'll take any reasonable offer at this point. :mrgreen:

[Monty Gibson]

[quote="Jason Dunn"]
...I'd still prefer the XDA. Problem is, my screen is still cracked and I need a new one - politics are making it impossible for Pocket PC Techs to repair it for me.[quote]

Jason,

I've cracked, dropped, flaked and chipped 4 PPC's. I'll let you figure which part suits its counterpart. I've replaced my T-Mobile PPC 4 times and I've only paid a one time fee of US $70.00. They sent it overnight, in a box securely packaged, with a prepaid return express label! All you have to do is remove your SIM card your SD/MMC card if applicable and drop your old one in the box and send it away... what politics?

[gomadic]

Just wanted to chime in with some answers to some of the questions that were being discussed in this thread.

Wireless Internet Cables - I can honestly tell you that we were scratching our heads to think of a product name that captured the essence of what these cables do. We recognize that Wireless Internet Cable is a little bit of an oxymoron, however, it was the best we could think of. We could use a few slick marketing folks at Gomadic, but unfortunately, we're mostly geeky, gadget-head engineers!

Samsung A500/Sanyo 4900 – These are HUGELY popular phones and we wish we could support them, however, with these new 3G phones, the manufacturer removed support for serial and switched 100% to USB on the baseport of the phones. The way USB works, you always need a USB host and a USB client in order to function properly. Both phones and PDA’s are USB clients and therefore you cannot have a direct cable solution linking them together.

ViewSonic V35 – We should have cables available for this PDA within the next 30 days! We also plan on adding the Toshiba e550G as well.

IPAQ H1910 – This has the same problem as the A500 and the Sanyo 4900. With the H1910, HP removed serial support for this device. Instead you have the same USB client to USB client issue.

The Exchange Program – Thanks for the nice comments regarding our exchange program! I always used to change PDA’s and phones and it made me crazy to have to spend a lot of money on a new wireless cable each time. By basing our solution on a modular platform, incorporating a lifetime exchange program made sense!

Little known secrets – Did you know that the cube in the center of our product also incorporates power management features. With most phones, if you attach a power source to your PDA, it will charge both your PDA and your phone simultaneously. Gomadic has also recently received a large shipment of USB cables which when attached to the cube will charge the PDA (or Phone) that is attached to the other end. We haven’t started to market it yet, but if you are interested, drop us an email with your address and we’ll send one to you free of charge (limited time only – offer ends 3/31/2003).

Thanks for all your feedback. Keep the comments coming!

Gomadic

http://www.gomadic.com

[PhatCohiba]

Your phone needs to have a serial connector and not a USB connector for this to work, which the LG5350 has. I hook the cable up to the phone on one end and the 5455 on the other. On the phone I set if for "Data Always In", Method = RS-232C and speed at 115200. On the PDA I setup a new connection under network connections and have it dial #777 (to connect to the Sprint Vision service). When I connect, the phone dials #777, takes a about 4-5 tries and connects. Once connected it is just like surfing on WiFi, a continuous connection.

Ooh, I bet that's why nobody has a cable for my phone. It has a USB connection, not serial.

Thanks for the info!

Theoretically you could use try one of the new USB Host (http://www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/subpages/cfu1u.html) if you could get a driver for that Phone. USB Host Drivers for PPC are at http://www.deje.gmxhome.de/software.html

[quikag]

I have looked at their site, and would like to get one of their cables, but my phone (Samsung Q105 is not listed. The N105 (I believe an older model) is, and it looks like it has the same connector. Does anyone know if it would work? I know my phone has modem capabilities, as I've used it with my laptop before. Thanks

Mark

[TheBacklash]

Just a little Plug for Gomadic as well. (BTW: nice to see the them reading and commenting about our questions :rock on dude!: )

I purchased the cables 2 weeks ago, recieved them in less than a week.

Had initial problems in setup, *not* with the cables but with Verizon. Cometo find out it was a manufacturer "whoops" on motorola's part... and was fixed. Ever since then it has worked perfectly.

If you have a phone and PDA combo that Gomadic sells... and want to take you PDA online to check E-mail and sync Avantgo or browse the Pocketpcthoughts forums at work :roll: I highly reccomend the gomadic cables.


One question I have though... if anyone can answer.... I have a Motorola T720 phone. With the gomadic cables I want to upload/download the stored numbers and such. I have found a few software products that can, but do not list the T720. I use the V60 series setup, and it says it connects to the phone... but just can't read or upload anything.

