[missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Killer App: Make it work with Sprint/Verizon 3G service and it will rule

[Brian Hall]

>Hey all,
>     I know from looking at the "maccellphone" list on Yahoo! groups that
>many would love to use a phone/handheld as their modem, and Sprint/Verizon's
>3G service, at up to 144k/sec, is better than a 56k modem and can approach
>Ricochet speeds.  If there was a bundle or an add-on of support for using
>these devices as modems, that would make it compelling software for a lot of
>people.  And Sprint's service is unlimited data for as low as $40/month!
>I'm excited with mine (Toshiba 2032) but would rather use my laptop than
>that small screen and a little keyboard for email on the road.  Not sure how
>hard that would be to do (apparently easy with a Sanyo phone, and 10.2.3 has
>drivers for "Sprint Vision Modem") but it would be a Killer App.

Scott Gruby (one of the fine engineers on Missing Sync) has an app he
developed that does just that. It is called Wireless Modem. See
http://www.notifymail.com/palm/wmodem/

Brian

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