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From: asuppliergate on 21 Apr 2008 10:20 welcome to--www. buyerwindow . com email:asuppliergate @ yahoo . cn msn:asuppliergate @ hotmail . com >I would like to connect a Nokia phone to a laptop (windows) via a cable >(ideally USB, but serial will do). I just want to use the nokia phone as "a >phone line" so I can dial an ISP to connect to my existing net connection. >What would anyone recommend...I'm thinking very low end, low end phone, and >pay and go perhaps? If the phone itself (without a laptop) can access email >(pop3) then great but it's not essential. Decide precisely how you're wanting to access the Internet. I've posted some long messages about this in the past, admittedly more aimed to choice of network and access method (GPRS or CSD - dial up data). welcome to--www. buyerwindow . com email:asuppliergate @ yahoo . cn msn:asuppliergate @ hotmail . com (watch for the line wrap) is a message I posted about this in November last year. Little has changed, actually - though O2 have now copied Vodafone's GPRS Select and come up with some interesting new GPRS tariffs of their own, and Orange now have competitive GPRS tariffs, also Orange have GPRS available on pre-pay for GBP4/MByte. My latest take on GPRS tariffs, aimed at someone who was enquiring about a tariff for GPRS only use, but still of wider interest can be found at welcome to--www. buyerwindow . com email:asuppliergate @ yahoo . cn msn:asuppliergate @ hotmail . com >. Of note is that Orange seem to block VPN protocols deliberately on their GPRS Internet service. Once you've decided on a network and access method, equipment is normally straightforward. If you just want a device for a laptop, your best bet is probably a data card - these are the highest numeric GPRS class devices available. Nokia's D211 is a miserable (for a data card) Class 6 device - no better than a 6310i or similar! For a data card not to offer 4 downstream slots is pretty unforgivable in my view (Class 6 is 3+1). Low end phones tend not to have computer accessible modems though if it has to be Nokia, a 6310i would be a good and relatively cheap option on contract. You can connect via Infrared, Bluetooth (a USB Bluetooth device wouldn't be that much more than the serial cable, actually) or serial cable - in the latter case, for reliability buy the official Nokia cable. If you want a standalone POP3 email client in the phone, don't buy Nokia, unless you're prepared to buy one of their 'smart' devices - 7650, 3650 or 9210i (the latter is a really bad buy these days - it doesn't support GPRS). Nokia's J2ME implementation means there's no access to sockets on their Java enabled ordinary phones and they don't build in POP3 clients anyway, save for the 6800 which is still not released. Your needs and mine may be different - but, for reference, my mobile setup is: Phone: Nokia 6310i (5.10 firmware) Voice tariff: Vodafone Business GPRS tariff: GPRS Select Service Provider: Vodafone Ltd Main device: HP/Compaq iPAQ H3970 (2.10 ROM) - linked to the phone via Bluetooth Secondary device: Elonex laptop (somewhat nasty Taiwanese Windows 2000 machine - not my choice and not my machine - I only use it rarely) - linked to the phone via IrDA If I was using the laptop at all regularly, I'd get a USB Bluetooth device for it. My GPRS spend is higher than my voice spend each month - and Vodafone Business / GPRS Select gives me GBP2.35 per MByte GPRS, 10p/minute peak calls and 5p/minute off-peak calls with no bundled GPRS, voice or messaging for GBP14 per month. Of course, I got a subsidised 6310i as part of the deal, on a decent Service Provider with good online billing. welcome to--www. buyerwindow . com email:asuppliergate @ yahoo . cn msn:asuppliergate @ hotmail . com |