I found that it worked pretty well. The only snag was that after I installed the dial-up software on my laptop, at first the program couldn't detect that the phone was already attached to my computer. This turned out to be a conflict with my Palm Pilot's use of the same communications port, which I fixed easily. MORE >>
Taking the Internet on the Road
A world without wires it's the dream of every
technology junkie. We want total access to
information anytime and anyplace. Companies like
Sprint are trying to get us there with products like
PCS Data, a cable that lets you hook up your cell
phone to your computer and dial up a remote
Sprint modem, which calls your regular ISP to
access the Internet ($99 for residential Sprint
customers). This means, in theory, that you'd be
able to do things like check your e-mail anywhere.