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Bluetooth, GSM and being on the road

by Charlie Bess

I thought I’d try a little experiment this week. I am going to be in a variety of places in the UK, and I’ll try and use my PocketPC and its Bluetooth capabilities to meet all my Internet access needs (like this entry to the blog).

I can’t believe the hotel I just checked into wants to charge £20 for 24 hours of access. Of course, I’ve not gotten the data bill for my little experiment either.

I seem to be able to cover 80-90% of my Internet access needs with just the PocketPC, without needing to get on my laptop. I always have a fear that SMS will try to push down some huge emergency patch over my “wet string” level bandwidth when I connect the laptop up to the corporate LAN. I know I am always going to get a signature file push.

Oh well, the things we need to put up with in today’s wild west Internet world.

Published Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:44 PM

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Posted by Sanketh Wednesday, January 25, 2006 3:51 PM

Intresting post.

Sanketh,
http://teletunes.blogspot.com.

PS: let me know if u are intrested in a link exchange.

Posted by Lindsay Rex Thursday, January 26, 2006 8:07 PM

I understand your pain. The range of internet pricing in hotels in London is between £5(Rydges) - £45(Marriot) per hour. This can be dial up access as well. Hopefully you can stop by www.rexlounge.co.uk the next time your in London.

Cheers.

Posted by Lindsay Saturday, January 28, 2006 12:09 PM

That's a coincidence, I stayed a stones throw away from your Russell Square location for three weeks last year.

Posted by Brian Weatherill Tuesday, January 31, 2006 10:30 PM

Having suffered through the same issue ($25 for internet at each airport lounge you pass through each day) I've found an interesting solution that's working for me..

I've got hold of Nokia's new 770 internet tablet and a modern nokia bluetooth phone (8801) and the two are working beautifully together.. I can VNC to my home servers using SSH, I can read my RSS feeds and browse with a real browser (opra) on an 800x480 screen

In all honestly I haven't dragged my laptop out of its bag in over one month while flying..

As a side benefit, I've found that having Wikipedia available while in a meeting can be invaluable..

Brian.

Posted by Charlie Bess Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:33 PM

Brian - I know what you mean about wikipedia in a meeting. Last week I was giving a presentation and the person looking up a topic tried to correct/out maneuver me, but he was looking at an entry I had created.