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Jim C · 02-26-03, 01:25 PM

I contacted the Gomadic customer care folks via email to inquire about my phone, the Sanyo SCP-4900. I have my service through Sprint PCS. The picture is not as nice for my phone.

Read Gomadic's response below.

I'm afraid we will never have Wireless Internet Cables available for the Sanyo 4900. Our cables require serial communication for data transfer. Many new phones on the "next generation" networks have switched from serial to USB pins in the baseport of the phone. Because of this, our cables will not work. In fact, the way that USB works, it is unlikely that there will ever be a cable solution that will link thsese phones to PDA's. USB requires all devices to be tagged as USB Hosts or USB Peripherals. The phones and PDA's are always tagged as USB peripherals whereas PC/Laptops are always USB Hosts. With USB, you can never have two USB peripherals talking directly to each other, therefore, making a cable solution more complex.

There is one solution, however, that works great on Sprint's Vision network. The LG5350 has both Serial and USB pins on the baseport making it 100% compatible with the ComCube. In fact, we have tested the LG5350 and have seen data speeds ranging from 56Kbps to over 100Kbps. Best of all, right now Sprint is offering unlimited data access with Vision, so you can have unlimited, high speed, wireless Internet access to any PDA or laptop with our ComCube. What a solution!

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Jim C Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I contacted the Gomadic customer care folks via email to inquire about my phone, the Sanyo SCP-4900. I have my service through Sprint PCS. The picture is not as nice for my phone. Read Gomadic's response below. I'm afraid we will never have Wireless Internet Cables available for the Sanyo 4900. Our cables require serial communication for data transfer. Many new phones on the "next generation" networks have switched from serial to USB pins in the baseport of the phone. Because of this, our cables will not work. In fact, the way that USB works, it is unlikely that there will ever be a cable solution that will link thsese phones to PDA's. USB requires all devices to be tagged as USB Hosts or USB Peripherals. The phones and PDA's are always tagged as USB peripherals whereas PC/Laptops are always USB Hosts. With USB, you can never have two USB peripherals talking directly to each other, therefore, making a cable solution more complex. There is one solution, however, that works great on Sprint's Vision network. The LG5350 has both Serial and USB pins on the baseport making it 100% compatible with the ComCube. In fact, we have tested the LG5350 and have seen data speeds ranging from 56Kbps to over 100Kbps. Best of all, right now Sprint is offering unlimited data access with Vision, so you can have unlimited, high speed, wireless Internet access to any PDA or laptop with our ComCube. What a solution!