Anyone know of any software that I can do this with? Motorola sells a program called truesync that works with laptops and a USB connection, if you read the support side, they *do* say it works with WinCE/PPC2000/2002. But they do want a fortune for the software... and alas, no T720 listed.... yet I can buy the Data kit for it containing the software.... So I think it should work, but I kinda want an alternative program, cheaper.... :lol:

[TheBacklash]

Little known secrets – Did you know that the cube in the center of our product also incorporates power management features. With most phones, if you attach a power source to your PDA, it will charge both your PDA and your phone simultaneously. Gomadic has also recently received a large shipment of USB cables which when attached to the cube will charge the PDA (or Phone) that is attached to the other end. We haven’t started to market it yet, but if you are interested, drop us an email with your address and we’ll send one to you free of charge (limited time only – offer ends 3/31/2003).

Thanks for all your feedback. Keep the comments coming!

Gomadic

http://www.gomadic.com

Now this just grabbed my attention..... 8O

Talk about a great company!

[rberry88]

And just when you thought it couldn't get any better, Gomadic sweetens the pot. Four thumbs up here.

:olympic: :multi: :shocked!: :beer:

Okay, I'll stop now.

rberry88

[Perry Reed]

Your phone needs to have a serial connector and not a USB connector for this to work, which the LG5350 has. I hook the cable up to the phone on one end and the 5455 on the other. On the phone I set if for "Data Always In", Method = RS-232C and speed at 115200. On the PDA I setup a new connection under network connections and have it dial #777 (to connect to the Sprint Vision service). When I connect, the phone dials #777, takes a about 4-5 tries and connects. Once connected it is just like surfing on WiFi, a continuous connection.

Ooh, I bet that's why nobody has a cable for my phone. It has a USB connection, not serial.

Thanks for the info!

Theoretically you could use try one of the new USB Host (http://www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/subpages/cfu1u.html) if you could get a driver for that Phone. USB Host Drivers for PPC are at http://www.deje.gmxhome.de/software.html

True! The key issue, however (other than cost), is the drivers...

[QYV]

The Exchange Program – Thanks for the nice comments regarding our exchange program! I always used to change PDA’s and phones and it made me crazy to have to spend a lot of money on a new wireless cable each time. By basing our solution on a modular platform, incorporating a lifetime exchange program made sense!

Just wanted you folks at Gomadic to know that the exchange program was the difference between me buying a cable and saying "no thanks". I may or may not be upgrading my phone shortly, and I wasn't going to buy a cable for that reason. Once I heard about the Gomadic solution, I put in my order the same day, since if I do end up moving to a new phone, I'd be able to still use the cable. So, keep it up - it is a good sales tactic!

[PetiteFlower]

Woot :) I got my cable today(and apparantly I was ordering from Gomadic off of ebay even though the seller's ID didn't indicate it because the return address was them!) and it works! It was a little quirky, my PDA kept wanting to dial the #777 as an international call with the 1 011 in front but I did eventually get it figured out and got it to connect :)

Does anyone know if it's possible to dl email to pocket outlook using this connection? I synced my Outlook but it doesn't give me the option to connect when in this mailbox, I must be doing something wrong. I'd like to be able to send from the PDA as well....

[Janak Parekh]

Does anyone know if it's possible to dl email to pocket outlook using this connection? I synced my Outlook but it doesn't give me the option to connect when in this mailbox, I must be doing something wrong. I'd like to be able to send from the PDA as well....
Sure - you need to set up either a POP or IMAP service in Inbox. Note that it will be a separate "download" than your Outlook sync.

As for sending, that might be problematic. You need an SMTP server. I'm pretty sure Sprint won't offer one, so unless your ISP supports "authenticated SMTP" it'll be a dicey proposition. (If someone has more updated info re Sprint and SMTP, feel free to chime in--I haven't tried with Sprint in quite a while.)

--janak

[rberry88]

You might want to check out Eudora and see if it that can help. I've heard rumblings about working and then again I heard rumblings that it is Cr**.

rberry88

[PetiteFlower]

Ok, I did figure out how to set up a pop account as a separate "service" (right?) but I didn't want to download unless I was sure I would be able to sync those emails back to the main account on my desktop. Can I?

