Palm Treo 700w / 700wx
can 700w be used as a high-speed modem with a PC?
Is it possible to use the 700w as a high-speed modem with a PC on an unlimited smartphone EVDO data plan? If yes, must you tether it via a USB cable, or can you use Bluetooth? The VZW site does not mention tethering as a possibility with the 700w, though they DO with the Blackberry 7130. The site also states that bluetooth can be used to SYNC to a PC with the 700w, but makes no mention of dial-up capabilities. If it is physically possible, but not technically offered by VZW (and therefore not supported by customer service), how reliable is the connection? I bought a Moto V710 for the express purpose of using it as a bluetooth modem to my PC, which it actually worked as until VZW shut me down. thanks in advance for any advice!
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From everything I have read, there's no way to DUN the 700w. I'm sure someone is working on it, but wouldn't hold my breath.
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Quick question for you VZWNYC77,
You mentioned Verizon shut you down using your 710 as a modem. How so? Did they verbally tell you? Did you get billed or warned? Or did you just notice one day that the conneciton no longer worked?
Reason I ask, is I had a V710 and did the same with my Axim PPC and Dell laptop over bluetooth from Aug 2004 to July 2005, upgraded to the E815 and now connecting to EVDO. Never a problem, or warning. Just need to understand Verizons tactics since I am still in denail Verizon will ever stop it.
Thanks,
--Eric
You mentioned Verizon shut you down using your 710 as a modem. How so? Did they verbally tell you? Did you get billed or warned? Or did you just notice one day that the conneciton no longer worked?
Reason I ask, is I had a V710 and did the same with my Axim PPC and Dell laptop over bluetooth from Aug 2004 to July 2005, upgraded to the E815 and now connecting to EVDO. Never a problem, or warning. Just need to understand Verizons tactics since I am still in denail Verizon will ever stop it.
Thanks,
--Eric
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One day my V710 simply wouldnt connect via bluetooth - the PC would dial, the phone would show that it was dialing and then immediately drop the call. I called VZW and they told me they had a code that would fix the problem but wouldnt tell me the code because I wasnt supposed to use my V710 as a modem - I fired off the usual arguement that there is no way to pay for bluetooth dial-up service even if I wanted to (short of buying a separate PC card) and the rep was sympathetic, but wouldnt bend. To be honest, I'm sure I could have figured it out if I trolled the web for codes long enough but just couldnt be bothered, as when it did work, it would log itself off after a minute of inactivity and require me to reboot the phone in order to reconn...
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I should have the beta copy of it today or tomorrow so i've been told by them.
someone in upper management here already has a early beta with bugs, but it does work and with evdo and usb.
someone in upper management here already has a early beta with bugs, but it does work and with evdo and usb.
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I just successfully used the 700 as a high speed modem with the pdanet beta software. works good.
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Been using it for 4hrs straight..
Up to 1 megabit download speed evdo.
Up to 15KB/s on 1x.
Sure beats a dialup connection in any mode.
Still beta software and not perfect, but when you get used to its quirks, its works flawlessly.
Up to 1 megabit download speed evdo.
Up to 15KB/s on 1x.
Sure beats a dialup connection in any mode.
Still beta software and not perfect, but when you get used to its quirks, its works flawlessly.
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SoarerTT said:
Still beta software and not perfect, but when you get used to its quirks, its works flawlessly.
So other than the things that don't work, it works great? LOL
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