Before you pay for the phone, perform this check.
Motorola created two DPC650's.
One that was pre-data and the other that came out to
take advantage of data.
Pop off the battery and look for a logo on the
instruction sticker. The logo will look like two
arrows pointing to each other, one pointing down and
one pointing up. There will be the indicator of mc2
(squared) next to the logo.
If this logo is not there, check the serial number and
see if it says EE2 in the beginning. If you have
either of these two things, then yes...you have a
data-ready Motorola "Flip Phone"
Now...as far as a capabilities...you can usually get
the cellect modem and cable as a surplus kit for about
$35. I have seen it cheaper, but not recently. Check
eBay.
There are also two modems that will work here. One is
a Motorola Cellect and the other is a Motorola
Montana. The Cellect is a 14.4 modem and the Montana
is a 33.6 modem...but considering that you probably
will not get better than 9.6 on a cell phone
anyway...well....make your decision.
If you can't find either, let me know. I have a
Cellect modem with the DPC650 data cable. Make me an
offer. It's slightly used and I might be able to find
the manual if I start looking for it right now!
Ed
web/gadget guru
--- Brian <bmcewen_at_mediaone.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> OK, I'm taking the plunge for a cell phone.
>
> OK, it's not like new fancy phones. It's a Motorola
> Microtac 650 from
> university surplus- charging stand, cigarette
> adapter, and battery (which
> seems good- 8 hrs standby with it so far on one
> charge)- $20.
>
> "activating" the phone- $20 (not sure I really have
> to pay all of this,
> this phone is one of the last ones that you could
> reprogram all the codes
> yourself, per the web site I grabbed the info from-
> feedback welcome. My
> guess is that they won't want to tell me all the
> codes and I won't be able
> to reprogram it myself for less than $20 anyway.
> But I'll ask :).
>
> I figure on leaving it in the car as emergency phone
> for my wife, and using
> one of the $10/40min disposable cell cards.
>
> Now, the newton-related part- suppose I (find
> somewhere and ) buy the
> motorola data kit (spend the $ that I'm NOT spending
> on that very tempting
> emate deal), this phone family is reported to work
> with a "cellect" PC
> card, per the FAQ But the blurb for the data
> connectivity kit says use for
> fax machines, etc etc- it just provides a RJ-11
> socket and dialtone.
>
> I can think of no logical reason I'd need a special
> modem card for this,
> but hey the cell world is made of special cases that
> almost but not quite
> provide what you want :) - if someone knows why
> this might not work with
> my spare 14.4 modem card, I'd love to find out now.
>
> Any info on if other models of phone that data cable
>
<http://www.motorola.com/GSS/CSG/direct_phones/accessories/connectivity/cellconk
> it.htm>
> would work with, should we decide to become modern
> sometime, would be also
> appreciated (my assumption is, I'd have to buy a new
> cable later on if I
> got a different motorola phone). I looked for a
> cross-reference chart but
> none leapt out.
>
> I'm thinking that if I bring Newton, modem/ethernet,
> phone, phone-to-data
> cables, portable inkjet printer on a trip, I should
> just give up and get a
> tool belt to hang it all upon, like the old Dilbert
> cartoon "..looks like
> someone just had a fax...."...the awful thing it, I
> can justify having all
> that crud, sometimes.
>
> B
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