tethered EDGE phone?

I've recently been told (by Samsung customer support) that the Samsung
SGH-p207 will not work for Cingular data when tethered to a laptop.

My old USB 1.0 laptop does not have Bluetooth & I can't use IrDA
because of where I must place the phone during sessions.

Do you know of a phone that will work for Cingular EDGE when tethered?
My experience with Nokia & Motorola serial connectors has been that
they are a weak point in the system.

Perhaps someone knows how to make the SGH-p207 work?

Is there an LG phone that'll work in tethered mode?

Dave

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My Motorola V551 will work with a USB cable and blue tooth and the phone is
EDGE capable.


> I've recently been told (by Samsung customer support) that the Samsung
> SGH-p207 will not work for Cingular data when tethered to a laptop.
>
> My old USB 1.0 laptop does not have Bluetooth & I can't use IrDA
> because of where I must place the phone during sessions.
>
> Do you know of a phone that will work for Cingular EDGE when tethered?
> My experience with Nokia & Motorola serial connectors has been that
> they are a weak point in the system.
>
> Perhaps someone knows how to make the SGH-p207 work?
>
> Is there an LG phone that'll work in tethered mode?
>
> Dave
>

I have an old Samsung P107 that was replaced by your P207 model. On my
P107, I can tether it to the laptop and connect to gprs (no edge support).

I don't see why they would take the feature of tethering away on this newer
model.

What have you tried to do with the usb data cable? Or did you even get one
yet? They have them really cheap on eBay.

Get that far and post back on how to set it up. You can use the Samsung
software but you have to change a setting or two. (isp.cingular to
wap.cingular, etc.)




<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've recently been told (by Samsung customer support) that the Samsung
> SGH-p207 will not work for Cingular data when tethered to a laptop.
>
> My old USB 1.0 laptop does not have Bluetooth & I can't use IrDA
> because of where I must place the phone during sessions.
>
> Do you know of a phone that will work for Cingular EDGE when tethered?
> My experience with Nokia & Motorola serial connectors has been that
> they are a weak point in the system.
>
> Perhaps someone knows how to make the SGH-p207 work?
>
> Is there an LG phone that'll work in tethered mode?
>
> Dave
>

My experience with cables has been the cable absolutely must be OEM.

"ja" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I have an old Samsung P107 that was replaced by your P207 model. On my
>P107, I can tether it to the laptop and connect to gprs (no edge support).
>
>I don't see why they would take the feature of tethering away on this newer
>model.
>
>What have you tried to do with the usb data cable? Or did you even get one
>yet? They have them really cheap on eBay.
>
>Get that far and post back on how to set it up. You can use the Samsung
>software but you have to change a setting or two. (isp.cingular to
>wap.cingular, etc.)
>
>
>
>
><[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I've recently been told (by Samsung customer support) that the Samsung
>> SGH-p207 will not work for Cingular data when tethered to a laptop.
>>
>> My old USB 1.0 laptop does not have Bluetooth & I can't use IrDA
>> because of where I must place the phone during sessions.
>>
>> Do you know of a phone that will work for Cingular EDGE when tethered?
>> My experience with Nokia & Motorola serial connectors has been that
>> they are a weak point in the system.
>>
>> Perhaps someone knows how to make the SGH-p207 work?
>>
>> Is there an LG phone that'll work in tethered mode?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>

I have tethered a Nokia 6340, Motorola v600 and v60g. The way I look at it,
this notebook user needs unlimited data. I could get by for less, but not
much less. How about a second sim for data in a pc card, and no voice plan
on the data line. PC cards are free or close to it with a contract. Off
and on users should look at eBay.

I like the 6230 for the phone and my ThinkPad have IR and Bluetooth. For
$40, you notebook could use a Bluetooth dongle. Set up is a pain, and
officially Cingular data does not support Bluetooth. I've used generic and
genuine Nokia cables; both work fine for me. A data connected phone puts my
calls to voicemail. So to get a voice line and a data line, I got two
lines. The cost is about equal; no data plan on the voice line and no voice
plan on the data line.

My complaint? Edge is not fast enough for video. Time should fix that. Or
maybe Verizon data will. Good luck.

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've recently been told (by Samsung customer support) that the Samsung
> SGH-p207 will not work for Cingular data when tethered to a laptop.
>
> My old USB 1.0 laptop does not have Bluetooth & I can't use IrDA
> because of where I must place the phone during sessions.
>
> Do you know of a phone that will work for Cingular EDGE when tethered?
> My experience with Nokia & Motorola serial connectors has been that
> they are a weak point in the system.
>
> Perhaps someone knows how to make the SGH-p207 work?
>
> Is there an LG phone that'll work in tethered mode?
>
> Dave
>

I got the cheapest of the cheap off ebay for my P107. Gauranteed to not be
OEM. It never failed in operation a single time and I tether quite a bit for
work.



"Howard Huntley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My experience with cables has been the cable absolutely must be OEM.
>
> "ja" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I have an old Samsung P107 that was replaced by your P207 model. On my
>>P107, I can tether it to the laptop and connect to gprs (no edge support).
>>
>>I don't see why they would take the feature of tethering away on this
>>newer
>>model.
>>
>>What have you tried to do with the usb data cable? Or did you even get
>>one
>>yet? They have them really cheap on eBay.
>>
>>Get that far and post back on how to set it up. You can use the Samsung
>>software but you have to change a setting or two. (isp.cingular to
>>wap.cingular, etc.)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>><[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>> I've recently been told (by Samsung customer support) that the Samsung
>>> SGH-p207 will not work for Cingular data when tethered to a laptop.
>>>
>>> My old USB 1.0 laptop does not have Bluetooth & I can't use IrDA
>>> because of where I must place the phone during sessions.
>>>
>>> Do you know of a phone that will work for Cingular EDGE when tethered?
>>> My experience with Nokia & Motorola serial connectors has been that
>>> they are a weak point in the system.
>>>
>>> Perhaps someone knows how to make the SGH-p207 work?
>>>
>>> Is there an LG phone that'll work in tethered mode?
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>