| Minimum
Requirements
The system recommendations for mobile
computing over a GSM network are:
- Intel Pentium® processor-based laptop
PC with a Type II or III PC
Card capability
- Windows* 95 operating system
- GSM data card with cable (plugs
into the laptop's PC card slot)
- GSM cellular phone handset that
works with your data card
- Applications software (which often
is packaged with the GSM data card)
Costs vary widely from country to country
and from vendor to vendor, but a typical package excluding the operator
service subscription would be:
| Item |
Approximate cost (US$)
|
|
| Intel 133 MHz Pentium® processor-based
notebook PC with 16 Mbytes of memory |
1500 |
| PC Card |
200 |
| GSM phone |
150 |
|
| TOTAL |
1850 |
|
