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PDAs Converting Mobile Phones into WAP Devices?

Posted by Cliff on from the that's-an-interesting-way-to-do-it dept.

mvw asks: "I spotted this organizer by Siemens that together with my infrared interface equipped Nokia mobile might give me WAP browsing. Anyone has experiences with this? If this is programmable (under Linux, FreeBSD) as well, this is more interesting than a palm pilot to me, due to its (supposedly) better integration to mobile phone standards here in Europe." Has anyone played around with other PDA/phone combinations in order to do this? Thoughts?

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  1. Don't get carried away by paranoidfish · · Score: 2

    just some thoughts

    • Wap is wasted on a PDA, especially those that can run something like Advant-Go.
    • European GSM phones only give you about 2k of bandwidth, so any websurfing (even with WAP) is very slooooow.
    • WAP really hasn't taken off at all, at least not in the UK. Nokia can't give away the 7110. At the moment, it really isn't a standard that needs supporting.
    • What's wrong with a Palm Pilot or Handspring Visor? Assuming they work with your mobile phone, they'll do everything you want them to do, and more. Open Source Development tools and a large body of software are already available for them. And they'll work with the mobile you buy next year too. I'm not convinced this Siemens PDA is anything other than a proprietry device. (although I'm probably wrong)
    • Are you really that desperate to check Slashdot :-)
    1. Re:Don't get carried away by Alex+Belits · · Score: 2

      s/Advant-Go/Proxiweb/

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