[Janak Parekh]

Ok, I did figure out how to set up a pop account as a separate "service" (right?) but I didn't want to download unless I was sure I would be able to sync those emails back to the main account on my desktop. Can I?
For POP downloading, there's no such thing as "syncing". You should configure the Inbox app not to remove the emails from the server (I believe there's an option for that, right?), and by doing so you can still pull them down on your desktop even after you've checked your email on the handheld.

If you want to test it, first check your email on your desktop (so you lose nothing from this experiment); then create an email to yourself, and close your desktop mail program before it pulls the email back down itself. Connect on your Pocket PC, make sure you get the email there, and then see if it still comes through on the desktop.

You see, POP3 is a protocol to retrieve email from a server. It can either take the email and delete it from the server, or take a copy of the email that's on the server but leave it there. That's about all it does. ;) IMAP4 is infinitely superior in this regard but is not commonly available.

--janak

[PetiteFlower]

I don't see an option to remove email from server or keep copy on server.

But, I can check my email on the web, I'll just wait until there's an unimportant message and try to dl that and see what happens :)

[Janak Parekh]

I don't see an option to remove email from server or keep copy on server.
Hmm, maybe it does it by default then. I have to admit, I don't use POP3 frequently anymore. That's one of the benefits of running your own server -- you can set it up exactly as you want to. :)

But, I can check my email on the web, I'll just wait until there's an unimportant message and try to dl that and see what happens :)
Or, like I said, make an unimportant message. ;)

--janak

[PetiteFlower]

Heh, I subscribe to a bunch of lists, it doesn't take very long :)

But anyway I configured the pop service correctly but it won't even connect to download :( I suspect this is AT&T more then anything though, they are really quirky about letting me dl mail when connected through an ISP other then them.

I'm getting a cable modem soon, though, since I'm moving to a new place with roommates I can split the cost with, so maybe it will work better with Comcast.

[rberry88]

If you are using Outlook Express for your POP3 mail on your desktop PC, just go to Tools > accounts > highlight email account in list and hit properties > go to advanced tab and check the box that says "Leave a copy of message on server". I have cable modem service with AT&T (now Comcast) and it works fine.

rberry

[Janak Parekh]

If you are using Outlook Express for your POP3 mail on your desktop PC, just go to Tools > accounts > highlight email account in list and hit properties > go to advanced tab and check the box that says "Leave a copy of message on server". I have cable modem service with AT&T (now Comcast) and it works fine.
We were talking about the Inbox on the Pocket PC. ;)

--janak

[PetiteFlower]

Right, I don't want to leave a copy on the server when I dl from my desktop!

[rberry88]

Okay, let *me* get this straight. You want to be able to view your e-mail (POP3) on your PocketPC (Inbox) but don't want the e-mail deleted in case you want to view the e-mail on your desktop PC, right??? There is no setting in the *PPC* to accomplish this but what is the difference if you set up the PPC or the desktop PC to leave a message on the server. If you don't want your desktop PC to leave a message on the server but you want your PPC to leave one on the server then what is the difference??? Aren't you using the same POP3 account to access your e-mail on the PPC and on the desktop PC? Whether its marked in the PPC or on the desktop PC, either way you will be leaving a message on the server, right??

If I'm totally missing what you are trying to accomplish then forgive me.

rberry88

[Janak Parekh]

what is the difference if you set up the PPC or the desktop PC to leave a message on the server.
Let's say you use your desktop 99% of the time, and your Pocket PC only when you're traveling. You most definitely want the desktop to pull all the mail down, otherwise your online box will fill up. Additionally, if you don't pull everything down the next time you try with your Pocket PC you'll get all the messages, when you're usually looking only for new messages since you last checked with your desktop.

--janak

[rberry88]

The fog has lifted and I see now see what you are trying to accomplish. I checked my 5455 and there was no option of 'leave copy mail on server' available in the Inbox program.

Sorry, I must of confused myself with some confusing something or other, I'll bow out quietly now.

:alfdance: But not before I give Alf a chance to show his thing.

rberry88 :mrgreen:

[PetiteFlower]

Exactly.

Anyway apparantly the PPC automatically leaves a copy on the server. I had it plugged into my cradle(and thus sharing my ATT connection) and it was able to dl messages(in fact it did so automatically even though I told it not to!) and a copy was left on the server. It was pretty cool :)

Of course I resynced the new messages on my desktop to the Activesync inbox and now there is 2 of everything...*$#%@!!!!!!

[ctmagnus]

$#%@!!!!!!

