Connecting to the Internet with MPX200: Options?

[Guest rrfirebaugh]

We all know ATT will be happy to rip you off per kb with Mmode if you want to browse the web, check your email, or IM. You can get a Pass Through Connection by connecting the phone via usb data cable and Activesync software and surf the web that way, but your connected to a computer.

My question is can the phone connect to the web wirelessly other than ATT Mmode? Can the phone connect to a wireless network here in the office, just like a laptop would with a wireless network card? Can the phone use a dail up 56k account to get an internet connection to surf the web without having to be connected to a laptop?

I have spoken with Motorola and ATTwireless customer service and they say no to those questions above. Anyone have any answers?

[Guest Scarfman007]

Can the phone connect to a wireless network here in the office, just like a laptop would with a wireless network card?

Maybe if you could get a wireless network card for the phone :wink: . Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think there are some SD cards on the market that do wireless networking - these would work *if* drivers were ever written for Smartphone platform.

As for the question re: using it to dial up to an ISP ... again I'm not sure but I think the answer may be yes, but you'll be charged for the phone call and may only get speeds of 9.6kbps!

Scarfman

[Guest nickcornaglia]

Just to confirm....

If the phone indeed has an SDIO compatible slot, theoretically a WiFi card (or BlueTooth) would work....Only if the drivers were released for the Smartphone. To my knowledge, this has not been done yet.

You can definitely use your phone as a dial-up modem to surf the net or retreive emails..right on your phone. But the speeds are alot slower and you will use your minutes.

Just realized that I said basically the same as Scarfmann.....but maybe two voices are better than one. :wink: