(keitai-l) Re: Getting Data from Phone onto Computer

Sorry - my original statement was unclear. What I wanted to say (hopefully
a bit clearer) was I wonder why you can't use the Nokia for packet
communications (other than imode). The 208, 209 and 30x series phones
support this, but don't have the same IR port functionality (if at all).
The Casio E-707 also has the functionality built in.

It would be nice to have packet connection fro instant access and not
having to worry about hanging up when I'm not using the line, but at the
current packet rate it would work out expensive for sending or receiving
anything more than text.

Andrew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of Ben Hutchings
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 12:43 PM
> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Getting Data from Phone onto Computer
>
>
> Andrew Shuttleworth wrote:
> <snip>
> > I also wonder why you can't use the Nokia for packet
> communications for a
> > device other than the phone.
>
> The computer or PDA communicates with the phone at a rather lower level
> than packets.  For the phone to get to the packets, it would have to act
> as a PPP server and would probably need to do a whole lot of complicated
> protocol translation.  Now with a Bluetooth-supporting phone and
> computer/PDA you might be in luck.


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