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    inspiron 1520, sim card slot

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by arsenal2000, Mar 2, 2011.

  1. arsenal2000

    arsenal2000 Newbie

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    hi all

    i can see a slot in back of the battry and have simply put my sim card and also the battry there.

    is that slot really for sim card ?

    i want to use it as the modem so that i can connect to the internet via gprs or edge using the sim card.

    how can i enable this function after putting the sim card there ?

    any settings in my xp sp3 is needed or installing any programs ?

    thanks.

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    arsenal2000, Mar 2, 2011
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  2. Mihael Keehl

    Mihael Keehl Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't think that's a sim card slot...
     
    Mihael Keehl, Mar 6, 2011
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  3. arsenal2000

    arsenal2000 Newbie

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    then what does this link from dell website refers to ?

    Documentation
     
    arsenal2000, Mar 7, 2011
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  5. Mihael Keehl

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    Nevermind, I stand corrected. I just never saw one in plain site and I've owned one for about 3 years now. Perhaps the SIM card has to do with those mobile broadband plans and it's placed there to identify your machine?
     
    Mihael Keehl, Mar 7, 2011
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