amacrae
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jflanagan wrote:Great post.
For those that haven't tried this yet, keep in mind that you cannot recieve a phone call while your phone is being used as a modem.
Now that dedicated data cards are down to $49 to $149, it might be worth picking one up.
Also, at least verizon is slowly expanding their broadband access service (which their $149 cards are forward compatible with) and it offers 300kbps-2mbps speeds. They'll probably have phones soon that are compatible with it too. They might already. But I'd rather have a pcmcia card in my laptop for $149 than tie up my cell phone.
$80/month is a lot, but verizon (and probably other carriers) have started monitoring bandwidth and have the right to shut down your data connection if they figure out you're using the phone as a modem tethered to your PC to avoid paying the $79/mo.
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Just returned from a trip to Norway. I have a GSM phone there, with service from Telenor. Nokia N70 GPRS/EDGE capable on a 3G GSM system. Make and receive voice calls while surfing the internet on my Mac, connected to the phone via Bluetooth. Someday we'll have that kind of service in the US.
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phitur
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But, how do you use your phone as a modem with verizon if you don't pay the $70?
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phitur wrote:But, how do you use your phone as a modem with verizon if you don't pay the $70?
See this post in this thread.
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i recieve calls when i'm on the internet, haven't tried making any.. and i'm with verizon, if they call an its busy it goes to my voice mail, if their really desperate nad its an emg they can call the DW's phone
I can explain it to you.
But I Can Not understand it for you !
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I'm using Cingular's data connect plan on my cellphone & I can receive calls when I'm online. However, it does put your data call "on hold" so you can't surf any more while your on the phone, but it does keep you connected.
I'm actually posting this message over it from the campsite in Onawa, IA. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/awink.gif "awink")
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Was considering taking Verizon up on a new phone to update the lg vx3300 we have. We like its simplicity and (as far as we can tell) apparent signal reception strength, but lack of mok availability and any advantages posed by newer technology are reasons to possibly switch.
We want an easy to use, strong signal receiver, simple to use 1xrtt backdoor, and, importantly, one for which verizon will be sure to have a mobile office kit at the store.
Any strong recommendations are appreciated.
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MrWizard
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lg8300, lg9900, and maybe the samsung u740
I say maybe because the screen is dual flip and it has a full keyboard with tiny keys
the LG9900 enV is my favorite phone, its fairly easy to set these phones for 1x only and use the 1x dialup
and they have very good signal reception, i think the 9900 is the strongest performer, but it is bigger and heavier than the other (2) choices OR your 3300 flip phone. the LG vx8100 is also a very good phone but it was replaced by the 8300 and you may not be able to find one, i actually like the 8100 more than the 8300, because the outside display is larger
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many phones are listed as having MEK not MOK
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cable, phone drivers, but NO connection software, just music transfer software
no problem, i create my connections setups in windows, the details are in this thread
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burlmart
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Thanks for these leads.
If we want to take out the variable of properly turning off the EcDO via the phone's menus, so as to ensure the simplest 1x hookup, can you add some of the non-EvDO sets to this list?
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almost everything that came out since 2005 has, EVDO - vcast capability, if your looking specifically for a phone that does NOT, it will be very hard to find , you will need to look at a used or 'new old stock' older phone
with LG the 8000 , 8100, 8300, 8500, 8600, 9800, 9900, 9400 tv phone & the new 8700, all are vcast evdo
same for almost all Motorola & Samsung model
its very easy to turn the evdo off on an LG phone only takes about a minute
i've done it so many times i can do it one handed in about 20 seconds on my phones
edit removed misprint: gzone phone also has evdo
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Wy doesn't Verizon offer high speed data service by the day like they do with GPS? I would be willing to pay a rediculous price by the day if I didn't have to sign up for a month at $80. I only need it occasionally.
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