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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / T-Mobile / June 2005Using phone as modem?
My steam age Samsung just died and I wanted to buy a phone I can use as a modem No phones seem to be advertised to do this: Dial my ISP and act as an interface between my computer and the internet (as opposed to using the TMobile proprietary service) Are there any descriptions anywhere of phones usable with TMobile which can do this? The company themselves want you to sign up to their extortionate service and use their email program alone which I cant do anyway (with about ten mail boxes to check) Someone told me to look for a phone with RRSS capability (which he said was limited to 19,200 baud at the moment) which I cant find details of anywhere either. Has anyone found out anything about this? The are quite a few phones that will do this (at 9.6KB). Go to the Nokia web site and look at their GSM phones. The easiest thing to do is look at the phone using the compare feature of the web site. It will show whether or not the phone will work as a modem. Both the Motorola V188 and V330 will work as modems. However, I just returned the V330 that I had after one week of frustration with various firmware bugs and human factors design flaws. On the other hand, one plus that both of these phones have, is quad band GSM coverage, which no Nokia phone currently offers. Mike Schumann > My steam age Samsung just died and I wanted to buy a phone I can use as a > modem [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > was limited to 19,200 baud at the moment) which I cant find details of > anywhere either. Has anyone found out anything about this? So Mike... are you going to share with us what were your specific reasons for returning the V330.... I have read about that the custom settings are gone after turning it off, but I haven't read any other "faults" up till your post. SFB > The are quite a few phones that will do this (at 9.6KB). > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >>was limited to 19,200 baud at the moment) which I cant find details of >>anywhere either. Has anyone found out anything about this? Do a google search on "Motorola V330 Review" in this newsgroup. Posting was dated 6/5/05. Mike Schumann > So Mike... are you going to share with us what were your specific reasons > for returning the V330.... I have read about that the custom settings are [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >>>was limited to 19,200 baud at the moment) which I cant find details of >>>anywhere either. Has anyone found out anything about this? Many thanks for your reply: I fogot to mention that I need a triband phone, which I presume I will be able to see on the comparison page. I will check the Nokia site. But in case there isn't one available in my area, is there any chart anywhere of which other manufacturer phones can be used as modems and which can't and are there any manufacturers which I should specifically avoid? I note that (for example) Blackberry's support mysteriously runs out a few days after you buy the phone. Is this indicative of something? Does it mean that they wont support their products unless you pay them to do so or does it simply mean that their phones are so complex that if they DID, their switchboards would be constantly jammed? Or does it mean that they are so badly designed that the maladies which you say curse the Motorola would mandate everyone who finds a badly designed feature would be constantly calling them to find out how to get the feature to work properly? I suspect that the majority of tri-band phones will have built in modem support. But you should check for sure. Mike Schumann > Many thanks for your reply: I fogot to mention that I need a triband > phone, which I presume I will be able to see on the comparison page. I [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > constantly calling them to find out how to get the feature to work > properly? >I suspect that the majority of tri-band phones will have built in modem > support. But you should check for sure. As far as I had been able to check, very few of them do which is why I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some kind of comparison chart: I tried the site and it didnt differentiate whether the function being offered was a modem or whether it only enabled you to use the phone with the T-Mobile service. So I called Nokia and they weren't sure either without a huge amount of digging and referring to level two tech support with me on line Ultimately I discovered that a lot of their models costing upwards of $400 have modem use but I was trying to spend as LITTLE Money as possible rather than as much. I had heard it referred to as RSS or RRS or something and THEY refer to it as HSCSD (high Speed Circuit Switch Data) which gives rise to numerous other questions, such as whether this is something new or something which has been improved on recently so that you HAVE to buy a new model: Nothing about cellular phone modem use is in the slightest bit high speed, in fact I have heard that nothing moves at more than 19,200 KbPS. So is this there something new going on or can I just look for a manufacturer which charges less? > >I suspect that the majority of tri-band phones will have built in modem > > support. But you should check for sure. