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Re: Internet access on an iPaq



Mark Harrison wrote:
> OK guys, this one's for a project with a budget ;-)
>
> I need to outfit a couple of our guys with portable, faster-than-GSM,
> internet access throughout Europe.
>
> I'd thought iPaq + GPRS card... does this solution exist? If so, which
> do I go for?

Hi Mark,

(I'm using Expansys for examples cause they normally have good toys
available with reasonable prices... ;))

You can get a Compaq GPRS sleeve for the iPAQ.....
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=219926-B21

The other option in this vein is
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=EXP_WLPACK001

.... not quite as nice, but the card could be popped into a laptop where
appropriate/ at the end of the project etc.

The other option, as Stu already mentioned is a Bluetooth based
solution.....

Either iPAQ 3870 with built in bluetooth, with a suitable phone
(T39,T68,6310 etc) or any iPAQ plus

http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=232568-B21

which is a bluetooth sleeve, with CF slot.

There are other bluetooth options involving buying a pc card/ cf sleeve
and a seperate bluetooth pc card/ cf card, depending again on wether you
require it to go into another device at any point

Can any of the guys who've used GPRS comment if it ties up the line? I
don't think it does, but may be wrong....

The suitability of phone + device or datacard + device will depend on
things like - do you want them to use it for voice as well, or only data
(yeah, the sim card could be moved to a handset, but.... :S ) do they
currently have phones, and if so are they bluetooth compatible, wether
you want it tied to one device or want iPAQ + laptop etc

HTH

Doogie


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