internet access with ique 3600??????????

[N2OACCORD]

anyone know how to access the internet wit ique3600??? What do I need in order to do this???? Ideas

[Kchio]

You need to set your garmin up to the network and then install a browser.

Only thing is I have not found a good browser for free. I am still looking.

[N2OACCORD]

how do i hook up to the network. i found a browser on another post on this forum. do i need a wireless card or something????

[rkevwill]

You can use a Palm modem, or you can use MissingSync, and connect through your USB cradle, using your computers internet connection.

[rkevwill]

One more thing, there ARE no wireless cards that work with the Ique at present. Perhaps in the near future, as the 3200 does have an sdio slot, time will tell.

[N2OACCORD]

i want to be able to surf the web with just my ique in my car and on the road. no easy way i guess?????

[rkevwill]

Well, you can use a cable and connect with your cell phone. I used a gomadic cable until I bought a treo 600. I connected through my motorola cell phone through Verizon. It was more than acceptable, but kinda a pain with the cable and all. Re: on the road, I still use it from time to time to connect in hotels with my palm modem.

[jonasolof]

The easiest way is with a cell phone, cable or IR. Browsing over a cell phone is pretty expensive though and fairly impractical. If browsing on the road is important, there are other PDA/phones which are more suitable than a cell phone and the iQue.

[Sho-Bud]

I use IR to my Nokia cellphone and set up a GPRS connection.

[JMckie]

Even if the iQue had SDIO today, are there any cards that let you connect to the internet via wi-fi? Haven't heard of any and I can't find any with Google.

I think the SDIO idea is less successful in actual applications than it is as a marketing tool. Just think of the number of handheld customers out there who were persuaded not to delay the purchase because "if I wanted this mssing capability, I can always get an SDIO card for it later"

[placido]

If there is enough demand for internet connection, hope Garmin is smart enough to include Wi-Fi ( most new PDA includes it and bluetooth, e.g Dell sells one the Wi-Fi and bluetooth + bluetooth GPS for a liter more than $500) with the next new Ique, insted of marketing a water down version like the 3200.

[rkevwill]

JMckie: you are right fer sure. No cards work yet. And, from what I have heard on the PPC side, they are REAL battery drainers. Supposedly Sandisk (*yuck*) and a couple of others are working on them, but my guess is by the time THEY are out, Palm one will have one that has the wifi and bluetooth built in.

What might be cool, is if Palm comes out with a unit with wifi and bluetooth, perhaps Garmin will come out with just the software and an external antenna for THOSE units, if they don't wanna build one in.

[rkevwill]

Ya know placido, I have used a couple of Ipaqs that had bluetooth and wifi built in. For web surfing, they were not bad. And the size was nice too. Didn't like the system or navigation though, and of course, I am partial to Palm.

[lethalsvt]

Honestly, when you think about it, you wouldn't really even need a pda if you had a compact wireless internet device that had all the properties of a desktop. It annoys me that to this day nothing affordable like that exists. I mean, best you can do is get the smallest laptop and connect through an AirCard. I did that for a while with my old Sony Vaio slimline....but it was still bigger than I would like. Not to mention the load time and shutdown time compared to a pda. And the speeds at which I connected were nothing to brag about.
I have a desktop because of the speed, capacity and high speed connection at home, have a laptop to take the big files from the desktop with me and have a pda to take the smaller (usually view-only) files with me. THREE STEP PROCESS!. I am pretty sick of the synching, transferring, powerup/down, cables, multiple pc's, etc and everthing else involved now in the process. I am in a business which RELYS on mobile internet, and I have researched tirelessly on the subject. The potential would be endless. If you ask me, I think companies are taking the long route to this so that we are all stuck buying adapters, software, desktop to laptop to pda, dial up to braodband, etc etc. Makes sense to them I guess, but to the common everyday user to serious addict, it really sucks.

[rkevwill]

All this stuff is coming. 2 years from now, we will all be using it like it has always been there.

[JMckie]

Originally posted by lethalsvt
Honestly, when you think about it, you wouldn't really even need a pda if you had a compact wireless internet device that had all the properties of a desktop. It annoys me that to this day nothing affordable like that exists.

Well, this thing is supposed to ship out this fall.

http://www.oqo.com/hardware/basics/

Affordable is another question. The price point is supposed to be under $2000, which is laptop territory. (This would be about 3X the list price of an iQue)

[Curious Cat]

Originally posted by JMckie
Well, this thing is supposed to ship out this fall.

http://www.oqo.com/hardware/basics/

Affordable is another question. The price point is supposed to be under $2000, which is laptop territory. (This would be about 3X the list price of an iQue)

"Supposed to" are the key words. AFAIK, it's been delayed a few times.

[lethalsvt]

That "ogo" is a nice advancement, but still no where close to where I or many people would like to be. No internal cd rom, dvd, dvdrw, navagation system, no wireless high speed internet where you DONT need to rely on a WiFi spot (the integrated wifi and bluetooth still would not allow me to connect at DSL/Cable speeds out on a highway or in the middle of nowhere) and no phone cababilities. I like the idea of that unit....bridging the pda and laptop world a step closer. But the all-in-one "supercomputer" that I am waiting for does not exist for sale...even though the technology is well out there for it.

[Curious Cat]

Originally posted by lethalsvt
That "ogo" is a nice advancement, but still no where close to where I or many people would like to be. No internal cd rom, dvd, dvdrw, navagation system, no wireless high speed internet where you DONT need to rely on a WiFi spot (the integrated wifi and bluetooth still would not allow me to connect at DSL/Cable speeds out on a highway or in the middle of nowhere) and no phone cababilities. I like the idea of that unit....bridging the pda and laptop world a step closer. But the all-in-one "supercomputer" that I am waiting for does not exist for sale...even though the technology is well out there for it.

If you're wanting a PDA sized device that does all that you're going to have to wait 'till they change the standard size of CD's and DVD's, etc. :)

[jwc810]

Originally posted by N2OACCORD
anyone know how to access the internet wit ique3600??? What do I need in order to do this???? Ideas

wired or wireless?

[rafgoor]

Originally posted by N2OACCORD
anyone know how to access the internet wit ique3600??? What do I need in order to do this???? Ideas
See http://enfora.com/shop/detail.aspx?ID=1. I asked if the Enfora is compatible with the iQue, and they answered me it is.

Do a search in this forum on 'Enfora', and you probably will find some answers to your questions.