I've been thinking of dumping the land line and using the cell exclusively.
I have only an occasional need for my fax machine, so this isn't a big deal,
but is there a way to send and recieve faxes using cell service?

I am considering getting a wireless card for my laptop, however I think that
Cingular has about the most "difficult to use website on earth."  It takes
forever to find anything, and when you do the info is limited.  Does anyone
have the unlimited data service and can tell me how ...

I access the Cingular website to keep track of the minutes on all my phones
(we have a family plan).  I notice that the minutes haven't been updated for
several days when I click on "View Details for Minutes Used".  Anyone know
if there is there a problem the web-site?  Also, ...

Hello gurus,
After reading the newsgroups and Google I'm still somewhat confused
about the current hardware needed to get high-speed wireless access to
the Internet via a cell phone tethered to a laptop.

Q: What's the outgoing SMTP server (email smarthost) for Cingular?
A:
* photo.mycingular.com (adds a photo messaging footer)
* cwmx.com (preferred, no footer, an alias for wcmx.mycingular.net and

Q: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel charger?
A: The standard travel charger packaged by Motorola with many current phones
puts out insufficient power for fastest possible charging and for continuous
use while charging.

Due to a self inflicted stupid move, my daughters front screen no
longer works on her Moto V180 but the phone still works fine.  We're
on the AT&T plan so my choices down at the store are extremely limited
and I'm half way kicking around the idea of giving her my V551 and

I've been with Cingular for over a year (2 years contract) and I have to
say that it's been a pretty good service for the most part. Recenty
though I stopped receiving signal at home. Cingular has been trying to
fix it but with no success - can I cancel my contract without

Ok, I now have the motorola phone tools and a data cable for my RAZR
and I am trying to find some step by steps on flashing it to a newer
firmware. I currently have 40.9cr which I have been told is very old
and very slow. The very slow part I can tell easily when moving

My phone reports R47_G_08.17.0.0.FR.01 as it's firmware.
Are their any updates available? Phone works well except for a pretty
short battery life.

just got one via employer.
they look pretty neat.
have ms-exhange setup and synching at least.
now what are the best sites for the newbie?

I just got a letter from Cingular that they have changed my plan (a
shared regional plan) to a National plan and that I can now call
"from" anywhere with no additional charges.  Nothing I need to do and
no additional cost to me.

On my Cingular Motorola V180, I've been trying
to send text messages to Google's very handy
SMS (described at http://sms.google.com ).
Messages to Google SMS must be sent to Google's

My users complain about getting voice mails on their cell phones and
the phones did not ring at all. They have to deligently check voice
mail on a regular basis even they did not get a notification on the
cell phone. Does anyone know why this is happening? Is Cingular going

Does anyone know whether or not the Nokia 6010 and 3120 (both
entry-level phones) support the AMR voice codec?  No, this isn't
important- I'm just wondering.  Read somewhere that the GSM folks came
out with this codec so it could adjust to bad signal conditions, etc.