Internet on my PDA

[Guest asif @ planus]

Hi People,

I ventured out and bought a PDA on thursday. The model I bought was the "Toshiba E330", running Microsoft Pocket PC 2002.

Now, It has an infrared port, and as I have a Nokia 8310, I can get them to talk to each other, and I have successfully accessed the Internet via a "data call". The speed seems to be OK, however I am getting disconnected every 5 minutes or so, which is rather annoying.

I am on a special package with Vodafone (I am not quite set on going Pay monthly as we are looking to get a bulk solution in a couple of months, allowing free calls to a from our employees).

Anyway, I was just wondering, is this the best way to do things? I am happy to go out and buy a T68i or any other bluetooth phone, and find an adapter to get it working with the PDA, as keeping the phone and the PDA inline is a bit of a pain.

SO, basically, anny suggestions would be great :lol:

Regards

Asif

[ps: please ignore spelling becuase it's saturday morning :( ;)]

[Guest asif @ planus]

Sorry, I should have been clearer above:

Basically, I want to know what Provider will let me make free/cheap 0800 calls during the day (preferably PAYG, until we do the switch).

Thanks

Asif

[Guest Big Ron - No Longer a Mem]

AFAIK, NONE of the mobile telco's likes 0800 numbers, daytime or at any other time. They're not even keen on 0845 numbers. It's a serious problem when using your mobile as a modem to pick up emails. GPRS is the getaround (no dialup ISP needed) O have a deal with Freeserve (they're both France Telecom subsidiaries) to allow free access to Freeserve's 0845 dialup number from any Orange mobile. Pity is has to be "daytime" - O2 have some amazing SIM-only offers right now, with massive amounts of off-peak "free minutes" for a nominal monthly fee.