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In article <2gg8elF2jmipU1@uni-berlin.de>,
Peter Pan <Marcs1102NOSPAM@Hotmail.com> wrote:
>"CharlesH" <hoch@exemplary.invalid> wrote in message
>news:c7uf8i02jle@news4.newsguy.com
>> In article <2gfeccF273e4U1@uni-berlin.de>,
>> Peter Pan <Marcs1102NOSPAM@Hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> You may want to consider doing what I did, I went to vtext.com and
>>> made up a "Nickname" for my cellphone. When people want to page
>>> me/mail me, they just send to nickname@vtext.com It's a lot easier
>>> to remember a "nickname" than a cell phone number.
>>>
>>> As to cost, I played with it after 9pm and on weekends when it was
>>> free. Since my billing cycle is up on the 15th, and I have over 200
>>> minutes left, I can even putz with it during prime time.
>>
>> I'm a little confused here. Unlike Mobile Web, messaging does not use
>> airtime. It uses your monthly message bundle, if any, else
>> $.02/received message, $.10/sent message. Now, if you compose a
>> message on Mobile Web e-mail, and send e-mail to
>> <10-digit-number>@vtext.com, then THAT uses airtime, like any other
>> Mobile Web usage.
>>
>=======================================
>You may want to log on and read the help files... specifically at vtext it
>says:
>To Send a TXT to an individual or multiple Verizon Wireless messaging
>subscribers,
>simply enter a Verizon Wireless 10-digit mobile number, a Verizon Wireless
>SMS 'nickname'@vtext.com,
>or click on a contact from your Contact List.
>
>Notice the above says "a Verizon Wireless SMS 'nickname'@vtext.com"
Oh... Your talking about TXT'ing on the vtext Web site? Sure, if you are
sitting at a WEB browser on a Internet-connected PC or PDA, you can send
TXT messages as described above. But that has nothing to do with airtime,
unless you are getting to the Internet using your phone as wireless
modem as per Mobile Office. Or you can just send email in the usual way
to <10-digit-number-or-nickname>@vtext.com. Or, if you are real geek, you
can type "telnet smtpsp.vtext.com 25" at a command prompt on a PC and
type in the SMTP protocol directly. Still, the TXT'ing has nothing to
do with airtime.
>========================================
>>> Depending on your phone, you may also be able to use Wi-Fi and some
>>> hotspots. I spend a lot of time in hotels (some of which have
>>> HotSpots), Verizon has Wi-Fi plans (check the website for mobile
>>> options), when you are on one of those plans, and in a place that
>>> supports them, you can log on free (IE it doesn't use minutes)
>>
>> But this has nothing to do with your wireless phone. Your ordinary
>> WiFi card in your laptop talks to an ordinary WiFi hot spot. It's
>> just that the hot spot is provided by VZW, and usage is billed to
>> your VZW account.
>>
>> Sort of like the AirFone deal, where you can use AirFone phones on
>> aircraft, with your VZW number being forwarded to the AirFone while
>> you are onboard, and AirFone airtime billed to your VZW account.
>=========================================
>Nothing like that at all. Thats a way old perception.
>
>You may have an old contract or an old brochure. The web site has changed in
>the last few months.
>Specifically at the verizonwireless.com web site, go to Mobile Options/High
>Speed Wireless/Wi-Fi Access
>and it says all sorts of new things, some of which (In fancy tables rather
>than text as is displayed here)
>Choose your Wi-Fi option
>Whether you need Wi-Fi for one day or every day, you can add one of these
>unlimited plans to your Verizon Wireless calling plan and access the service
>in as many Verizon Wireless Wi-FiAccess hot spot locations as you wish.
>Verizon Wireless Wi-FiAccess
>Monthly Unlimited Access $34.99
>Daily Unlimited Access (for 24 hours)** $ 6.99
>All subscriptions renew automatically. Monthly unlimited access
>automatically renews monthly. Daily Unlimited Access automatically renews
>for another 24-hour period when you login the first time after your previous
>24-hour period has expired.
>
>as to devices, it says:
>Compatible Equipment
>You need a laptop computer or Pocket PC with either built-in Wi-Fi
>capability or a separate installed Wi-Fi (802.11b) PC card. Wi-Fi cards may
>be purchased at your local computer hardware or electronics retailer.
>
>Note the addition: "or a separate installed Wi-Fi (802.11b) PC card" I have
>mine in a Samsung i700 (phone and PDA combo, and has a slot for SD cards, I
>use an SDIO card that is 802.11b capable)
>
<< SNIP >>
>
>Several manufacturers make SDIO cards that go in certain models of phones
>and make them terminals to a wireless network. I Have an Audiovox i700 and
>an SDIO card that lets me both log onto 802.11x networks when at work or
>home, verizons wi-fi hotspots when I am near one, etc:
>
>Rather than retype the whole thing, see the thread "Can Samsung i700 cell
>phone/pda do "Verizon wireless sync" with a Mac?" in this thread, I give
>descriptions and websites of vendors. Note it is a cellphone/PDA, and
>**NOT** a laptop.
OK... add PDAs (possibly a cellphone combo) to the WiFiAccess list.
In my mind, a PDA is just a miniature laptap (a "palmtop", so to speak).
I read the same Web page. But you are connecting at the hotspot using
the 802.11x network, not the cellular network. Your WiFi airtime is
totally unrelated to your cellular airtime. The fact that your PDA
happens to also have a built-in cellphone is really not relevant to the
WiFiAccess functionality. Once you have an account set up, you don't
need a cellphone at all to access VZW's WiFiAccess. You can use a
laptop with a WiFi card, a PDA with WiFi, PDA with WiFi+cellphone,
whatever, as long as it has WiFi. And with your VZW PDA/cellphone/WiFi,
you can also connect to any other WiFi hotspot you have an account on,
such as the ones at Starbucks run by Cingular.
or cell.
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