Is Wireless Internet using nokia 5165 possible?

[Tanner]

Hey,

I've got the fone. I've got free minutes after 9pm. Can I somehow get something to go from the phone to muh lappy (ethernet) I KNOW that there is a serial data cable...but I don't know if it will work like that...

anyhow...if this cable exists...

1. Where do I get it.
2. Have you done it?

 

[Tanner]

HURRYYY!!! I BET MY FRIEND that youall would have the answer to this in less than 10 minutes

I'm lookin' all over google.com for stuff like: wireless internet nokia 5165 and the sort...HELP!

(i wanna win)

 

[bmacd]

the 5165 is not capable of using the phone as a modem. Some nextel phones and some GSM phones are, however, capable of doing this.

-=bmacd=-

 

[Tanner]

d0000000000000d!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! So...I guess new thread title...which fones will allow me to dialup internet from muh laptop? (on cingular's network)

thX BMACD! I really appreciate it...even though I lost by one minute hehehehe.

THANKS A LOT ANANDTECHERS! ALWAYS prompt w/ the answers!

 

[Tanner]

what about this adapter kit. It can do it allegedly! Anyone know? Anyone? Ever heard of this thing??? Please LMK

THanks in AdvanCE!

 

[bmacd]

(wireless speeds generally limited to 14.4K with TDMA phones)

You'll end up wasting more airtime waiting for a page to load than if you just found a decent spot to dock a laptop.

-=bmacd=-

 

[ATLien247]

Originally posted by: Tanner
what about this adapter kit. It can do it allegedly! Anyone know? Anyone? Ever heard of this thing??? Please LMK

THanks in AdvanCE!

My employer has several of these particular PC cards, and they work fine with the 5165. A little on the slow side, though. Usually around 9600bps.

 

[Tanner]

Originally posted by: ATLien247
Usually around 9600bps.

whoa! THAT IS SLOOOOOOOOOOOW! I guess maybe I can try to see if Sprint PCS is any diff... hmmmmm....thx again guys!

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: Tanner

Originally posted by: ATLien247
Usually around 9600bps.

whoa! THAT IS SLOOOOOOOOOOOW! I guess maybe I can try to see if Sprint PCS is any diff... hmmmmm....thx again guys!

Any decent GSM provider should offer the 2.5g services like GPRS (Always on Net access) and HSCSD which will give 33.6k download speed. Both the latter are Phone dependent too. My Nokia 6310i has them, along with bluetooth and IR.