Registered: Dec 1999
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Well, after reading that the sixpak won't be available untill September, I broke down and ordered a thincom modem. I'm doing a lot of traveling in the next three months and I don't want to take my laptop. I just got my Stowaway keyboard and I'm excited to do some e-mail, ICQ and other stuff.

I figure I can just suffer through the dongle and then sell it on ebay for about what I paid for it when sixpack comes out.

Anyways...

Heyday

Registered: Nov 1999
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Posts: 109

Great minds think alike!

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Registered: Mar 2000
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Posts: 98

Hey, does the Thincom modem allow cellular connection? If so, with what phones???

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Registered: Dec 1999
Location:
Posts: 65

From what I've read, no. The only ones that have made mention of it are the Sixpak and the Xircom card. And the Xircom is GSM only...damn that pisses me off.

OEP

Registered: Feb 2000
Location: Moved to Clie Land
Posts: 331

I'm in the same boat...sent off for mine today. Sure wish SOMEONE would meet their delivery dates...

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Registered: Jun 2000
Location: Orem, UT USA
Posts: 6

Concerns about Innogear from another posting of mine echoed here...

As for the Innogear board, I have to say I remain skeptical. Their product has been
announced for several months, and yet they are still not shipping. I have to wonder
about the chipset they are using, and if they are having sourcing delays from whoever
they are sourcing their modem silicon from. That's a lot of features to put into a piece of silicon that is going to run on the Visor battery.

In contrast, Thincom uses Analog Devices silicon, and they are known for their expertise in low power consumption DSPs. Card Access claims it draws less than 50mA when fully active. Any device that wants to draw power from the Springboard slot has to consume no more than 100mA, from what I have read. I'd be interested in knowing what the
power curve on the Innogear product will be. A modem that draws only 50mA is pretty impressive.

Last of all, the flip-out jacks, such as the one to be used in the Innogear product, are
still going to require pulling the Visor out of a carrying case or organizer if you want to connect. In a perfect world, an XJACK Springboard would be the answer, but even XJACK might be too thick.

So, for the foreseeable future, I'll go with Thincom for analog connectivity, and take a look at the wireless solutions as they start to trickle on to the market. 33.6Kbps
transmission speeds are sufficient for mobile e-mail retrevial, remote hotsyncing, and casual browsing (and is a heck of a lot faster than the rates you get over a cell phone connection).

I'll take Thincom's shipping 33.6Kbps module over a "vapor" 56K module based on the flux capacitor, cold fusion, or some other such "breakthrough technologies" as well, thank you...

Kiporama (the self-appointed Thincom Apologist)