Verizon CellPhone ? no? what cell phone w/mac?

bluesignsbluesigns
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
i've held out as long as i can.



i'm considering adding a Verizon wireless phone to my existing plan.





what's the deal with Apple and who was it ... Cingulair??



who's got the dope on wireless?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    I am using verizon with a v60c from Moto (it seems they are good at something)

    no real mac integration... but with the help of a $20 cable, I can use it to go online with my lappy for the simple cost of a regular phone call...



    http://homepage.mac.com/jrc/contrib/mobile_office/
  • Reply 2 of 5
    bluesignsbluesigns Posts: 315member
    sweet. how much of a pain in the ass was it to actually get it to work?



    i currently have a pismo and would like to have that functionality.





    i've got to go find out more about the Cingulair / Mac relationship to see if it really makes a compelling offer.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    after one failed attempt, i got frustrated and didn't use it for a while.... the second time i tried it it worked... you have to make sure you have a signal (not roaming) and that you always disconnect, if you don't there will be a kernel panic... also you will sometimes have to kill the ppd command from the terminal as it gets stuck disconnecting, im not sure if this is a X bug or a driver bug... but it isn't hard to fix... after 1 round trip train rides between school and home I got it down pretty good.
  • Reply 4 of 5
    hledgardhledgard Posts: 265member
    Any update on this?



    I have a Nokia phone, and they have no software to act as a modem for a Mac. Who is the best for this?



    What kind of connection speeds do you get?



    Thanks,

    Dr. L
  • Reply 5 of 5
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    pretty slow.. like 14.4 speeds...

    take a look here:

    http://homepage.mac.com/jrc/contrib/mobile_office/
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