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Straight Talk (WalMart) has a new "home phone" cell-to-POTS unit now....it's about $100 and $15/month for unlimited domestic service. I wonder what you could do with a modem connected to that?
there are shops in the uk that sell old retro phones, maybe you have them over there? also companies like we rycle phones (or whatever there called) .com might be worth a email???
can you post a pic of the phone you want as i google for it but several came up and they look different. i will go into the shop in town tommorow after school and ask in there, if they have one dad can post it to you (i already asked him if he would he is ok with it)
You need to be clear on a few things first, about the differences in GSM in the States and over here in Europe.
Older GSM phones in Europe are often only dual band (900MHz & 1800MHz) they are the wrong frequency for the Americas, since they use mainly 850MHz and 1900MHz.
Newer Quad band phones work almost anywhere in the world, but quite often do not support serial comms as they use the USB interface instead.
You will find it hard to find a phone in this country that supports Quad band and has a serial data connection, because the time period in which they were produced was very short (approx 10 years ago).
I hope this stops you buying a GSM phone which won't be of any use.
thanks leftfield i will let the boy know! sorry burt looks like we cant help from the uk, but LG idea of the shop or online retro phone shops if you have might be of use
You have to admire Logan's willingness to help others though, even when they are a couple of thousand miles away.
A Motorola V600 would probably tick the boxes for GSM compatability and serial, but they were available in the states also ( the spec could be different though ).
Burt didn't say whether he preferred a GSM or a CDMA cell phone.
If it's for a one off project, then I would recommend an old GSM modem, something like an Ericsson GM28.
I used to pick them up for a few pounds from ex-corporate clearing houses on the BAY. They, like their Wavecom and Siemens equivalents, support all the features of a cell phone including voice (just need to add a microphone and speaker) and are ready to go, just add an antenna and a Sim card.
As the years pass they are slowly getting harder to find, but are definitely worth it if you can find them. Ericsson like many others no longer make this type of unit, they all sold off this part of their businesses to the few remaining GSM module manufactures.
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(i already asked him if he would he is ok with it)
