New Phone!

[errantember]

After several years of being stuck in the Tech Ghetto with my old-ass Nokia 6010s, I finally signed up with Sprint/Nextel and got a Palm Centro. I've only had it for a few days, but other than the vague feeling, likely physically absorbed via nanotech from my Macintosh keyboard, that I should have gotten an iPhone instead, I'm very happy with it.

I have it set up to pull e-mail from all three of my e-mail accounts, including work. I'm on call during the day, and my previous low-tech setup made it difficult to tell when my job needed me. Now I've reached a whole new level of corporate whoredom with the ability to check my work e-mail from anywhere. This should help lower my stress level a lot, since I won't have to wonder if I'm missing anything important while I'm out.

I'm also supposed to be able to use it as a Bluetooth modem to get my laptop online, which I haven't tried yet.

This also means I have a new phone number, which I'm not going to post here, lest my pimp find it. I will be disseminating it to people as I call them. I'm keeping my old phone for at least a week or two.

Comments

[dj-warhammer.livejournal.com]

*narrows eyes*

Oh I'll find it, sweet cheeks. You know I will. That ass is too valuable to me for it to stay hidden.

[errantember.livejournal.com]

Find what?

I'm glad you like my ass, but I'm confused.

Should I save the roach for you? I think it's still in the garbage.

[dj-warhammer.livejournal.com]

Honey is tasty but I'll leave the crunchy bits for you.

[errantember.livejournal.com]

The combination of distance and my own lack of discipline regarding charging money for sex may cause pimping me to prove challenging.

You're welcome to try, though. ;0

[dj-warhammer.livejournal.com]

There has to be some combination of Craigslist and Paypal that would work. I'll send you an updated copy of the 40-page questionnaire and waiver.

[jb-27.livejournal.com]

Centro is the best. I love mine.

[jb-27.livejournal.com]

PS: In case you didn't know, unless you've got a plan that includes Bluetooth modem, Sprint will rape you for that service. The normal data plans don't include Bluetooth modem, AFAIK.

... at least, I think so. It's why I never use Bluetooth modem. If you find out different, let me know!

[errantember.livejournal.com]

I called and asked, an they're claiming it's an additional $30/month for the service.

However, since my phone is obviously already fully Internet enabled without that login info, I have to wonder if there's some kind of hack that might allow it to work anyway.

[jb-27.livejournal.com]

It's my understanding that you used to be able to just modem through your phone, and if you had a data plan, there was no billing difference from using your phone's modem, but I believe that they CAN tell the difference, and they currently WILL bill you for it.

Tread carefully. That first $800 phone bill is a bitch.

[errantember.livejournal.com]

To use their current service, you have to get a login and password that's not necessary for "normal" data usage. This is how they keep track of who is and isn't supposed to be using the data pipeline for their laptop. I don't know *exactly* how, say, Blazer works on the phone. If it's going through some kind of really proprietary server, it might not be possible to spoof it. However, if all it's doing at some level is connecting using TCP/IP, it's definitely possible to set up a Bluetooth "serial port" between the laptop and the PDA. At that point, it's just a matter of routing the packets across to the PDA to Teh Internet. I used to have an application that did this over a physical serial port for my old Visor Prism, which allowed you to get online through an existing PC that was already itself online.

Another possibility would be to set up a website that works *with* Blazer that would act as a go-between.