How quaint

Just spent the last couple of hour setting up my laptop/ipaq and
mobile dial up connection via bluetooth.

All very nice but only worked at 9.6k. Which is a tad slow.

To get it working a HSCSD connection at 28.8k[1] (still slow but the
best there is) you have to manually enter AT commands into the modem
setup.

You'd think you could just pick a menu option of the speed you want,
but no, that would be far to easy.

So I've mostly been having flashbacks to 1993.


[1] Yes, I could use GPRS but Blueyonder won't let me send via their
mail server when I'm connected through a different ISP, which Orange
GRPS is. For web + mail I need to use HSCSD, for just web I can use
GPRS.

 

Erm, you do know that the answer to this is to use the Orange SMTP
server for outgoing mail, don't you? - that's what I do when I connect
to T-Mobile GPRS.

 

I could. But that would mean changing my email settings and I can't
be arsed.

For mail and news HSCSD is fine. For web browsing GPRS is better, so
I just use the appropriate connection.

For my use (once in a blue moon), HSCSD is cheaper as well. 10p a min
for 14.4k (or out of my inclusive minutes if I haven't used them all)
or 25p a min for 28.8k. If I use GPRS without buying a bundle it's 4
quid a MB and they charge you 4 quid even if you only use 10k.

 

Don't know if it helps but when I set my iPaq up with my mobile I
downloaded a thing called EasyConfig from here
http://www.pocketgear.com/

It's $3 so almost free and it takes all the hassle out of getting
connections working.

HTH



Pete

news 'at' melbourne 'dot' me 'dot' uk

 

They don't appear to have it for the iPaq anymore only a bunch of
phones.

 

All the versions work on any pocket PC, you get the correct version
for your phone, or a near match, and hey presto your iPaq can talk
with your phone

Pete

news 'at' melbourne 'dot' me 'dot' uk

 

Now there is me being a fuckwit. I assumed those where smart phones.

 

"orange give you an e mail address use that but set up your own address so
that it shows in the from box
that's how mine is set up and it works fine
Steve