PDA vs Wireless Card

jeremydavid · EVDO Newbie Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Posts: 7

For the past few months, I've been using my PDA for my modem.
And although I have good signal strength and am in EV, my connection is horrible.

During the past month, I've been really looking into getting a card.

My question is: Would a card be faster than my PDA?

And if not, is there anything I can do to speed up my PDA?

Confused

ryank82 · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 18

Almost all the time its faster to have a dedicated card. As far as your current phone not working for you, sounds like something is wrong. I do no from experience some phones work a lot better as modems then others. I use to have a Moto Krazr flip phone tethered to my macbook. I would constantly get disconnected or it would stay dormant so that I would have to disconnect then reconnect. I switched to a Motorola Rockr and have had no problems, it always stays connected "for hours/overnight" and I can come right back to it and its ready to go. So I think the phone you use really does make a big difference. Also remember most carriers charge more $$ for the dedicated air cards per month then tethering your phone. For instance. I pay $25 unlimited through Alltel for tethering. If I want to go to a dedicated card its like $59 per month.

Hope that helps a little.

jeremydavid · EVDO Newbie Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Posts: 7