Digital Phone Card

A new version of the company's Digital Phone Card supports Internet-ready mobile phones in Nextel's nationwide all-digital wireless network. The card makes it easy to connect a handset to a Windows-powered Pocket PC or notebook or Apple PowerBook for wireless email, web browsing, or remote networking.

The new version supports i500plus, i550plus, i700plus and i1000plus wireless handsets. The card's CompactFlash form factor allows it to fit in the CompactFlash slot or, via a standard adapter, the PC Card slot of a host mobile computer. A ruggedized cable attached to the card plugs into the data port included on the phone, making the wireless handset appear to be an ordinary modem to the host computer. The company's connectivity solution may also be used with Nextel Online Dial-Up Service, a circuit-switched wireless data offering.

The card will be offered as part of the Nextel-compatible versions of the Mobile Email PocketPak and the Digital Phone Card Connection Kit. The Mobile Email PocketPak supports Windows Powered Pocket PCs and includes client software for America Online (AOL) and Microsoft Network (MSN) email programs. The Digital Phone Card Connection Kit includes a PC Card adapter and software for using the Digital Phone Card with Windows-based Pocket PCs.

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