Comments on: Integrated 3G Tested on Viliv S5, X70 UMPCs

By: meh

meh — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:22:17 +0000

Can I ask what settings you used? Maybe I’m using the wrong settings….

wap.cingular as the APN, and just the access number…

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:48:52 +0000

I had to manually input everything.

By: meh

meh — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:06:00 +0000

When you say configure it, do you mean you manually went in and put the AT&T connection settings? Or they were already there?

I can’t seem to get it working… setting everything up manually (via Tools->Options->Profiles) results in a connection that seems to work, except the most I can do is ping… and that times out half the time…

Any ideas?

By: Peter Kung

Peter Kung — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:40:52 +0000

As what I knew, AT&T also offers the voice plan plus extra $15/per month for the unlimited data plan if the phone you are using was neither blackberry nor pda, but has the 3G capable. Just don’t know if I can put that SIM card in the X70 for the unlimited 3G data access ??

By: ted

ted — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:07:25 +0000

what kind of at&t 3g plan do i need??

there are 3 differents plans such as blackberry, pda, and laptop..

also, is there limited for download?? i think 5gb.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:22:11 +0000

For the s5, its not voice capable, but u can send text. not sure about the x70.

By: Faeiz Hindi

Faeiz Hindi — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:46:22 +0000

bummer. is the 3G modem voice capable?

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:47:19 +0000

The slot is under the battery so you must shut down or plug in. Same for the S5.

By: Faeiz Hindi

Faeiz Hindi — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:26:48 +0000

James,
is the sim card slot on the X70 easily accessible so you don’t have to shut down and reboot just to pop the card in and out? what about on the S5?

thanks!

By: ZC

ZC — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:38:47 +0000

JK, are you going to test whether it works with T-Mobile’
s EDGE?

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:44:19 +0000

It could. I’ve only done it a couple of times to be safe but my research on the web shows a lot of folks who do this all the time and they’ve never had any problem with AT&T.

By: John

John — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:40:25 +0000

James…Do you think using the iPhone SIM will void your contract?

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:04:38 +0000

Win7 will run fine on this although I haven’t tried it. The big question is if all the drivers are available.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:03:57 +0000

I tested the Shift and didn’t like it, the performance was horrible and the keyboard too small to use comfortably.

The X70 can be used easily with no keyboard or mouse so I don’t carry those with me all the time.

By: Martins

Martins — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:17:08 +0000

Please let me know if its possible to run windows 7 on this thing. Do you think it will compromize the performance if I stall windows 7 on mine? I just like to be up to date. I mean windows xp? Come on, thats old stuffs. Or maybe Android???

By: David

David — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:28:51 +0000

You know I have been following your reviews on these devices. They are nice devices, but seem to have a lot of compromises. For example the set up og the X70 with the keyboard and the mouse, it seems that I have to carry too many pieces. You also have pointed out to re-start time.
How would you compare to the HTC shift?? would it fall under the same category?.

The shift seems to have put together a nice packages, why would vendors not pursue that hardware approach and maybe combined with like a 2nd Os ( Windows Mobile).

Maybe I am missing the point on these devices.