 |
 |
12" powerbook saved the day
|
|
|
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2003
Status:
Offline
|
|
just thought i'd give a story of how my powerbook helped me out tremendously with some work i was doing today. i'm graduating from college with a degree in photojournalism this may, and today i had to do an "on location" assignment...i had 45 minutes to get somewhere, shoot a picture w/a digital camera, and trasmit it back to my professor. everyone else in the class have borrowed my profs tibook, but i figured it would take forever to find a place to dial up from (he doesn't have airport). so i took my trusty powerbook, shot the picture, ran to the nearest starbucks, got online w/the airport (only delay was i had to sign up for a payment plan....so i blew 6 bucks on this session but whatever)...sent the picture right at the deadline. so far i think i'm the first person to get the assignment done on time. airport is the bomb and now i think i need to get a base station...i love being on line with no wires!
|
|
~nate
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Kuwait
Status:
Offline
|
|
hehe way to to ... thx for sharing that story 
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Status:
Offline
|
|
What's scary is that the Apple promo video for the 12" and 17" PowerBooks talks about doing just that... using your 12" PowerBook to wirelessly send photos ahead of your rivals. All you would have had to do to top it off would be to use a Bluetooth cellphone to make the Internet connection.
My own PowerBook has been a bit of a lifesaver in university, though not quite in the same way. This term I typed all my in-class notes on it, and (as you might imagine) became a magnet for virtually anyone who missed a class and needed to catch up. While there's not available wireless access on campus, at home I could just hop on the wireless network and send some e-mail. It's kind of nice to help your fellow students while lounging on the couch.
(Last edited by Commodus; Apr 12, 2003 at 03:26 PM.
)
|
|
24-inch iMac Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Montpellier
Status:
Offline
|
|
Way to go!!  
|
|
Powerbook 1.67ghz 15" (100GB HD, 128MB VRAM, 1.5GB RAM)
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: suburban Chicago
Status:
Offline
|
|
Way to go, Nate. And where do you go to school? Just wondering...
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2003
Status:
Offline
|
|
i go to boston university. i had 45 minutes to get to harvard square, which is like a 45 minute subway trip in itself. kinda unfair, but i just said screw it and took a cab. woth the money to get the job done.
|
|
~nate
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: WV, USA
Status:
Offline
|
|
Wow, very cool! 
Great to hear you got your assignment done!
|
|
5G 60GB video iPod
512MB iPod Shuffle
Westone UM1 Canalphones
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: May 2002
Status:
Offline
|
|
It wasn't the powerbook...
Way to go starbucks!
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: West Coast Canadian
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by Commodus:
What's scary is that the Apple promo video for the 12" and 17" PowerBooks talks about doing just that... using your 12" PowerBook to wirelessly send photos ahead of your rivals. All you would have had to do to top it off would be to use a Bluetooth cellphone to make the Internet connection.
I've never really understood the connection between the bluetooth phone and the laptop.
could your laptop connect to the internet from your wireless bluetooth cell phone? (Instead of going to a starbucks for instance?)
I'm sure it doesn't...sounds too good to be true...but if it could, *THEN* I would run out and buy myself one of those phones!!!
|
|
Architecture:Design | 17" alPB | 23" cinema display etc...
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior User
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Denver, CO
Status:
Offline
|
|
You can use your Sony Ericsson t68i as a modem for your computer. It dials to your dial-up ISP (AOL, MSN, EarthLink, etc.) and communicates to your computer via Bluetooth. I think its only a 9600 baud connection, but if that's all you have...
jg
|
BlackBook 2Ghz C2D, 2GB, 120GB HD | Black 80GB iPod 5.5 | 8GB Red iPod Nano |
Check out my personal and classroom sites!
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Regular
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Northern Virginia
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by mrgaskell:
You can use your Sony Ericsson t68i as a modem for your computer. It dials to your dial-up ISP (AOL, MSN, EarthLink, etc.) and communicates to your computer via Bluetooth. I think its only a 9600 baud connection, but if that's all you have...
jg
Using a SonyEriccson, T68i, I've managed to get 48 or higher baud connections using AT&T's GPRS "data" service. I have not found a way to dail (using call time minutes) my Earthlink service to make a connection using Bluetooh. The PowerBook I own does not have infrared, so not chance of direct dailing to get the lower (9600-ish) baud connections. Unless someone has found a way, dailing AOL, MSN, etc. is not a possibility (at least for me).
Also, AT&T does not support POP mail server authentication, so when I do have a Bluetooth connection, I can't send emails using Entourage or the Mail application (thank goodness for .Mac and Earthlink webmail).
But as someone posted above, bluetooth modem connectivity can be a godsend, when you need to connect to the net and can't find a phone line or an 802.11x hotspot/zone.
The biggest down side that I see is that it is really, really expensive as you pay by the kilobyte (up and down), at least when using the AT&T service.
|
1.5Ghz AlBook G4 + 20" Cinema Display
Cable Modem via Airport Express
iSight Enabled @ dmwilsonh
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
|
|
Forum Rules
|
|
|
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top
