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Sanyo 8100 and Toshiba e740
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Posted by: GRRRR

Hello!

Has anyone figured out how to connect the Sanyo 8100 to Toshiba e740 Pocket PC through USB port? I know you can connect the phone to a regular PC or a laptop, but wouldn't it be great to connect it to the pocket PC and surf the web?

Any help would be appreciated.

Posted by: magnus

http://www.thesupplynet.com/product...cfm?prodID=7016

Posted by: GRRRR

Hi!

Thanks for your reply, but the link above makes you use the phone as a modem, not as a vision service. I should be able to simply connect to the internet without having to dial anything.

Thanks
Lev

Posted by: genso79

when you have that cable what it would allow you to do is:

1) Use as a vision devison when you dial #777 that will be billed

as VISION not as minutes.

OR

2) Use as a modem when you dial any other number that would

count toward your mintes.

That's what i think...

Posted by: sheureka

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Originally posted by genso79
when you have that cable what it would allow you to do is:. . . 2) Use as a modem when you dial any other number that would count toward your mintes. That's what i think...

It would be subtracted from your minutes AND cost you 39 cents a minute unless you can stack WWW on top of your Vision plan. It also would be at the old 2G speeds (14.4 kbps) instead of 3G speeds (50-100 kbps). - sheureka

Posted by: GRRRR

Thanks for your help everyone! I just want to double check before I spend $60 on the cable. I called Sprint and they have no knowledge of #777 and they basically tried to schmooze me into believing that vision conection capabilities do not exist on this phone. Their tech support made no sense when they talked about vision connectivity, but from what they said, I understood that it is possible, but they don't want to tell me how to do it.

So, does anyone know for sure that #777 gets you the vision connection running at full speed?

Thanks
Lev

Posted by: budney

Yes, #777 works fine. I've used it a few times.

Posted by: 8notime

I wonder why they don't just disable #777 for anything that is not a connection card? Not that I want them to, just wondering why. If it were a service they wanted people outside of the messaging boards to use, I would think it would be advertised. Just like *Talk, *4, etc...

Posted by: temfate

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Originally posted by sheureka
It would be subtracted from your minutes AND cost you 39 cents a minute unless you can stack WWW on top of your Vision plan. It also would be at the old 2G speeds (14.4 kbps) instead of 3G speeds (50-100 kbps). - sheureka

Would you care to explain this??? How/Why would they charge 39 cents a minute to just dial a normal number??? Your phone acts as the modem itself I believe and connects just as a normal voice call. Thus the 14.4 speed limit. But I don't think they charge anything but airtime...

I used to connect like this awhile ago, of course it was a non-vision phone but I think it's the same and I never got charged for anything other than minutes.

Posted by: budney

temfate - The reason you get charge $0.39 is because you don't have Wireless Web (2G) on your account w/Vision (3G). If you did then there would be no charge to do this, just minutes used. And even though you are dialing a number it's a data call not a voice call. It is simular to using Vision without it on your account ($0.01 per KB) I think the reason they charge so much is because it is taking up room on there network that could be used for a regular call instead.

Posted by: temfate

but that's just it; it DOESN'T take up ANYTHING that a normal voice call wouldn't. Hell, they can't even see it as a data call, only the phone and the remote modem know that it is, sprint's systems are just transporting it.

You could very well be right, but I hope you're wrong! I'll be trying it soon to find out and will post the results.

Posted by: hatoncat

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Originally posted by temfate
but that's just it; it DOESN'T take up ANYTHING that a normal voice call wouldn't. Hell, they can't even see it as a data call, only the phone and the remote modem know that it is, sprint's systems are just transporting it.

You could very well be right, but I hope you're wrong! I'll be trying it soon to find out and will post the results.

Actually yes it does. 2G data requires CSD (circuit switched data) to be enabled for the call. And this does cost more for Sprint than a normal call.

Posted by: hatoncat

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Originally posted by 8notime
I wonder why they don't just disable #777 for anything that is not a connection card? Not that I want them to, just wondering why. If it were a service they wanted people outside of the messaging boards to use, I would think it would be advertised. Just like *Talk, *4, etc...

The Terms of Service says that they can either block access to #777 or cancel your contract if you use it.

Personally, I would love to be canceled and just sign back up. If I ever really get billed for using Vision as a modem, I'll ask them if they want to give me my money back, or cancel my "dis"advantage agreement...