That's where the devilgirl emoticon you requested would come in handy. :)

[Janak Parekh]

Of course I resynced the new messages on my desktop to the Activesync inbox and now there is 2 of everything...*$#%@!!!!!!
Hmm. Doesn't Pocket Inbox have a separate folder for the POP3 service?

In any case, I don't use the ActiveSync mail sync myself, so I can't help you there that much. I have 1-2 gigs of email, so I'm not syncing it to the Pocket PC. :D

--janak

[ctmagnus]

I have 1-2 gigs of email, so I'm not syncing it to the Pocket PC. :D

Sounds like 'sabout time for you to do some regularly scheduled maintenance. Keep a seperate ost/pst file for every given time period (month/two months/biannually...) Of course, you know much more about this kind of stuff than me, so...

[PetiteFlower]

Yeah I don't think I'm going to be syncing my mail anymore either, I just didn't know I could check email on the PPC otherwise. Now that I realized that I can, no need to sync!

I don't have THAT much mail but I do have quite a lot :)

[Janak Parekh]

Sounds like 'sabout time for you to do some regularly scheduled maintenance. Keep a seperate ost/pst file for every given time period (month/two months/biannually...) Of course, you know much more about this kind of stuff than me, so...
Oh, believe me, I've been dealing with it for years. It's all very well-organized. I don't keep it in an OST/PST, because I don't store my mail in Outlook; all of it is server-side and accessed via IMAP, webmail, or ssh on my personal customized server, so I can get my mail from anywhere. I also have some stuff in my group's Exchange server. :)

--janak

[PetiteFlower]

I wish I could store my mail on a server. I have a huge problem that I still haven't resolved. I have 5 years of email stored on my old computer. When I got my new computer, I had to wait a few weeks to get the software that was supposedly going to help me move my files and stuff from my old computer to my new one. By the time I did, I already had quite a bit of new email on my new computer. Well, basically what it came down to was that I could have EITHER my old email on the new comp OR the new email, but not both. Well, that wasn't acceptable and I tried EVERYTHING I could possibly think of to get the 2 files to combine. I transferred the stuff on the old comp to Outlook from OE, I tried making a PST file but it wouldn't let me burn that file to CD in a form that could be read by my new computer and the migration softward wouldn't allow the file to be moved either. I tried a bunch of other stuff too but nothing worked and I now have just given up. But I can't get rid of my old computer now, not with FIVE YEARS of stinkin emails on there! So I have it set up with no keyboard and an extra mouse and monitor if I have to look something up.

Sorry to drag this so far off topic but if anyone has any ideas, please help!

[Steven Cedrone]

Sorry to drag this so far off topic but if anyone has any ideas, please help!

So you have a huge .pst file on the old computer? How about this: 2 NIC's, 1 crossover cable, network the two PC's, open the .PST on the old PC with Outlook on the new PC, move the folders from one Outlook data file to the other...

How's that for a run on sentance...

Steve

[PetiteFlower]

My old PC doesn't have a network card though, and I don't want to buy any new hardware for a piece of junk that I'm going to throw away as soon as humanly possible.....

[Steven Cedrone]

My old PC doesn't have a network card though, and I don't want to buy any new hardware for a piece of junk that I'm going to throw away as soon as humanly possible.....

You should be able to find a NIC for almost nothing. Hell, I'll be in Philly tonight - I can give you a couple...

All you need is an old ISA card, people throw them away all of the time...

Steve

[Janak Parekh]

PF -

Do you still have the original OE files? Do a search on the hard drive for *.DBX files (*.MBX if it's a really old version of OE). Burn that entire folder to CD. On the new computer, find the *.DBX files, and overwrite them with the ones from the CD (or rename them if you want different folder names). Presto, it should work perfectly.

PM me about follow-up questions... I've done this a million times for clients. You shouldn't need a network card, although Steve's being gallant as always, and you should take him up on the offer if you have time. ;)

--janak

[Steven Cedrone]

Done...

I gave her the cards tonight. Either way, I think she should be able to get the data to her new machine. PF, if you need help with either method just give us a yell...

Steve

[PetiteFlower]

That I will. You guys both rock :)

Back on topic....Maybe I just can't tell, but it does not APPEAR to charge my phone if my Axim is plugged into the charger while connected to the phone via the Gomatic cable. And when I connected them and plugged my PHONE into the charger, the Axim's battery meter still went down. BUT--I'm thinking that the secondary device will only start charging after the device directly connected to the charger, is fully charged? Otherwise all the power from the charger will get used by the primary device and there won't be any left to go through the cable?