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new data card from 3 and moto Vxxx

  • 25-01-2007 11:22pm
    #1
    legs11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,347 ✭✭✭


    right lads,

    i was onto 3 today and finally got my 6680 unlocked. amazing.......
    they also coaxed me into an upgrade and i got a moto Vxxx (purely for the HSDPA), i also got a 3 data card,.
    so the question is can i use the 3 data card sim in the moto to use the web on my lappie, .? i know its a long way round , but apparently i can get hi speed coverage in my remote spot in the sticks they said.

    any opinion?
    if things dont work, i will have to refund both products and just get a N73.


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  • #2
    Urban Weigl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Urban Weigl


    I have some personal experience with doing the same kind of thing: I tried the Vodafone 3G Broadband SIM card in a Vodafone 3G mobile.

    It worked perfectly, and I was able to connect via bluetooth. There is no reason that I can think of that the same would not also be the case with 3, after all it's just a standard SIM card, nothing special.


  • #3
    legs11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,347 ✭✭✭legs11


    hi there mate

    sounds promising then, apart from a double whammy bill of 49.99 and 40e a month. just need a bluetooth dongle now, cant use the data card on laptop as no pcmcia slot of course.


  • #4
    Urban Weigl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Urban Weigl


    If your laptop doesn't have bluetooth built in, you might as well just use a data cable, instead of bothering with an external bluetooth dongle.


  • #5
    legs11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,347 ✭✭✭legs11


    hey urban,

    so, does this not get abit messy, using two seperate sim cards for voice and data? swapping them around ?
    i asked 3 can they get me a sim for broadband access and they said, what??
    so i just ordered the data card and will do the moto swap thing.


  • #6
    Urban Weigl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Urban Weigl


    I suppose you could dedicated the V3xx for use as a modem, that way you wouldn't' have to swap sim cards around.


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  • #7
    culabula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,213 ✭✭✭culabula


    I see that 3 Ireland are offering both the Motorola v3xx and LG830 on prepay: I would like to buy one or other of these and stick my datacard SIM in to use as a bluetooth modem with my macBook. Anyone have any knowledge, experience or comments to offer regarding this?

    I have got the MacBook working with my Nokia 6300 and SE v800 but these are both officially supported phones and nevertheless required a little tweaking before they worked. But of course, neither offers HSDPA.


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