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Re: Using a Nokia 8250 with a Palm Vx

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From: jgb
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 22:00
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I have a 505 and I connect to my phone using the IR ports


On Thu, 04 Oct 2001 12:26:11 GMT, Mahlon Wagner
<mwagner2@twcny.rr.com> wrote:

>JGB:
>
>with your Nokia 8290---what was the manner of the connection to your Palm?  Was
>it cable or IR?  (If cable, where did you buy it?)
>
>And then, the big question:   would this also work with the Palm m505?
>Thanks
>Mahl
>
>jgb wrote:
>
>> I just got an 8290 from voicestream and it worked right out of the
>> box.  Took, literally, a minute to put in the phone number and hit
>> connect.  I had asked the guy at voicestream about the data service
>> (which is 20 something a month extra) and he told me that I did not
>> need it, that it would work fine just using it's regular minutes
>> calling the isp.
>>
>> On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 18:08:09 +1000, "daredevil" <js2susas@idx.com.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >You need to have the data service enabled on your SIM card. I did this with
>> >Optus and I can connect to my ISP using my 8250 and Vx.
>> >"Craig Thomson" <craig@spam.free> wrote in message
>> >news:f18nrt88lim2dbkl2kkalq785ijou89ek8@4ax.com...
>> >>
>> >> I am trying to use my Palm Vx to send and receive email using my Nokia
>> >> 8250 and my Bigpond account. I have followed the instructions that I
>> >> found at http://www.mywirelesspalm.com/
>> >> to set it up.
>> >>
>> >> When I tap on "Connect" from the Network Preferences screen it does
>> >> seem to attempt to connect, I see the message "Signing On" on the
>> >> Palm, but then I keep getting the error "Error: PPP timeout (0x1231)"
>> >> on my Palm.
>> >>
>> >> Has anyone else got this working? Any tips or advice?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks.
>> >>
>> >> Craig
>> >>
>> >
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