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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / T-Mobile / July 2004Noob question on PDA-phones
This is probably a Really Stupid Question(tm), but just how does one use a combination PDA-phone unit as a phone? (An example being the iPAQ h6315 that someone posted about recently.) I've looked at a couple of reviews but they all focus on the technical aspects of the unit rather than basic points such as this. My guess is that you have to use something like a handsfree kit plugged into the PDA. I'd like to avoid this because (1) it would seem cumbersome to plug this stuff into the PDA when a call comes in, then unplug it for normal PDA use, and (2) I don't like handsfree kits anyway, partly because of the dorky San Francisco Street-Person image of someone talking into thin air. Is my assumption about the need for a handsfree kit correct? If so, is there a PDA-phone combo out there that works more like a traditional phone? -- "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." - George Orwell > This is probably a Really Stupid Question(tm), but just how does one > use a combination PDA-phone unit as a phone? (An example being the > iPAQ h6315 that someone posted about recently.) I've looked at a > couple of reviews but they all focus on the technical aspects of the > unit rather than basic points such as this. Just press the phone button, dial (on the touchscreen), and start talking. "P T Wang" <news1003@paultwang.com> climbed onto an orange crate and shouted: >> This is probably a Really Stupid Question(tm), but just how does one >> use a combination PDA-phone unit as a phone? (An example being the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Just press the phone button, dial (on the touchscreen), and start >talking. So then you can just hold the PDA up to your ear? -- "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." - George Orwell > "P T Wang" <news1003@paultwang.com> -ed: > > > >Just press the phone button, dial (on the touchscreen), and start > >talking. > > So then you can just hold the PDA up to your ear? Yes. I've seen people doing this. I have a CF phone card on my iPAQ 2215 which I use for data only. It works great for that. In order to use it for voice calls an earpiece/mic must be plugged into the card. Holding the PDA to your ear will not work. PDA's with built-in phone capability probably work differently. > This is probably a Really Stupid Question(tm), but just how does one > use a combination PDA-phone unit as a phone? (An example being the [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people > what they do not want to hear." - George Orwell >I have a CF phone card on my iPAQ 2215 which I use for data only. It works >great for that. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >PDA's with built-in phone capability probably work differently. All PDA-Phones that are sold as such operate just like a normal phone. Hold speaker to ear, and talk. Most these days have speaker-phone and headsets you can use, as well. a little late to the party, but if you just want to use the phone you hold it up to your ear. if you want to use the pda part while on the phone (to look up something) you can easily do this too, but it would probably be easier if you had a "handfree" kit. I have a treo and love it. I also have wired headphone that let me listen to mp3. when a call comes in, a switch and a button press on the headphone lets me answer the phone without taking the phone out of my pocket. > This is probably a Really Stupid Question(tm), but just how does one > use a combination PDA-phone unit as a phone? (An example being the [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people > what they do not want to hear." - George Orwell > a little late to the party, but if you just want to use the phone you hold > it up to your ear. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > mp3. when a call comes in, a switch and a button press on the headphone lets > me answer the phone without taking the phone out of my pocket. Which Treo is that? Not the 180 that I have <chuckle>; I'll upgrade someday. 270 or 600? by user application? John C. yeah, sorry. a 600. > > a little late to the party, but if you just want to use the phone you hold > > it up to your ear. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > John C. >> a little late to the party, but if you just want to use the phone you hold >> it up to your ear. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >John C. Sure sounds like a Treo 600 to me.... |
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