When talking of mobile computing, A little known fact is that you can use your handheld/notebook/any other computing device and connect to the internet using your mobile phone instead of a conventional phone line. Wireless Data Cables, also know as "Data Connectivity Kits" allow your digital phones to act as a wireless modem. With the appropriate data kit for your phone, you can have wireless access into the MaGlobe network. Data cable kits connect directly to your notebook / handheld via the serial port/PCMCIA slot.

The second method is to use infrared technology to connect your mobile phone to your computer. This would require that both your computing device and your mobile phone have infrared ports. This would generally require that your mobile phone has a built in modem.

Nokia for example provides a Nokia Data Suite to connect to connect a compatible Nokia GSM phone to your notebook / handheld. Nokia also provides the Nokia Data Card which is a phone and a modem combo device that you can plug into the PC card slot, turning a laptop PC into a mobile office.

The solution you can use depends on your phone model and the device you want to connect to. Armed with the connectivity solution, you can use MaGlobe to establish a wireless dialup connection to the internet when you are on the move. The connect speeds over a GSM network are currently limited to 9600 bps but technology is evolving to enable higher data connection speeds. The new GPRS services being successfully tested in Australia would mean data transfer rates of up to 50kps are possible in the near future.

Links & References
http://www.teleadaptusa.com/nme/wireless_intro.htm
http://store.yahoo.com/psion-shop/connect-goldcard-upgrades.html
http://www.psion-be.com/connect/fr/gsm_upgrade.html
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/pcmag/supp/1998/mobile/15.html
http://www.imobile.com.au/CoverStory/default.asp?ID=coversep0001