Registered: Jul 2001
Location: MAryland
Posts: 5

Visor pHone

I have a visop phone with voicestream, does anyone of a way to use it as a modem with out buying that dam datastream??

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ROb

Registered: Jan 2001
Location:
Posts: 125

Ya, several people here use the visorphone for data w/o purchasing datastream minutes. The minutes you use surfing the web just come out of your regular voice minutes.

Marty

Registered: Dec 2000
Location:
Posts: 22

Correct. I am a Voicestream customer with a VP. Works fine.

Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 12

Me too. Datastream is a way to enable regular cell phones as wireless modems and wasn't created with VisorPhone in mind. VisorPhone is already a wireless modem, so there's no technical need to pay for DataStream.

There is also no requirement anywhere in VoiceStream's Terms of Service that says you have to subscribe to Datastream to connect to the Net. Which leads me to believe that Handspring must have some sort of exclusivity deal with VoiceStream and other affiliated service providers since Handspring goes out of its way to tell VisorPhone users that they "must" sign up for data services from their cell provider in order to surf wirelessly. I can't decide whether this is just misleading or simply a lie on Handspring's part, but VoiceStream won't stop you.

I do what the above posters do: I call my ISP's local number and run Blazer, Handspring's wireless browser. You just need to configure your Network preferences to call your ISP. it's pretty simple and you can find out how on Handspring's support pages.

Registered: Feb 2000
Location:
Posts: 23

I know this is probably off track but handsprings website finally listed my zip code as having service from Voice Stream. However, when I called voicestream they say they don't cover this area yet. Does anyone know how to find out where Handspring gets the information it uses for the website.

Registered: Jul 2001
Location: MAryland
Posts: 5

Help

I am using MSN and I still cant connect can someone please help me.

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ROb

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Posts: 406

From what I remeber, MSN uses some kind of proprietary login crud like AOL. Try calling MSN Tech support to see if they can give you some details as to how to login with just a phone#, username, password, and no client software.