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  1. #1
    Rich
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    Hi

    I brought the Mrs for Christmas a Acer Aspire One netbook. Basically
    just a small laptop with a linux frontend.

    Ripped out linux and installed standard XP.

    My question is however can I use my Tmobile web and walk that I'm
    paying around £7.00 a month to browse the internet?

    I have a bluetooth adaptor in the network - bluesoli I think the
    software is called.

    I have a nokia slide 6500.

    Any ideas on how to try it? Main thing is I don't want to be hit with
    a big bill - only want to try it's included in the web and walk
    charges.

    Best regards

    Rich



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  2. #2
    Blah Blah Blah
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    Re: Netbooks

    On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:32:30 +0000, Rich faxed us with....

    > Hi
    >
    > I brought the Mrs for Christmas a Acer Aspire One netbook. Basically
    > just a small laptop with a linux frontend.
    >
    > Ripped out linux and installed standard XP.
    >
    > My question is however can I use my Tmobile web and walk that I'm paying
    > around £7.00 a month to browse the internet?
    >
    > I have a bluetooth adaptor in the network - bluesoli I think the
    > software is called.
    >
    > I have a nokia slide 6500.
    >
    > Any ideas on how to try it? Main thing is I don't want to be hit with a
    > big bill - only want to try it's included in the web and walk charges.
    >
    > Best regards
    >
    > Rich

    Yeah,

    Put the Linux back on and you'll find it works a charm.


    --
    Replica Watches - TRY WALMART



  3. #3
    BGN
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    Re: Netbooks

    On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:32:30 +0000, Rich <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Hi
    >
    >I brought the Mrs for Christmas a Acer Aspire One netbook. Basically
    >just a small laptop with a linux frontend.
    >
    >Ripped out linux and installed standard XP.
    >
    >My question is however can I use my Tmobile web and walk that I'm
    >paying around £7.00 a month to browse the internet?
    >
    >I have a bluetooth adaptor in the network - bluesoli I think the
    >software is called.
    >
    >I have a nokia slide 6500.
    >
    >Any ideas on how to try it? Main thing is I don't want to be hit with
    >a big bill - only want to try it's included in the web and walk
    >charges.


    I'm not familiar with the Slide 6500 but on my n95 on web'n'walk I
    just plugged the n95 into the PC via the USB cable and PC Suite seemed
    to do everything else.
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  4. #4
    Iain
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    Re: Netbooks

    Rich wrote:
    > Hi
    >
    > I brought the Mrs for Christmas a Acer Aspire One netbook. Basically
    > just a small laptop with a linux frontend.
    >
    > Ripped out linux and installed standard XP.
    >
    > My question is however can I use my Tmobile web and walk that I'm
    > paying around £7.00 a month to browse the internet?


    My question is why did you replace and efficient and effective OS with crap?



  5. #5
    andy
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    Re: Netbooks

    On 28 Dec, 22:05, Iain <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Rich wrote:
    > > Hi

    >
    > > I brought the Mrs for Christmas a Acer Aspire One netbook. *Basically
    > > just a small laptop with a linux frontend.

    >
    > > Ripped out linux and installed standard XP.

    >
    > > My question is however can I use my Tmobile web and walk that I'm
    > > paying around £7.00 a month to browse the internet?

    >
    > My question is why did you replace and efficient and effective OS with crap?


    Why ask?

    Nokia haven't written a version or equivalent of PC Suite in Linux, so
    for this particular use the question is irrelevant.

    For the OP: I don't know what T-mobile's policies are, but some
    networks allow use as modem from inclusive packages



  6. #6
    T i m
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    Re: Netbooks

    On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:49:21 -0800 (PST), andy
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >On 28 Dec, 22:05, Iain <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> Rich wrote:
    >> > Hi

    >>
    >> > I brought the Mrs for Christmas a Acer Aspire One netbook. *Basically
    >> > just a small laptop with a linux frontend.

    >>
    >> > Ripped out linux and installed standard XP.

    >>
    >> > My question is however can I use my Tmobile web and walk that I'm
    >> > paying around £7.00 a month to browse the internet?

    >>
    >> My question is why did you replace and efficient and effective OS with crap?

    >
    >Why ask?
    >
    >Nokia haven't written a version or equivalent of PC Suite in Linux, so
    >for this particular use the question is irrelevant.


    Yup, same with my recent Voda PAYG dongle, according to the blurb, not
    even supported by OSX. However, whilst it probably *is* supported at a
    driver and function level by both OSX and Linux I don't think you
    would be able to see the 'how much credit left' and 'topup online'
    buttons as you do with the Windows variants. Again, they may well be
    duplicatable directly on the web but me, I can't be arsed to look when
    under XP it 'just works'. Along with my Nokia Suite, Garmin MapSource,
    Agent newsreader, real MSN and a million other apps I'm familiar with
    and bits of hardware I want to use (without a fight).

    Cheers, T i m



  7. #7
    JR
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    Re: Netbooks

    Rich wrote:
    > Hi
    >
    > I brought the Mrs for Christmas a Acer Aspire One netbook. Basically
    > just a small laptop with a linux frontend.
    >
    > Ripped out linux and installed standard XP.
    >
    > My question is however can I use my Tmobile web and walk that I'm
    > paying around £7.00 a month to browse the internet?
    >
    > I have a bluetooth adaptor in the network - bluesoli I think the
    > software is called.
    >
    > I have a nokia slide 6500.
    >
    > Any ideas on how to try it? Main thing is I don't want to be hit with
    > a big bill - only want to try it's included in the web and walk
    > charges.
    >
    > Best regards
    >
    > Rich


    If you are on WnW+ then you can use your phone as a modem via Bluetooth
    or USB. The 'plus' part is the bit that allows you to use the phone as a
    modem without breaking T-Mobile's T&Cs.

    The Nokia software should contain a connection option, if not create a
    new dialup connection with the phone as the modem and *99# as the dialup
    number.

    For those using Linux the same thing can be done on T-Mobile (and
    presumably others) by creating a connection string using standard ATxxx
    commands.



  8. #8
    tony sayer
    Guest

    Re: Netbooks

    In article <[email protected]>, Iain <no-
    [email protected]> scribeth thus
    >Rich wrote:
    >> Hi
    >>
    >> I brought the Mrs for Christmas a Acer Aspire One netbook. Basically
    >> just a small laptop with a linux frontend.
    >>
    >> Ripped out linux and installed standard XP.
    >>
    >> My question is however can I use my Tmobile web and walk that I'm
    >> paying around £7.00 a month to browse the internet?

    >
    >My question is why did you replace and efficient and effective OS with crap?


    Yes, what was wrong with the Linux which has now replaced Vister on the
    Mrs's laptop)
    --
    Tony Sayer





  9. #9
    BGN
    Guest

    Re: Netbooks

    On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:05:18 +0000, Iain <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    >> I brought the Mrs for Christmas a Acer Aspire One netbook. Basically
    >> just a small laptop with a linux frontend.
    >>
    >> Ripped out linux and installed standard XP.
    >>
    >> My question is however can I use my Tmobile web and walk that I'm
    >> paying around £7.00 a month to browse the internet?

    >
    >My question is why did you replace and efficient and effective OS with crap?


    I'm quite a fan of Linux but I found that the edition which ships with
    the Acer Aspire One (some Fedora bastardization?) is a bit poo and too
    locked down. I tried through xubuntu on it but even after doing all
    of the configuring it was just toooo slow. I shoved WinXP Pro SP3 on
    it and it works far, far more smoothly (even with just 512Mb/ram) and
    lets me the MS Remote Desktop Connection to my Vista PC without issue.
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