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > there something new going on or can I just look for a manufacturer which > charges less? I use my V300 as a GPRS modem. Of course, you will pay $20 month for unlimited access, but you will be running at near 56k speeds instead of 19.2. A huge difference in usability. George Which tri-band phone have you discovered that does NOT have modem support? Mike Schumann >>I suspect that the majority of tri-band phones will have built in modem >> support. But you should check for sure. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > this there something new going on or can I just look for a manufacturer > which charges less? All of the Blackberrys, a few Sony-Ericssons, most Motorolas, some Samsungs: It's all very confusing > Which tri-band phone have you discovered that does NOT have modem support? Most Motorolas???? Give me some specific models. The Motorola tribands I looked at all work as modems. Mike Schumann > All of the Blackberrys, a few Sony-Ericssons, most Motorolas, some > Samsungs: It's all very confusing > >> Which tri-band phone have you discovered that does NOT have modem >> support? the Samsung E105 will do it, BUT You need to pay T-Mo $10 per month for the digital to analog conversion, and this is for ANY phone on their network. So, you really are better off with the $19.95 T-Mobile Internet, which I find very reliable, and I am on line with it at least 5-6 hours per day! >>I suspect that the majority of tri-band phones will have built in modem >> support. But you should check for sure. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >there something new going on or can I just look for a manufacturer which >charges less? I believe you are mistaken. CSD is a standard offering on all T-Mobile voice plans at no extra charge. With CSD, you can make or receive FAX or data calls to any number using your voice minutes. The only down side is that speed is limited to 9.6KB. The only issue is whether you have a phone that has a built in modem capability. Mike Schumann > the Samsung E105 will do it, BUT > You need to pay T-Mo $10 per month for the digital to analog [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >>there something new going on or can I just look for a manufacturer which >>charges less? If you have data plan from T-mo, this is the number to dial *99***2# This is for GPRS/EDGE access to the internet. GPRS throughtput averaging 30-40kbps EDGE throughtput averaging 130-170kbps > My steam age Samsung just died and I wanted to buy a phone I can use as a > modem [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > was limited to 19,200 baud at the moment) which I cant find details of > anywhere either. Has anyone found out anything about this? > If you have data plan from T-mo, this is the number to dial > *99***2# Not sure what this means: All I wanted to do was to connect the phone to the computer and have the phone dial my ISP and exchange handshakes so that the computer can access the internet and I can get my email on my dozen or so mail boxes without paying for the tmobile service?. Where does *99***2# come in? If you have a cell phone that is GPRS/EDGE enabled, this is the number to dial for T-mobile network. Once you successfully configured the cell phone to use as the modem, this is the number to put in the dial up screen. >> If you have data plan from T-mo, this is the number to dial >> *99***2# [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Where does *99***2# come in? >> If you have data plan from T-mo, this is the number to dial >> *99***2# [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Where does *99***2# come in? The *99***2# he refers to is if you _pay_ for service, I think what you want is what I do........I use CSD to dial my isp and do email and banking , while slooow it WILL work and is free. I use a 6800 Nokia with a Nokia Data cable (can't get IR to work) . The cable for Nokias HAS to be a 'Nokia' cable NOT a knock off. Don't know what other phones do this. Good luck >> If you have data plan from T-mo, this is the number to dial >> *99***2# [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Where does *99***2# come in? Instead of dialing in to your ISP, you dial *99***2#. That gets you on the Internet with T-Mobile as your ISP. Once your connected to the Internet, you can download your own ISP mail accounts.  SignatureJohn Richards He doesn't want to pay to be able to us T-Mobile as the ISP. He wants to use CSD to his own ISP using his voice minutes (at 9.6KB). Mike Schumann >>> If you have data plan from T-mo, this is the number to dial >>> *99***2# [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Once your connected to the Internet, you can download your > own ISP mail accounts. |
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