Older 8110 News

• It is said that Nokia has demonstrated the CDS on a Psion series 5 linked by IrDA (infra red) to a 8110. That's what I call totally wireless. The moral of this story is: There is a great future for the 8110.
• News from the Networks '97 show in UK: Greycell is going to release SoftMobile, a new software modem for Win95, WinNT, AND, hold you breath... Windows CE! The next great thing about Greycell's softmodem is that it can work with ALL Nokia (2100, 3100, and 8100 series), and Ericsson 388, 788, and 688. The release date is 1 Sept '97, so it's still another two months away. No pricing info yet, but the sales bloke said "it's certainly cheaper than PC Card, and competitive with Nokia CDS." My opinion is that more third party companies will make these software modems, making it more competitive.
• It's official: Nokia Cellular Data Suite is priced at £109.99 in the UK, from JMComms, that's including VAT and delivery. Compared to £279.99 for a Data card, that's really cheap.

• Rumours has it that pricing for the Cellular Data Suite will be £100 in UK, and A$200 in Australia.
• Nokia 8148 is previewed for Orange (UK GSM1800). They named it 'nk502'. Why don't they just call it 8148??
• Nifty SMS keypad shortcut: after reading an SMS, you can press to delete the message. Saves going through Option etc.
• Nokia 8110i is the latest addition to the 8100 family. The 8146 was also announced at CeBit '97.
• Thinking of buying a data card? Thinking of buying CellularWare? Don't! Both functions are now merged in the Cellular Data Suite (CDS), and eliminates the need of a PCMCIA card, connecting directly via the serial port. The bad news is that for now only a Win95 version exists. But the idea that a software modem is possible at all is exciting (already Pilot users are wondering...), and currently no one else has this solution. Ericsson has something like it, but you have to buy one specific handset model, and it isn't the current flagship GH688. So think about it, when considering choosing between Nokia and Ericsson! By the way, the CDS is also compatible with Nokia 3110, which I think is designed to replace the 2100 series.