From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Jul 1 2:39:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (mta02-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10A9B37B403 for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2001 02:39:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scott.mitchell@mail.com) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([62.253.152.136]) by mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20010701093946.OFXV294.mta02-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Sun, 1 Jul 2001 10:39:46 +0100 Received: (from scott@localhost) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA16928; Sun, 1 Jul 2001 10:39:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott) Message-ID: <20010701103945.52418@localhost> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 10:39:45 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell To: Richard Johnson , Andrew Reid Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Nokia 8210 References: <993882324.14678.0.camel@percible.alfred.cx> <15166.54673.844511.933936@kitab.cisco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <15166.54673.844511.933936@kitab.cisco.com>; from Richard Johnson on Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 12:47:29AM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386 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 Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 12:47:29AM -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*. You've summed up the situation pretty well there :-) Europe is almost exclusively GSM -- there area few older analogue networks still running but I believe most of them will be switched off quite soon, if they haven't already. Almost everyone (if not every*where*) in Europe will have GSM coverage. As for the phones, most of the high-end Nokias, and handsets from other manufacturers, emulate a standard modem, so while you need a special cable to plug into the phone, you don't need gNokii or anything else to make use of it -- it looks just like any other serial port device. Most of these handsets will also talk IrDA. My Nokia 7110 is an example of such a handset. Older models, like the 5110, don't have the modem emulation and need special software to use them for data connections. If you're going to be using mobile data a lot, I'd definitely recommend a higher-end handset (Nokia 6xxx or 7xxx, or one of the Ericsson Rxxx). That should 'just work' with any device with a serial or IrDA port. Cheers, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message