I am new to Laptops - help!

[Stephen]

Hi

We live in the UK - my son needs a 'wireless laptop'
so that when he is out on the road he can send/receive
emails etc.

The laptops I have seen so far only say that they connect
to an office network - or a wireless hotspot, which I doubt
will work in the middle of nowwhere.

Is there a laptop that you can use with your mobile phone,
or better still a system that has all this built in?

Thank you in advance - Stephen

 

[ChrisC]

Hi,
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/asp/product.asp?recorprod=1&product=281&cat=96
are a good place to start and they will assist you in your choice....
ChrisC

 

[David Candy]

You buy a wireless modem. See www.unwired.com.au

 

[Robert Moir]

Hi

We live in the UK - my son needs a 'wireless laptop'
so that when he is out on the road he can send/receive
emails etc.

The laptops I have seen so far only say that they connect
to an office network - or a wireless hotspot, which I doubt
will work in the middle of nowwhere.

Never the less, thats what people talk about when they talk about a
"wireless laptop for use on the road". There are lots of wirless access
points that can be used - either for free or with a fee - on the road.
However, if you really do mean "the middle of nowhere" then you're quite
right, there isn't likely to be many of those about then!

Is there a laptop that you can use with your mobile phone,
or better still a system that has all this built in?

You can buy a wireless phone network access card from O2, Orange, and all
the other usual suspects that plugs into any laptop, which is a better idea
than having anything like that built into a laptop because of course with
something like this we're talking about a mobile phone contract and it
starts getting real complex real fast.

A simpler option might be that IF the mobile phone can connect to the laptop
via a cable or bluetooth AND will work as a computer modem (check it's
documentation) then a laptop can talk to it and use it to connect to the
phone network.

Twi more things - firstly, this is likely to get quite expensive quite fast,
and secondly, what will the mobile phone signals be like if we're really
talking about the middle of nowhere? Computer data can be far more fussy
about crackly lines and missing "words" than human speech.

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[ChrisC]

Hi, again I give you
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Vodafone_Offer/page.asp
ChrisC

 

[Guest]

Check with wireless (cell phone) companies in your area, they might have some
wireless modems and service plans but if you are in the middle of no where
then you might not get a signal, just like a cell phone.

 

[Robert Moir]

Hi, again I give you
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Vodafone_Offer/page.asp

Which is an example of one of the laptop cards was talking about, thankyou,
but blindly waving one's favourate gadget around in the air isn't always the
whole answer to a problem. We both know that 3G coverage isn't all it could
be, so a lot hinges on the exact meaning of "the middle of nowhere" in the
original post.


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[David Candy]

We have wireless broadband in Australia. It has nothing to do with telephones but with the ISP not having to pay money for the local loop line (ADSL) or cable.

 

[David Candy]

At least two networks too.

 

[Robert Moir]

We have wireless broadband in Australia. It has nothing to do with
telephones but with the ISP not having to pay money for the local
loop line (ADSL) or cable.

Interesting. Bet it works quite well too. Here in the UK of course the
former nationalised telecom has most of the wires stitched up, as it were,
and if you want to use the "mobile" network then have at it but be prepared
to leave some very personal bodyparts at the front desk as a deposit, sir!