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Not so sure about palms, but the modem stuff will be the same - I use an
Ericson SH888 (with in-built modem and IRDA support) - if you'r blipping about
from country to country, then it's murder if you don't have an 'Unlocked' phone
(ie a phone that will work with any SIM card) as roaming charges can be very
expensive - if you can get roaming in the first place.... phones with built-in
modems + IRDA are expensive too, especially when you have to page 50 quid
premium to have them unlocked.... I sometimes wish I'd paid less money for the
phone, and bought a cable - phone specific :-( - to go with my modem card.....
these cost upwards of 100 quid, but at least if you get a cable for a common
phone you can pick up cheap phones with local cards in it from any country you
go to.... and you end up with a nice collection of telephones.....
One thing to watch out for is some pay-as-you-go phone companies do NOT allow
you unlock the phone (not mentioning ORANGE, of course).... If you use linux,
then it's probably a good idea to check out the IRDA project homepage take a
look at supported phones and palmtops... even for non-linux users, this can be
a handy guide to the technical specs/problems with phones or anything else with
a IRDA port in it.
Check out the link: http://www.cs.uit.no/linux-irda/hardware.html - theres not
much on palmtops - but maybe you could change that :-]
Iain.
Martin Cosgrave wrote:;
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> All the Palms do much the same thing. Even the Handspring Visor. They mainly
> vary in terms of processor speed and memory, although the IIIc is colour.
> The V is more stylishly packaged though.
>
> Not sure about fax software but emails should be fine. Web browsing can be a
> bit weird - text only, or else a gateway server translates the web images to
> 2 bit monochrome for you... just slightly more complicated to set up.
>
> }One more thing: if I wanted to buy a color matrix Palm, and then needed
> }to get the external modem, could I then plug it into a cell phone? Are
> }there utilities for that?
>
> As long as the mobile phone has an infrared modem thing then it should be
> OK. The Palm modem is for plugging into POTS; my Palm happily goes online
> via the IR on my Nokia 7110.
>
> > Hey there, Palm geeks. :) My friend is interested in purchasing a Palm
> > Pilot -- and fast. He needs to have it by the 22nd of April, actually.
> > And he's currently travelling around a foreign country, so I agreed to
> > help him arrange a Palm Pilot by the time he gets back to England for
> > three days, then off again. So, knowing some of you are keen on these
> > things, I was wondering if I could get a quick reply. He needs a good
> > Palm -- the best, preferably -- but the best deal as well (he's not
> > travelling around on his *own* money, after all). He needs to be able
> > to send e-mails, faxes, have whatever web capabilities he can have and
> > be able to do it through a cell phone. He also would need to have some
> > sort of picture-drawing capability as well. If any of you could give me
> > some advice as to the best one to purchase by the end of the work day,
> > it would be greatlyt appreciated. Hell, if any of you know a good place
> > with good deals where he could purchase one, that would be even better.
> > He's going to be in London for the majority of the days he's there, but
> > he's going to try very hard to get back to his home in Devon before he's
> > required to leave again. Assuming the M4 and the M5 still lie where
> > they do, he'll be able to swing by Bristol if you have any hook-ups on
> > the west siiiiide.
> >
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