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

[Scott Gruby]

On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 11:54  AM, Brian Hall wrote:

>> 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/
>

Unfortunately, it only runs on the Treo (Palm OS based). I don't think 
it would be that difficult for a PocketPC developer (I write Palm OS 
software) to write something similar. However, I'm not going to reveal 
any information about how WirelessModem was developed.