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UKJeeper:
3G on the laptop? Good idea! how about combining them. Look what the postmans bringing me in the morning:





 :cool:

1200 minutes. 1000 text, unlimited (subject to acceptable useage policy, blah blah) internet. phones free, £45 per month. Accepts MicroSD cards up to 8gb.

Not everyones cup of tea perhaps, but as some of you know, i actually USE all the features that devices like these offer.

Not much bigger than the N95, Itoy, etc (when closed). I'm really looking forward using TomTom, viewranger (Thanks Andy!), Google Earth, movies, etc on that big screen.

Looking forward to playing with it.







BTW, some of the laptops (toshiba for instance) come with a sim card slot for 3G connections.

C'mon courier!!!!

SteveGoodz:

--- Quote from: Tailendcharley on March 14, 2008, 14:18:48 --- :D    Anyone out there have any experience or knowledge of hooking your mobile phone into a lap top and accessing the Internet...the idea rather appeals to

        me, pariculary when I am away in France but what would concern me is the cost...I've been reading some adverts which quote £10.00 per month for this

        facility but surely you have to pay for the phone call along with the internet facility...any advice would be appreciated...cheers



 :DSmithy :roll:

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Just watched Watchdog on BBC. People have been running up huge bills by using the Internet via a mobile or 3G dongle abroad ~ it's called "data roaming" and right now the network companies (Orange, Vodafone, etc) can charge what they like as it's not covered by UK contracts. One chap ran up a bill of over £9000!!

Tread carefully chaps and chapesses :twisted:

Yoshi:
i saw that as well, the european regulatory body doofer have said that if the companies dont reduce the costs of it then they will get legislation in force to make them do it like they did with the international call charges.

SteveGoodz:

--- Quote from: BadgersRover on March 31, 2008, 21:03:25 ---i saw that as well, the european regulatory body doofer have said that if the companies dont reduce the costs of it then they will get legislation in force to make them do it like they did with the international call charges.

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Yeah, but don't hold your breath while you wait for the EU to bring forth the legislation. It took more than 5 years to get the voice roaming legislation through the European parliament.

My son works as an accountant for Orange and reckons the amount they get from data roaming more than pays for the cheap deals in the UK. If they're forced to reduce the prices they can charge then UK prices will have to rise to balance it. All the other network providers will be in the same boat ~ they use the same business models.

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