On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 07:24:18PM -0700, Frank McConnell wrote:
> Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu> wrote:
> > It also came with an Ericcson MobiDEM radio modem, but I'll bet it wouldn't
> > work even if the battery pack were charged. What can I do with this?
>
> I don't know. Probably not much, my understanding is that most of the
> wireless e-mail/Internet providers have basically ditched MS-DOS (and
> hence HP LX) support for WinCE and PalmOS devices. If I had one I'd
> probably be looking to cause those responsible some constipation with
> it.
BTW are there any truly worldwide, affordable messaging systems these
days? Like a 2-way paging service or email service or whatever. Even
the satellite 2-way paging services I've seen use geosynchronous birds
over the US and maybe Europe and the Far East, but they aren't truly
worldwide. I also found info about the Garmin Global Communicator,
which costs $1000 and the service is very expensive and very limited
(can send a handful of really short messages for $30 a month, and going
over the limit cost a couple of cents _per character_). So that doesn't
fall into the "affordable" category.
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Received on Mon Sep 25 2000 - 18:05:32 BST