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Is papyrophobic!
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: USA
Device: Dell Axim
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PocketSurfer - PDA dedicated to websurfing
![]() The company claims that PocketSurfer is faster than any other wireless Web technology. Unlike a Smartphone or wireless PDA, it uses your cell phone as a wireless-modem. To use the service, you will need to have your bluetooth-ready cell phone enabled for wireless data from your wireless carrier. And here is the fineprint: PocketSurfer doesn't connect to the Web directly. Instead, it connects through DataWind's proprietary Internet proxy aiming to optimize pages with graphical content. For this optimiziation, you are required to pay another $9.99 per month Internet service access fee, beside your regular cell phone data plan. The PocketSufer is rolling out now and available in the U.S., Canada and Venezuela for $199. |
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Technology Mercenary
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: East Lyme, CT
Device: Direct Neural Implant
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What a novel concept. Why didn't I think of that. </sarcasm> |
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Fully Converged
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Switzerland
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Did this thing actually ever come out?
SiliconValley.com is having a news story on it, which is basically a reprint of what Morpheus has said in this thread three months ago. |
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Junior Member
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Join Date: May 2005
Device: Clie TG50, PktSurfer,V710
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Pocket Surfer Goodness
I am a REALTOR who has need to access MLS listing information while out and about in a vehicle and/or away from hotspots.
My MLS used to offer WAP access when I used a Palm V. Then they took it away because not enough of us used it. Then a company named MobileListings offered proxied access to a handheld formatted subset of listing info for $29.95/month. I paid. I used Netfront on my Clie TG50 and sometimes a regular laptop via my Motorola 270C w/ Bluetooth (which I had to find on ebay because Verizon no longer sold them). Then Mobile Listings decided ONLY to work with downloaded applications on Blackberries, Treos, and Pocket PCs. Meanwhile I had discovered I could run the real MLS application on the Clie, but it overwhelmed it (lotsa, lotsa scrolling and delays...). Then the MLS and Mobile Listings both decided to no longer work with older browsers like Netfront 3.01. I prefer a phone as a phone, a PDA as a PDA, a calculator as a calculator, etc. I do not use my PDA when I want my HP-12C. I upgraded my 270c to a V710 with much faster Internet access via Verizon. Almost bought a Sharp SL-C3000, but the form factor was a bit big, and after the "Microsoftization" of both Mobile Listings and MLS I was concerned about living with Firefox on Linux. Also if I had a Linux box I'd waste too much time amusing myself fiddling with it when I should be selling houses (which is both more fun and more profitable). Carefully researched the PocketSurfer and concluded it fit my usages well. I had the fast Bluetooth phone. I had a 1st class PDA. I did not really want to spend $500-600 for a top of the line color Blackberry 75xx or Treo 650, and I would be getting for only $9.95 a month access to the full web at good speed away from hotspots, compatible with full Microsoft browser and add-ons. The applications I need are very well supported. The device form factor fits my purse/portfolio/pocket uses. And I already insist on having a Bluetooth phone with decent Internet access. I just really prefer to surf on a big thumbkeyboard with a wide display and decent speed (much more comfy than Treo, Blackberry or phone keyboard and display). PocketSurfer cost $200 US, came within a week, initialized easily. A knowledgeable, helpful human answered by phone or email whenever I had a question. What's not to like? I am thinking of putting one of these in the glovebox of each of my team's cars, just like a decent digital camera. It is something a serious REALTOR should not be without. |
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Junior Member
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: West Des Moines, IA
Device: iPAC hx2755
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Wow. Looks cool. Unfortunately, I, like many gadget lovers, have a champage taste on a lite beer budget.
![]() But thanks for the link and the info! ![]() Dennis/circawdm |
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