[NTLK] Globetrotter GPRS group buy?

[Bradley Loeding]

Yes, it looks like the last of analog services were shutdown last
year. I'm not an expert in the plethora of cell protocol acronyms and
generations. However, this linux how-to indicates that the original
Option Globetrotter is a GSM/GPRS card and can initiate both GSM mode
& GPRS data mode calls.

http://www.pharscape.org/GlobeTrotterGPRShowto

Wikipedia states that GSM is all digital in both signaling and speech
channels. I believe the GPRS protocol rides over GSM making it a
"2.5G" technology. I would assume the Globetrotter could still be
used... Current 3G networks should be backwards compatible. Any cell
geeks out there please chime in.

Is anyone currently using a cell network with the Newton? Has anyone
used a cell network in the past w/ the Merlin, GT, or Nokia who now
cannot?

-Brad


On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Bradley Loeding
<bradley.loeding at gmail.com> wrote:
> I should have been paying closer attention to the list archives... Can
> anyone definitely confirm that the Nokia PhoneCard 2, the Option
> Globetrotter, and the Merlin G100 are in the analog domain and are
> definitely a no-go now?
> -Brad
>
>> I thought all the PCMCIA cellular cards that work in a Newton used
>> the analog cell network?
>>
>> The analog cell network has been turned off in the US and they no
>> longer work here.
>> Aaron
>