Re: OT: Cell phones

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 17, 12:40=A0pm, Effenpig1 <dirtyspicev...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Jan 16, 3:30=A0pm, G. Morgan <usenet_ab...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:57:25 -0700, "Bob La Londe" <nos...@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
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> > >Darn. =A0I may need to get a new phone. =A0I hated the idea of getting=
 a
> > >separate cellular adaptor for my laptop, but Internet access makes fin=
alling
> > >a lot of jobs a lot easier. =A0Its nice to be able to get tech documen=
ts in
> > >real time, read the actual and complete signals received from the CS, =
or get
> > >e-mail support on site.
>
> > What laptop do you have? =A0If it's fairly new you can get an
> > intergrated WWAN module for it. =A0Like this one for example: (HP hs230=
0
> > HSDPA Broadband Wireless Module)
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> >http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06c/A10-51210-1130359-32927...
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> A friend of mine is sending me his iphone 3gs, he got it slightly wet
> and the camera stopped working for a while. He bought a new one in the
> meantime. I'm going to have to unlock it though, since I use a
> different GSM carrier then AT&T. I'm leaning towards on of the online
> unlocking services, seems much simpler and risk free compared to the
> manual process and or turbo sim.

I have the 2nd gen 3G, they don't like getting wet and my home button
is stubborn sometimes, the real draw to the phone is the apps and a
lot of security vendors like Honeywell and Alarm.com make apps for it
and the Blackberry