BROADBAND VERIZON KYOCERA 650 CARD

Dude...mine works fine...however, I cannot print and be online at the same time. Actually...the card cannot be powered and me print at the same time...just crashes everytime...programs freeze, quit, just aweful. So whenever I need to print, I have to go to the toolbar and powerdown the card first.

Any ideas there?

This has got to stop. How many millions of people use Mac OS X and still the cell companies think nobody uses it. They have no support or knowledge. Not even a Mac in house to train on. They always have a go-to Mac guy that everyone asks for answers. I had to get a special phone number from T-Mobile for the only guy who knew about Mac. What's the deal? When is it going to change? This is bull.

The same goes for Comcast cable. They support Mac but nobody knows it. They have a Mac installation that is Internet Explorer for Mac and goes to a web site to find the IP address of your cable modem.

I laugh.... the biggest communications companies in the world (Nokia, Motorola, Verizon, Comcast, T-Mobile, etc) think that Apple is an afterthought.

Somebody is either getting paid to they are just stupid.

My prediction is that Apple will come out with something just because Apple is not being supported and that ROKR isn't going to fly because Motorola made it and they just want to jump on the iTunes/iPod bandwagon. If Apple made it the phone would be unbelievable.

Jobs is going to learn from the experience and later blow them all out of the water with a true solution. Give it another 18 months when the new networks are in place. Verizon will be begging Apple to use their network. The tables are turning.

I was going to get the Kyrocera 650 but when the salesperson said "thats an old model" and had to go lookup what works with Apple, I said wait. I am not signing a 2 year contract to pay $100/month (inc tax) for something they have to go lookup. Clueless!!!

They come out with phones and don't even know if they work. If they have problems they come out with another and screw the people who bought the previous one. They are all doing it.

The only cell phone that ever really worked for me was my Motorola StarTac. It was proven!!! Nothing is proven these days.

You got me going too. All I do is buy stuff that is supposed to be the best and end up trashing it. My worst mistake was buying that HP6315 Pocket PC Phone piece of sh*t. How do people use these? Do they know how bad the software is or does everyone just accept crappy software.

As I am writing this my new cell phone (which cost me $300) is beeping because the battery is almost dead. Too bad its been plugged in for 3 hours. Problem is the plug is loose so I always have to fiddle with it to charge. Nothing I did. Just bad design. I am sure they will fix it on a future model.

Okay - enough venting.

Gregg

NO, nothing like that...totally print driver and Kyocera related. I print to a couple hundred pounds of printers during the day...I have about 20 drivers installed...everything works fine...unless the Kyocera card is plugged in and powered up. Getting offline doesn't help...however going to the toolbar and forcing power down of the card does.

Interesting...I'll see maybe if there are updated PC card slot drivers...doubtfull though. It is just like an old-school Mac extension conflict! LOL...

Funny. I have the 30 inch and it is too bright and I guess you can feel a bit of warmth if you get too close. I think you would notice less in a brightly lit fully air conditioned office environment. I did test it for EMF and found it to be safe.

When it comes to Mac BroadbandAccess support, there is really only ONE place that provides support, sales, and knowledge:

http://www.EVDOinfo.com

They also run another site called:

http://www.EVDOforums.com

If you visit the sites you will see, there is ACTUAL Mac support and expertise.

Great independent review of Mac EVDO at:

http://www.tuaw.com/2005/10/03/testing-evdo/

http://www.tuaw.com/2005/10/04/evdo-day-2-the-morning-commute-test/