I had a Psion Gold Card 56K Modem + Fax, but it was also GSM and ISDN ready. Now I upgraded to GSM, buying a cable (relatively cheap) for a Nokia mobile phone and downloading the upgrade from Psion website. And it works very well, much faster than a infrared connection from a laptop to a mobile ... Read review
Advantages: Relatively cheap now, good speed Disadvantages: There are new technologies now on the market
I had a Psion Gold Card 56K Modem + Fax, but it was also GSM and ISDN ready. Now I upgraded to GSM, buying a cable (relatively cheap) for a Nokia mobile phone and downloading the upgrade from Psion website. And it works very well, much faster than a infrared connection from a laptop to a mobile phone. Everything was relatively easy to install and configure, so even if you are not a techy person (as me :), you're able to do it yourself.
...world class modem with the Psion Series 5/5mx or 3c/3mc. All you need is the Psion PC Card modem adapter. Connect your handheld computer to the world for email, web browsing, faxing. For true mobility, you need to connect your PC card modem to a GSM phone
As features, there are:
* Type II PCMCIA Card
* Asynchronous Data Transmission
* Detects Dial, Busy, and Ring Tones
* GSM Ready: Major Mobile Phones Supported ... more
I had a Psion Gold Card 56K Modem + Fax, but it was also GSM and ISDN ready. Now I upgraded to GSM, buying a cable (relatively cheap) for a Nokia mobile phone and downloading the upgrade from Psion website. And it works very well, much faster than a infrared connection from a laptop to a mobile phone. Everything was relatively easy to install and configure, so even if you are not a techy person (as me :), you're able to do it yourself.
As a card, The Psion Dacom Global Gold Card is a leading PC card modem, used worldwide in all Dell computers, but also in Compaqs or other makers. Use this same world class modem with the Psion Series 5/5mx or 3c/3mc. All you need is the Psion PC Card modem adapter. Connect your handheld computer to the world for email, web browsing, faxing. For true mobility, you need to connect your PC card modem to a GSM phone As features, there are:
Type II PCMCIA Card
Asynchronous Data Transmission
Detects Dial, Busy, and Ring Tones
GSM Ready: Major Mobile Phones Supported Including Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola. It worked on my Nokia 6310i (and buying the cable is definitively cheaper than buying a bluetooth card for using with this phone and the speed is not so bad - not as 1MB for Bluetooth, but fairly acceptable)
* ISDN Ready. (Requires purchase of optional ISDN upgrade kit)
Data Standards: - ITU V.90, (including support for both a-law and u-law countries) - ITU-T V.34 - V.42 - V.42bis - V.32bis
Fax Standards: - Fax ITU-T V.17 - V.29 - V.27ter - V.21 channel 2 send and receive - Group 3 (TIA/EIA 578 Class 1 and Class2) Fax
Advantages: Should have been an easy connectivity solution Disadvantages: It doesn't work !
...so following an e-mail from Psion to Orange I purchased the GSM Upgrade, not cheap at nearly £100 but I wanted connectivity. I installed, or tried to install the upgrade but it failed. A call to Psion reveals they have a problem with their marketing (8/11/2001). Even though the GSM Upgrade box is labelled for a Nokia 6210 and the picture on the glossy instructions clearly show the Gold Card V34+Fax on the front Psion admit that this modem card will ...
madsteev 08.11.2001
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Psion Dacom Gold Card GSM PCMCIA modem keeps you in touch when you're on the move providing a data and fax connection anywhere in the world with a GSM or PCS network. This modem provides 9,600 bps data/fax transfer over GSM network and is GSM 14,400 bps and ISDN 128 Kbps upgradeble. This Gold Card GSM provides connection to the Alcatel OneTouch -Pro, -Easy, -Com cellular phones.
