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    3g sim mobile card

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by robot1000, Sep 15, 2011.

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    use Vodafone
     
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    Meaning what exactly?
     
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    Well I do not understand the concept of using sim card in the laptop.....do we need a special sim card? a special hardware? separate software?

    or can it work just like that, as in with just putting in the sim card and restarting the laptop...?
    thanks for any help..
     
    livinsaint, Sep 17, 2011
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    For 3G purposes. It saves having an external dongle sticking out and using one of the USB ports
     
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    Can someone help?
     
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    hi you can only use the Dell 5620 WWAN or 5540 or 5550 other than that i couldnt get the drivers to work for any other i tried
     
    Kevarmy1337, Sep 19, 2011
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    when i tried different cards like a erricson 1 or the dell 5520 it would not install something to do with the bios has locked out any other model other than the 1's with authorised drivers on the dell l502x driver page
     
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    Thanks

    I've checked under the hood and they havent provided me with additional antennas. How difficult of a job would it be to install it myself?
     
    robot1000, Sep 21, 2011
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