After the big failure of my other laptop I'm seriously considering buying a new laptop, most likely an HP tx2500z. It's a 12.1" Tablet PC, and as such I would use it as a highly mobile system, carrying it around with me everywhere and using it for just a few minutes at a time.
My question is as follows. I have, for a long time, used my cell phone and bluetooth to connect to the net when not near wifi. I live in a large city in Alabama (90,000+ people) but every weekend I go out to our lake house, where wifi is most often pronounced "wiffy?" by the locals with a puzzled look on their face. I'm considering getting an internal MiniPCI EVDO data card and trying to configure it connect to Kindle's "Whispernet" system which, if it works, would give me free internet access basically anywhere on Sprint's network. I have always used T-Mobile, which is EDGE/GPRS/GSM and as such I have only a mediocre understanding of how EVDO works. I know that, with GPRS data, the modem (phone) connects to any available tower and then uses an "AP" (in my case, wap.voicestream.com) to send data. Since both Sprint and Verizon, and now the Kindle all use EVDO, my question is whether there is some kind of configuration setting, such as an AP, that I could point an internal EVDO card to and in doing so basically "spoof" my laptop being a Kindle, thus getting free internet access. If not, I know there's a linux daemon I can run that will actually run a private GRPS/GSM gateway so I may just set that up on a server at home and use an internal EDGE/GRPS card instead, but I figured if the Kindle can be spoofed I'd save myself the trouble. Thanks, Tack --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
