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Topic: O2 GPRS settings for HP iPAQ hw6915 (Read 8930 times)

« April 12, 2007, 10:55:10 PM »

I'm new to PDAs and am having terrible trouble getting GPRS and GPS set up. Can anyone help?

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« April 13, 2007, 08:46:51 AM »

Hi Parslad and welcome to the forum. I haven't used the hw6915 but understand that it has a standard SiRF III compliant GPS chipset so is compatible with Sat Nav software such as TomTom and G.I.S. software such as Memory Map (although some of this may depend on where you are geographically located!). What sort of problems are you encountering with set-up and what software are you using? I found this review here of which page 5 discusses the GPS configuration Hope this helps

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« April 13, 2007, 09:38:19 PM »

Thanks Graham I've downloaded the free map from TomTom and I now understand that the GPS doesn't need to be set up. However I'm assuming that I'm out of range, so I will take it with me when I head across Scotland later this week. I have been told that I need to get hold of the GPRS settings for O2/hw6915. O2 don't sell the phone and HP are a pain to get in touch with. When I connect to GPRSO2 etc, the iPAQ tells me that I am unable to connect. Maybe Pay & Go doesn't support GPRS? David

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« April 14, 2007, 10:11:00 AM »

For Pay as You Go GPRS with an O2 SIM try this link. The instructions are for a different phone but the input items should still be useful. Let us know how you get on. Good luck!
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« April 16, 2007, 11:01:27 PM »

Thanks again I had a wee go at it last night. Some of the instructions didn't appear to apply to the hw6915, so no luck yet. I'll give it more time later this week and let you know how I get on. BTW, do you know the best way to get help from HP on this type of problem? David

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« April 17, 2007, 08:15:44 AM »

For support I would try HP's own support forum or a third party forum such as the one on the specialist reseller Expansys. If that doesn't work I find that using an online search engine like Google. MSN or Yahoo usually throws up good results if you play with some relevent search terms.

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« April 22, 2007, 06:39:43 PM »

Thanks again, Graham. I will definitely get somewhere with this during the coming week!

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« April 24, 2007, 10:39:09 AM »

you may get some clues here http://www.filesaveas.com/gprs.html Ive always found gprs settings a bit frustrating. Also some devices are very bad at handling errors. Jon

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« April 26, 2007, 11:12:02 PM »

Thanks Jon. This is a really helpful forum; supportive and informative!

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