Palm VIIx wireless good for anything now?

[bizzybody]

Can the wireless on the VIIx still be used for anything these days?

[dmitrygr]

yes, popping popcorn REEEEAAAAALY slowly

[headcronie]

If you don't have the patience like Dmitry has, then the answer is no.

[FlaSheridn]

I’m afraid the preceding posts are right; I tried one of mine relatively recently, and only got the dreaded “Your device has been deactivated” message. I know of no workarounds for banishment from the Mobitex network, and beyond that level you’d need layers of proxy servers which are, I’m pretty confident, no longer running, and were never available outside Palm.

[bizzybody]

So there's no point in actually getting a VIIx, unless you're a collector. I'm not one of those, so the VIIx I found for $25 on Craigslist, I'll give it a pass.

If only it could be hacked for 802.11something.

[headcronie]

So there's no point in actually getting a VIIx, unless you're a collector. I'm not one of those, so the VIIx I found for $25 on Craigslist, I'll give it a pass.

If only it could be hacked for 802.11something.

Bizzybody - hate to say it, but you have a very clear lack of understanding of the wireless radio.

There is no hacking that will make a radio designed to talk to one network, talk to another. What you are saying is - lets hack this bluetooth radio, and make it talk to a wifi radio. It isn't going to happen.

[headcronie]

Oh, and for $25 the PDA itself isn't bad. Calendar, memos, etc all work flawlessly. Given the fact that it supports replaceable batteries, you won't be disappointed if you need a PIM manager. It will even work with Docs to Go version 6.