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Cell phone hookup and keyboard?

Hello,

I was wondering if there was any way to hook one of the cell phone modem cables, I have seen for the Visor, while also having a keyboard attached.

Thanks,
Peter

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
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Unfortunately, they both require use of the serial port and therefore cannot be used together. The way a keyboard interfaces to the port precludes it from being used for serial communications that the cell phone cable requires.

Now, the simple solution to this dilemma would be a Springboard module that contains nothing more than a standard serial port, but nobody's developed one yet (the Efig Diagnostic module has additional features and is too expensive).

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Thanks.

Too bad. I wouldn't get one without the other.

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Originally posted by MarkEagle
Unfortunately, they both require use of the serial port and therefore cannot be used together. The way a keyboard interfaces to the port precludes it from being used for serial communications that the cell phone cable requires.

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Registered: Dec 1999
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quote:

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Originally posted by PDAENVY
you can use a VisorPhone and a StowAway keyboard at the same time.

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What about the module that Xircom makes now. If I remember correctly it allows for a cell phone (GSM ONLY?) to be connected to the module via their special cable. I'll see if I can find a few links for ya.

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Registered: Mar 2001
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Here it is. And it's GSM only.

http://www.xircom.com/cda/page/0,12..._1-1597,00.html

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GSM only... why why why!

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Becasue 1) GSM is digital, no digital to analog changing.
2) GSM is better?

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