Does it turn the Treo into a brick in size. Regards, Jose (Sent via Sprint Treo650)
...... Original Message ....... On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:39:13 -0000 "cobun7" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >1. Yes the config was for those who were having as much trouble as I >did initially using it. >2. Data plans are too expensive for my limited times of use. Cant >compare much. When I surfed GSM Cingular I find the sled quicker by >maybe 50%. But that is an uncertain observation. >3. My college is placing wifi sites around and I placed an old one in >my office. The sled does detect what's out there. However, I'm >uncertain about whether they are active or an old one until I delete >it and re-scan. So it detects well, but is not a detector, unless >you started by deleting everything and then scanned. That would show >all the live nodes. >4 Wifi is only going to grow, since wifi routers are dirt cheap and >competition is what it is. Unless of course competition is what it >is and the data plans try to keep from being replaced by wifi. Bill >Gates speculated about seven years ago that we would have slave >handheld computers that would borrow from whichever nearby massive >unit that was close by. [But what does he know. :) ] > When computers came out we wondered whether TV's would become >computers or computers would become TV's. We are finding that both >are becoming Palm Pilots. Just remember when predicting technology >that they said the the auto would never replace the horse because >people were too attached to their horse. So dont get too attached to >that data plan, or that wifi plan. As you said the "new one" is >coming out (as it will proverbially do.) > > > >--- In [email protected], "Wallach, Levi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Anyway, could you give some actual general impressions of the >device, not so much configuration details, but how does it change the >user experience over EDGE (or the CDMA equivalent)? The other >question is, can it function as a wifi detector? Or actually, I know >there's an app out there that lets your palm function as a wifi >detector if it has wifi capability. Have you tried that? My thought >is that I'll still be pretty disappointed because wifi signals are >few and far between compared to the ubiquity of mobile signals. True >there are Starbucks and Borders (and McDonalds in some areas), but >that means yet more money per month (or whenever you want to use it), >and of course there are your random cafes with wifi, residences with >unprotected wifi (intentionally or unintentionally), and even a few >areas of muni-wifi, but it still doesn't compare... >> >> Levi Wallach >> >> Blog: twelveblackcodemonkeys.com ><http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.blog-city.com> >> DVD Review Site: dvdmon.com <http://www.dvdmon.com> >> Pictures at: http://wallachexpressions.smugmug.com/Photos%20by% >20Levi <http://wallachexpressions.smugmug.com/Photos%20by%20Levi> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: [email protected] on behalf of cobun7 >> Sent: Wed 9/14/05 11:09 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Treo] Wifi sled (Enfora) >> >> >> >> The Enfora sled works well, after I conducted a lot of >experimentation >> that differs from the manual. I have stripped off encryption for >now. >> 1. The manual states, "When the status displays Associated you can >> click on Connect to enable a Wireless connection." >> 2. I tried the manual's way for a long, unsuccessful time. What >did >> work after selecting the wifi network name was to use the switch to >> turn on the sled, watch the "TX" setting add bits, and finally when >> the "RX" setting shows some bits after maybe two minutes push the >> connect button to see the sled "Associated" >> 3. Occasionally I have had to tap the sled power button to keep it >> from "timing out." (That may be therapeutic, but it works for me.) >> This process has added a lot of dependability in logging on. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/y2FxlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
