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Cheapest phone available to use it as a modem for internet in laptop?

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chillnow Original post #1
Jun 25, 2007 at 9:28 AM
Basically I want to use airtel services, gprs.. for internet in my laptop and my budget is minimal. Please tell me the cheapest option having this ability.
Thanks.
JohnephSi
Jun 25, 2007 at 9:41 AM
May i no ur budget first? according to it i can suggest u and iam going Nokia 5200 today with price Rs 6500. It is a good fon
enticer86
Jun 25, 2007 at 9:45 AM
JohnephSi said:
May i no ur budget first? according to it i can suggest u and iam going Nokia 5200 today with price Rs 6500. It is a good fon

oh congrats buddy... gud news :)
shashank4u
Jun 25, 2007 at 9:48 AM
Cheapest and best :
Buy a second hand reliance internet capable phone ..which will cost you around
500 Rs then buy a data cable in aroudn 200 Rs then activate the internet in your phone if its not preactivated then use it .

charges
Rs30 per hour day
Rs15/hour night.

Cheapest...
JohnephSi
Jun 25, 2007 at 9:52 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by enticer86
oh congrats buddy... gud news

Thanks enticer 86 .Iam going to buy this fon through ur suggestions only. ThanKS THANKS guys a lot
enticer86
Jun 25, 2007 at 9:54 AM
arey pls johnephsi

use ur own knowledge... i dont want u kinda cyber stalkin me if it doesnt work well fr u
JohnephSi
Jun 25, 2007 at 10:02 AM
Wht do u mean by that
enticer86
Jun 25, 2007 at 10:06 AM
i mean tht dont gimme any credits or discredits if u lik/dislike it
i just gave my opinion
n pls dont say "Thanks enticer 86 .Iam going to buy this fon through ur suggestions only. ThanKS THANKS guys a lot"
u r doin it as per ur wish
JohnephSi
Jun 25, 2007 at 10:11 AM
As a friend iam thanking u since id o not no abt the phone okay enticer 86 my friend
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chillnow #10
Jun 25, 2007 at 10:15 AM
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umm.. but one can run airtel live jugad and get free net.. used to do it in my old phone.. but didnt try it in a comp or laptop.

shashank4u said:
Cheapest and best :
Buy a second hand reliance internet capable phone ..which will cost you around
500 Rs then buy a data cable in aroudn 200 Rs then activate the internet in your phone if its not preactivated then use it .

charges
Rs30 per hour day
Rs15/hour night.

Cheapest...
Damn those rates still sound expensive.
Stalker
Stalker #11
Jun 25, 2007 at 10:25 AM
^^i don't think that airtel trick works now :D
JohnephSi
JohnephSi #12
Jun 25, 2007 at 10:30 AM
4 airtel trick in our area also they have stop to activate airtel live
R
Jun 25, 2007 at 10:48 AM
for cheap and instant activation, try airtel mobile office.
Mobile u can use sonny erricson k310i - Rs4000(datacable supplied with set), or nokia 6020 - Rs4500.

Speed will be around 6KBps and unlimited access for just Rs 12/day.
Pathik
Pathik #14
Jun 25, 2007 at 10:56 AM
lol enticer and johneph u guys hav a gr8 chemistry... :p
@chillnow get a 6020
enticer86
enticer86 #15
Jun 25, 2007 at 11:06 AM
^^
:d
prasad_den
Jun 25, 2007 at 11:08 AM
Yeah.. 6020 comes at less than 5K now I think.. and it has EDGE too..
JohnephSi
JohnephSi #17
Jun 25, 2007 at 12:08 PM
Does it have multichannel gprs support
fun2sh
fun2sh #19
Jun 25, 2007 at 12:24 PM
bhaiyaji!! AB AIRTEL KA FREE GPRS TRICK BAHUT LESS KAAM KARTA HAI. it works rarely n its speed is like hell so dont go runnin behind stupid airtel.but if u still want to use airtel for gprs then better buy a cheap EDGE neabled handset like 6020 or 3220
infra_red_dude
Jun 25, 2007 at 5:23 PM
fun2sh said:
........buy a cheap EDGE neabled handset like 3220

does 3220 haf Multichannel GPRS enabled??!! :D :D :D err.. its not me.. i'm jus filling in for someone! :D

actually u can even get an SE T290 if u can find. if must be available for abt 2k or less, if u can still find it that is. but it doesn't haf EDGE (and it doesn't haf multichannel gprs too! :D :D... clarifying it in the first go itself! hehe...)

otherwise a 3220 is a very good option and cheap too. but finding one maybe a bit tuff.
Gigacore
Gigacore #21
Jun 25, 2007 at 6:54 PM
what about SE J230i ? its around 3k
infra_red_dude
Jun 25, 2007 at 11:34 PM
se j230i afaik doesn't haf an in built modem. u can surf only on the phone. only the t200 series haf modem.
ANURAG SHARMA
Jun 26, 2007 at 12:56 AM
use 6070 with multi channel GPRS
infra_red_dude
Jun 26, 2007 at 1:43 AM
ANURAG SHARMA said:
use 6070 with multi channel GPRS

wow.. someone here wud be very very very happy to see this phrase!!!
Tech.Masti
Jun 26, 2007 at 3:55 AM
cheapest ...... i mean cheapest phone for net is LG 2050, it costs you 2.5k, but its battery is worst:mad:
Motorola have some lowest GPRS modem handset, good option, or SE K310i is also a good option, for EDGE, go straight to 5200, have class 10 EDGE....