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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
> >>
> >