What is the SIM-card like slot on a 5455 for?

[gai-jin]

Looking under the battery of my 5455, I see a small white card. Removing this card, it appears to be the physical size and shape of roughly a GSM sim card, from a cell phone. The card is just a plastic 'dummy'. There are contacts in the slot, but no contacts on the card.

What is this for?

Gai-jin

[nosmohtac]

I'm not positive about this, but I believe the reason the SIM slot is on a 5455 is because, when they originally released the 5455, they were already talking about another model (5555 I think) that would have GSM/GPRS radio built in. The way I understand it, they never intended for these features to work on the 5455, but to cut down on manufacturing costs (since the two models *5455* & *5555* would be made with most of the same parts) they put the slot on the 5455 as well.

[gai-jin]

So, it's of no use whatsoever?

Gai-jin

[Pony99CA]

Looking under the battery of my 5455, I see a small white card. Removing this card, it appears to be the physical size and shape of roughly a GSM sim card, from a cell phone. The card is just a plastic 'dummy'. There are contacts in the slot, but no contacts on the card.

What is this for?

Check out the "HP 5450 Sim Card Slot" thread (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12291).

Also check out the Search function here -- it can be your friend. :-)

Steve

[Terry]

No use whatsoever. The 5555 has the "slot" (more of a dent really), but no pins and it is covered by the warranty label.