bachviet | # 51 | 2007-11-30, 21:12 | Report

1. Yes (sometimes)
2. Nokia 5700 XpressMusic (S60v3 FP1)
3. Yes it's very easy.
4. T-Mobile USA
5. $5.99 MobileWeb (T-Zones) plan
6. The proxy server is 216.155.165.50 not 216.155.165.050

sparkytt | # 52 | 2007-11-30, 21:36 | Report

1. Yes
2. Nokia 6120 classic
3. Simple
4. T-mobile
5. £7.50 per month unlimited(ish)
6. You are not supposed to use the phone as a modem on this lower priced plan but no one seems to check. I am using Open DNS addresses on the phone.

BarneyC | # 53 | 2007-11-30, 21:51 | Report

1. Do you use your Internet Tablet with your phone for Internet access?
Not at the moment (see #2)

2. What kind of phone do you have?
I'm back to my old Nokia 3650! Until some kind sole in the Northern Hemisphere offers to ship me an E51 or N82 coz we won't be getting them here until next year - if ever. Hence why the answer to #1 is no.

3. Was it easy to get working?
When I used a Sony v630i = Yes
When I used a JasJam = No

4. Who is your service provider?
It will be Vodafone NZ as the only other choice is Telecom NZ who are CDMA based still.

5. How affordable is your data plan?
Lousy - best (read most sensible) is 3Gb per month for NZ$69 (c. US$55 a month),
it can have 6Gb for a further NZ$10 mind.

No one wants to be a bit pipe (

6. What else should users know about that phone/provider/plan?
VOIP and IM are "not supported" in the contract - but Vodafone will happily sell you a phone with both those capabilities and the data plan to take advantage of them. i.e. "they hurt our txt & voice cash cow and we can't yet think of a way to charge extra for them"

chatterbox | # 54 | 2007-11-30, 21:54 | Report

1. Do you use your Internet Tablet with your phone for Internet access?
* Yes, when I want access and no Wifi is available (or would require a fee)

2. What kind of phone do you have?
* Nokia 6820

3. Was it easy to get working?
* Very easy, just picked the right carrier and it worked right away. (selected mmode on the 770, and AT&T on the N800)

4. Who is your service provider?
* AT&T

5. How affordable is your data plan?
* $20 a month, but i get a 23% discount on it. It's a luxury cost, but I consider it to be minor compared to the potential cost of subscribing to various hotspot services.

6. What else should users know about that phone/provider/plan?
Technically, it doesn't allow tethering, but my plan didn't actually have any data options that did allow tethering... and I'm not using it all the time so I don't really care. The plan is for "unlimited" use, and I don't know if it has any hidden monthly caps.

doppers | # 55 | 2007-11-30, 21:54 | Report

1. Do you use your Internet Tablet with your phone for Internet access?
Yes

2. What kind of phone do you have?
Nokia 6822b & Nokia E70-2

3. Was it easy to get working?
Yes it was very easy to get working.

4. Who is your service provider?
Rogers Cable Canada

5. How affordable is your data plan?
$7/ month unlimited on device browsing (I assume that applies only to WAP)
$0.05 per KB through 3rd party (non rogers) applications (includes tethering)

6. What else should users know about that phone/provider/plan?
WAP is pretty lame. Google is the best site for WAP browsing.

Canada sucks for GSM band wireless internet options and pricing. I'll likely be switching away from Rogers when a competitor comes along but right now we don't have many options. Currently rogers is the only player. (they own Fido) and Bell uses CDMA.

Wireless cell phone data rates are outrageous. Now that wimax is available I'm looking forward to getting that service but I hope I can connect with my tablet without needing rogers/bell's wimax modems. It would make the service more useful.

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Last edited by doppers; 2008-08-17 at 16:30. Reason: phone & ISP details changed

pmaxx69 | # 56 | 2007-11-30, 22:11 | Report

1. Do you use your Internet Tablet with your phone for Internet access?
- Yes, in italy we don't have many wi-fi hot spot.

2. What kind of phone do you have?
- Nokia E65.

3. Was it easy to get working?
- Yes, i have connected my E65 to n800 using only the wizard.

4. Who is your service provider?
- Wind.

5. How affordable is your data plan?
- 8 euros (~ 11,8 U.S. $) for 500MB/Month.
- 20 euros for 2.6 GB/Month

6. What else should users know about that phone/provider/plan?
- Phone: Bluetooth/infrared/wi-fi/UMTS/EDGE/SYMBIAN/Screen Resolution 320x240/Fast/No Bugs (for now... :-) )

Milhouse | # 57 | 2007-12-01, 01:39 | Report

1. Do you use your Internet Tablet with your phone for Internet access?

Yes

2. What kind of phone do you have?

Sony Ericsson W950i

3. Was it easy to get working?

Yes

4. Who is your service provider?

O2 (UK)

5. How affordable is your data plan?

Not very - it costs an arm and a leg: £3/MB!

O2 are one of the worst data providers in the UK. I'll be switching to T-Mobile or 3 at the earliest oppurtunity (ie. when my contract is up for renewal and the N95 8GB or N82 is available so probably January). Currently I think 3 have the best UK data plans, offering 1GB/month for £5 3G/HSDPA.

6. What else should users know about that phone/provider/plan?

Avoid O2, Orange and Vodafone UK.

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killdog5000 | # 58 | 2007-12-01, 02:00 | Report

1. Do you use your Internet Tablet with your phone for Internet access?
No. Unsuccessful with tethering

2. What kind of phone do you have?
Motorola ROKR E6

3. Was it easy to get working?
No, They bonded but no connection to Nokia N800 with OS2007/08

4. Who is your service provider?
T-Mobile USA
5. How affordable is your data plan?
$5/ month EDGE

6. What else should users know about that phone/provider/plan?
Great phone but support for it is very poor in the USA because it really wasn't made for USA. Internet on phone is fine. Perfect for emergency e-mails web searches.

dfn_doe | # 59 | 2007-12-01, 10:27 | Report

Surprised to see so many responses I've settled on Sony Ericsson K850i after confirming with tnkgirl that it gets good transfer speed using bt dun in the SF Bay Area. The initial impetus behind the question is the current situation where using a cellphone for 3g connectivity for an internet tablet often requires buying hardware which duplicates functionality i.e. the n95 + the n810 gets you two wifi connections...

schroncd | # 60 | 2007-12-01, 14:11 | Report

1. Regularly when no free wifi
2. Moto Razr V3
3. Connection was very simple
4. Sprint
5. US $39.99 Unlimited Tethered Modem plan - also use it for my laptop
6.Moto Razr not the greatest battery life, but acceptable - Sprint 3g access available in most med to large US markets - very fast