Comments on: Treo busted! http://marc-abramowitz.com/archives/2007/01/13/treo-busted/ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:55:28 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marc Abramowitz » Treo 650 with short antenna from TreoAntenna.com http://marc-abramowitz.com/archives/2007/01/13/treo-busted/comment-page-1/#comment-17260 Marc Abramowitz » Treo 650 with short antenna from TreoAntenna.com Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:35:03 +0000 http://marc.abramowitz.info/archives/2007/01/13/treo-busted/#comment-17260 <p>[...] As previously mentioned, my Treo 650 antenna broke and for the past week I’ve been using it with an improvised antenna using an alligator clip. [...]</p> [...] As previously mentioned, my Treo 650 antenna broke and for the past week I’ve been using it with an improvised antenna using an alligator clip. [...]

]]> By: Marc Abramowitz » Treo 650 improvised antenna http://marc-abramowitz.com/archives/2007/01/13/treo-busted/comment-page-1/#comment-16868 Marc Abramowitz » Treo 650 improvised antenna Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:52:01 +0000 http://marc.abramowitz.info/archives/2007/01/13/treo-busted/#comment-16868 <p>[...] A few days ago, my Treo 650 fell on to pavement and the antenna snapped off. I ordered a new short antenna from TreoAntenna.com but in the meantime, I’ve managed to get good reception by clipping an alligator clip with a short length of wire on to the point on the circuit board where the antenna connects. Originally, I had the other clip connected to the antenna itself, but it fell off and I realized that reception was just as good without it. [...]</p> [...] A few days ago, my Treo 650 fell on to pavement and the antenna snapped off. I ordered a new short antenna from TreoAntenna.com but in the meantime, I’ve managed to get good reception by clipping an alligator clip with a short length of wire on to the point on the circuit board where the antenna connects. Originally, I had the other clip connected to the antenna itself, but it fell off and I realized that reception was just as good without it. [...]

]]> By: Jay http://marc-abramowitz.com/archives/2007/01/13/treo-busted/comment-page-1/#comment-14455 Jay Sun, 14 Jan 2007 00:59:43 +0000 http://marc.abramowitz.info/archives/2007/01/13/treo-busted/#comment-14455 <p>I'm shopping around for a smartphone as well. My plan is to drop my home internet service and use the phone. When I get near my linux box, I want it to connect to the phone via bluetooth, connect to the internet via EDGE (or whatever), create an access point and forward all my calls to my skype account. I don't need my connection at home to be extremely fast, 150-200kbps should do it. That's the only way I can justify giving $110 month to Cingular. </p> <p>I think the Blackjack requires that you plug a USB cable from the phone to your laptop to connect to the internet. Since Bluetooth 2.0 is something like 2 Mbits/sec, there's no way I'm going to mess with a cable.</p> I’m shopping around for a smartphone as well. My plan is to drop my home internet service and use the phone. When I get near my linux box, I want it to connect to the phone via bluetooth, connect to the internet via EDGE (or whatever), create an access point and forward all my calls to my skype account. I don’t need my connection at home to be extremely fast, 150-200kbps should do it. That’s the only way I can justify giving $110 month to Cingular.

I think the Blackjack requires that you plug a USB cable from the phone to your laptop to connect to the internet. Since Bluetooth 2.0 is something like 2 Mbits/sec, there’s no way I’m going to mess with a cable.

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