Damn, sounds good. I don't suppose the 650 has evdo does it?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 5:44 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Looking for a mobile phone > > > On 6/20/06, deadcityskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also, I believe there is a wi-fi hack, pure software out there. > > > > One of the things that's often disabled on the phones by the > company right? > > There actually isn't a wifi card in the device, so there isn't a > software hack. However, there is a program that unlocks the ability > to use the phone as a modem for a laptop. I bought it right after I > got the phone. Essentially requires you to plug the phone into your > laptop via USB, then you can hop on EVDO from your laptop for fast > internet access from anywhere (within EVDO areas). > > I dunno what I'd use the wifi card for really. I use infared to > update my contacts / calendar from my laptop and my office > calendar/outlook syncs via EVDO link to our company's exchange server. > I also POP mail from several accounts over EVDO. If I did all this > over wifi I'd have to be in range of my wifi base to get that to work, > which isn't of much use to me. I mean - it's a mobile device after > all, if I am near my wifi station, I am also near my desktop/laptop > and don't need internet access via my 700. > > The only drawback I have found for this so far is that I can't get VPN > working over the EVDO link. I haven't tried too hard yet though - I > might get it working still. > > -Cameron > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209847 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
