From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Jul 1 19:25:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mail.plug.cx (unix-gw.gihs.sa.edu.au [203.63.40.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B23937B401 for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2001 19:25:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrew.reid@plug.cx) Received: from percible.alfred.cx (firewall.gihs.sa.edu.au [192.168.1.1]) by mail.plug.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA85A2B7F2; Mon, 2 Jul 2001 12:15:03 +0000 (GMT) Subject: RE: Nokia 8210 From: Andrew Reid To: Richard Johnson Cc: der BO , MVN@orangedk.com, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <15166.54673.844511.933936@kitab.cisco.com> References: <993882324.14678.0.camel@percible.alfred.cx> <15166.54673.844511.933936@kitab.cisco.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.10.99 (Preview Release) Date: 02 Jul 2001 11:45:46 +0930 Message-Id: <994040147.915.11.camel@percible.alfred.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 01 Jul 2001 00:47:29 -0700, Richard Johnson wrote: > I've been looking at this and would like to clarify my understanding > on this point. You can only use the special Nokia serial cable and > gNokii with Nokia phones which support data connections and then only > if you're in a part of the country where you are getting digital > service. Maybe everything in Europe is GSM (digital) everywhere and > there's no Analog, so this isn't an issue? In the US GSM is not very > widely available at all, other services such as TDMA and CDMA are more > prevalent and older style Analog connections are what you get if you > get outside of the larger cities at all. I this situation, a PCMCIA > modem connecting to your cell phone is absolutely necessary if you > want to guarantee you can use it *everywhere*. Yes, that's right. I've been talking with Australia's mobile telecomunications network in mind. We've phased out Analog completely. - andrew -- void signature () { cout << "Andrew Reid -- andrew.reid@plug.cx" << endl ; cout << "Cell: +61 401 946 813" << endl; cout << "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur" << endl; } To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message