Connect Your Palm to a Mobile Phone

Yes, I would agree but, I am in a area where GMS is not availiable. Sprint CDMA/CDPD is my only option. I am verry happy with Samsung 8500 to Visor Prism cable I bought from supplynet. I would recommend it to anyone with the need for moble access.

OrionNE

What ISP do you use to connect through your 8290? Are there any free ISPs out there? (I have @Home cable, so I don't already have a dial-up ISP but would love to get an 8290...)

I have a dialup account for the University where I work at - so I have a dial-up ISP all set... But yes, you would need an ISP account somewhere.

I think that Voicestream themselves might have a number that you can dial, but I am not sure...

Software is necessary, yes. Cost will vary, might be free. Psion Revo's for instance, come with software pre-loaded.

If you use SprintPCS and get their "Wireless Web" on your phone, you can use that service to get access on your Palm.

There is an article at
http://www.geocities.com/bobstro/sprint_pcs_qnc.htm
that describes how to do it.

The article has you connect a Palm Sync Cable to a serial phone cable with a null-modem adapter in between, but you can use the cable you buy from SupplyNet instead.

I do it with my Samsung SCH-3500 and my Palm IIIc all the time.

I didn't need to buy any extra software. The only software I needed was softwae to use the internet (e.g.: AvantGo to browse the web, AIM to send instant messages)

-Bill

Sweet, I have a Vx and a Samsung SCH-8500, so I should be good to go.

Verizon has a good Adobe pdf file for setting up their service on your Palm. No additional software is needed although you do need a data capable phone. The pdf may be useful in setting up with other services although the dialup number will vary.

FAQ:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/internet_data/mobile_office/faqs.html

Pdf:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/internet_data/mobile_office/getting_started.html#user_guides

You can connect a Palm IIIc with their phone cable for a Startac and the Palm Sync cable with a null modem adapter between the cables.

If you actually *went* to SupplyNet's site and looked it up, you'd see that they carry a cable for the Edge that fits the Motorola StarTAC. Why didn't you do this for yourself?! I'm not going to resort to insults but I hope you feel really dumb now. Do a tiny bit of freaking reasearch for yourself *before* you ask a question. People will think better of you.

-RobZombie

The subject cable does NOT work with all StarTAC models but only with those models that are web enabled. For example, my older StaeTAC model 7760 is not web enabled and can not be used to connect my Palm Vx to the Internet.

I'm in the same boat. I'm going to buy a new cell phone, but I need to use Verizon and I havn'y found any phones they offer with an infrared port or a cable. Verizon wireless customer service said I could use one of their serial cables that connects to the 6035 then use a hotsync serial cable to my 505. Seems like too much to carry around. Any help would be great.

Fellow Vancouverite,

Telus offers Unlimited Online at $50 each month and PCS Online Service at $5 each month plus 15c per minute airtime.

You can check out the details at:

http://www.telusmobility.com/bc/wweb/palmpilot_unlimitedonline.shtml

http://www.telusmobility.com/bc/wweb/laptop_pcsonline.shtml

I have tried it with a desktop hooked up to a Nokia 6185 successfully through my ISP as well as the Telus QNC (#777). I want to try out the direct connection between the handset and my Palm. However, paying couple of hundred bucks for a wireless IP modem for a Palm on top of $50 monthly fee is crazy. Connection via a handset at 15c per minute airtime is equally insane. Remind you, we are not talking about 3G technology. The CDPD network is only up to 19.2kBps. So wireless internet access is not ready for prime time in Canada yet.

Fooling around with Telus new Pocket Web service is more affordable since no airtime charges. Though the 3 packages are limited to certain content providers on the net but some posts in the usenet suggest a "portal" where allows you to tap in URL! So, paying $15 a month for WAP service is not bad as long as you can live with the painful text input with your handset's keypad.

Howard.

Thanks for your info...

I did check out the telus mobility options and they are insane prices... I just want to have occasional wireless access but it just seems to early (technological costs) to use wireless services here...

This is off topic but have you tried the m505 here in YVR? And where?

Thanks!

Fellow Vancouverite, please e-mail me directly for off topic subjects.

http://www.attcanada.ca/~howard/

Howard.

Hi All.

I recently met up with someone (in Vancouver) who had the Ericsson T28 world phone (Fido) and the IR modem for it (hard to get in Canada). He used the IR port on the modem to communicate with his Palm's IR port. He seemed happy despite the 9600 baud connection. I am waiting for the Minstrel modem for my new 505 - but 19.2 kbs still sucks.

I looked that up and it showed a estimated available date of 8-1-2001

How did you miss it? If you look at their listing of Palm items you see that they have some coming in August.

duh...just wasn't looking at the list by mfg...saw Palm Vx stuff..

ok..thanks for the correction.

sure wish the price would come down a bit.

According to the docs, even if you aren't subscribed to wireless web (i.e., all you need is a SprintPCS account) you can access the web by using "Web"/"Web" as your username/password and #2932 as the dialup number (you must include the #).

I have verified that this works for me, using a Palm Vx to a Startac phone.

...if you're willing to pay $0.39 a minute...

Seems to me that there is no cable available anywere for the Clie. I have contacted the main cable suppliers for PDA´s without any success.

I have been searchin for several days in all main cable sites without any success. Seems our fellow Sony left us again alone on this one...

bluetooth will be around soon, so they say, and have said for months. It has problems because it can interfere with other devices, especially wireless LAN. An active link in Bluetooth will kill a WLAN stone dead. That may have something to do with the lack of bluetooth products.