[ale] [OT] - Motorola V551 Cell Phone

Nathan J. Underwood ale1 at cybertechcafe.net
Thu Apr 14 16:32:43 EDT 2005


Just in case someone *was* watching this thread, I think I found my 
answer.  There's a little package for Mac called OnSync that looks like 
it's going to work.


Nathan J. Underwood wrote:
> so anyway, 2 penguins walked into a bar....
> 
> Nathan J. Underwood wrote:
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>> I'm looking at switching [back] to Cingular for my cellular service. 
>> The biggest reasons are coverage, bluetooth capability, and their edge 
>> network.  I've currently got Nextel.  The novelty of the direct 
>> connect is wearing off, and I miss the extensive coverage that I had 
>> with Cingular.  I'm looking specifically at the Motorola V551.  My 
>> goal would be to be able to use the phone with a bluetooh headset (so 
>> as long as I was within 10' - 20' of the phone, I could receive 
>> calls), and use the phone as a bluetooth modem for my laptops (1 dual 
>> boot windows / linux, 1 iBook [which I'm using more and more]).  For 
>> the purpose of this discussion, let's assume that I've got the 
>> Bluetooth working on the computer end of this equasion with all of the 
>> involved OS's (WinXP Pro, FC3, Mac OS X).  Has anyone got this setup 
>> and working, and care to share their experience(s)?
>>
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