Internet Connectivity with laptop and MOK
are there any verizon wireless phones, used with a Mobile Office Kit, that will let me use the phone as a dial up connection for my laptop to connect to AOL?
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They all should, one way or another, work.
The phone appears to your machine as if it's an attached modem. Normally, you dial up for Verizon's access, but you *should* be able to (I say this because last I remembered it was this way, but I could have been smoking crack and forgetting stuff, and they could have changed it) change it to an AOL number.
You can also dial up to Verizon's network and then just launch AOL over a TCP/IP connection. Which, if you are on a 1x cell and have a 1x phone (pretty damn near all of 'em now) you may be able to get a faster connection this way.
The billing gets interesting. As far as I understand, if you don't have a data plan, it'll come out of your minutes.
The phone appears to your machine as if it's an attached modem. Normally, you dial up for Verizon's access, but you *should* be able to (I say this because last I remembered it was this way, but I could have been smoking crack and forgetting stuff, and they could have changed it) change it to an AOL number.
You can also dial up to Verizon's network and then just launch AOL over a TCP/IP connection. Which, if you are on a 1x cell and have a 1x phone (pretty damn near all of 'em now) you may be able to get a faster connection this way.
The billing gets interesting. As far as I understand, if you don't have a data plan, it'll come out of your minutes.
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i mean i've had this lg tm-510 for almost 3 years now and just waiting for bluetooth 🙄 but i'm thinking i should just get the vx4500 or possibly the v810 if i can wait a little longer...(v810 cause of design and size and tri-mode)... but after 9 pm i'm going to have unlimited minutes and unlimited weekends..i'm a college student so most the time i'm barely waking up at 9 at night...do i need ot have a data plan seperately or can i just use it on my unlimited minutes nights.
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question answered. most phones will connect to internet through a dial up ISP and a laptop.
requires a data plan which is expensive as all crap.
leads me to ....
what the heck is the point of bluetooth>! seems pretty overrated to connect to a huge headset... maybe if your car was bluetooth i could almost see it but sounds like thats it?
requires a data plan which is expensive as all crap.
leads me to ....
what the heck is the point of bluetooth>! seems pretty overrated to connect to a huge headset... maybe if your car was bluetooth i could almost see it but sounds like thats it?
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volcanix92 said:
question answered. most phones will connect to internet through a dial up ISP and a laptop.
requires a data plan which is expensive as all crap.
I think it's *either* a data plan (which means you can stay connected for long periods of time without using up minutes) or your minutes. At least, that's what was claimed the last time I checked. You may want to call Verizon support and ask to make sure -- they can give you the authoritive answer.
volcanix92 said:
what the heck is the point of bluetooth>! seems pretty overrated to connect to a huge headset... maybe if your car was bluetooth i could almost see it but sounds like thats it?
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A friend of mine uses the Bluetooth on his Nokia 3650 to download mini-apps from his PDA--now the phone is darned near a PDA all on its own! Bluetooth is also really handy for snagging info off of other people in a crowded room, not that the phone manufacturer's want you to KNOW that or anything... 🙄 🤣
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Is his ervice with Verizon? I haven't been able to find a Verizon phone with bluetooth. I may have to leave them because of the poor phone selection. Even the PDA phones don't have it.
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