Registered: Feb 2001
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Hello,
This is my first post to this forum. I am a relatively new user of PDAs and I own Visor Platinum. I am interested in being able to check my email from the "road" with my PDA. I would like to be able to use both cell and landline but landline is most important. Will the thinmodem + allow me to connect to a cellphone. If not, what options do I have? I would like to avoid a new monthly service fee. Any advice/help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,


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Registered: Sep 1999
Location: New Mexico, USA
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Thinmodem+ needs a dialtone to work, so I don't think your cellphone will work with it.

Options? Well, if innogear had actually produced a 6-pak.... sigh.

May be actual options out there- you need a "cell modem".

j.

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Registered: Jun 2000
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The Thinmodem+ website does not say anything about a cell phone capability. I agree with John.

If you want options with the same module, you may want to go with another modem. Xircom has a rebate on their modem right now. It has fax and cell capability also. There are some threads on these modems - you may want to check it out.

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iceman
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another option (but more expensive) is the visorPhone...
it has a GSM modem build in...

Very cool, but more expensive..

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You may be able to get a cell phone to work with either a custom made cable or with a serial cable, phone data cable, and a null modem adapter. Do a search of the forums to find out more. Your service provider must offer some sort of digital web service, if its TDMA forget it. For GSM you can buy a phone with IR, the Xircom & GSM cable, or the VisorPhone.

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