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Oct 10, 2005, 07:57 PM
 
Anyone here have Cingular or Wireless on their PowerBooks? Their website say the wireless internet only works with Windows based PC but I thought I remember someone on here said they use it one of the services on their PowerBook no problem...a search turned up nothing.


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Oct 10, 2005, 08:02 PM
 
Wow, you might want to be a little more vague !

Cingular or Wireless ?
Is Wireless now a provider ?

Do you mean internet by using a wireless PCMCIA card, or do you mean by using a BT or USB cable connected phone ?

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Oct 10, 2005, 08:03 PM
 
steve,

It should work fine with verizon. I am using both a powerbook and verizon wireless right now. I have no clue about cingular.
     
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Oct 10, 2005, 08:04 PM
 
Originally Posted by turtle777
Wow, you might want to be a little more vague !

Cingular or Wireless ?
Is Wireless now a provider ?
did that really trip you up that bad?
     
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Oct 10, 2005, 08:06 PM
 
Either will work with a Powerbook, as for service Verizon is the way to go because it's both faster and cheaper at the moment. Even though their phone and selection sucks!
     
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Oct 10, 2005, 08:11 PM
 
Originally Posted by Artful Dodger
did that really trip you up that bad?
More the second part of my post.

I still don't get if he talks about WLAN or GPRS/EDGE/G3 based wireless internet...

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Oct 10, 2005, 08:23 PM
 
Agreed. I guess we'll have to wait and see. Paging.....Steve......Please return to your thread....I repeat.....Please return to your thread.
     
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Oct 10, 2005, 08:25 PM
 
Somebody I know who has a 1.67 Powerbook just tried the Cingular PCMCIA card and it would not work.
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Oct 10, 2005, 08:51 PM
 
Verizon works great.
     
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Oct 10, 2005, 09:05 PM
 
Originally Posted by MacOSR
Verizon works great.
Gravity works great, too. Even on Macs !

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Oct 10, 2005, 09:48 PM
 
Originally Posted by turtle777
More the second part of my post.

I still don't get if he talks about WLAN or GPRS/EDGE/G3 based wireless internet...

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Wireless internet, NOT modem based. Data Connect on Cingular and VZACCESS on Verizon.

Originally Posted by turtle777
Wow, you might want to be a little more vague !

Cingular or Wireless ?
Is Wireless now a provider ?

Do you mean internet by using a wireless PCMCIA card, or do you mean by using a BT or USB cable connected phone ?

-t
Relax dude some people are human and make mistakes... I meant Verizon
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