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Has anyone set up vodafone broadband using the SIM slot above the battery? I am trying to set it up using the pay as you go broadband however the software can't detect the SIM. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

I've got a W500, which seems to have a SIM card slot in the battery bay, complete with contacts within the slot, but like you, mine doesn't seem to recognise the presence of a SIM card (though in my case, it's a T-Mobile 3G SIM).
Have you discovered anything about this?

Finally figured it all out, I checked the laptop specs on the Lenovo site, it was WWAN upgradable which meant the WWAN module wasn’t installed. I ordered the F3507g card and installed it using the manual. I then had to install the drivers from the following location

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-70000

After that i have to use the Lenovo connections in order to connect via mobile broadband, its all sorted now.

Does anyone visiting here know if the F3507g is SIM locked to one network provider?
I see a lot of stuff about Vodafone being supplied with ThinkPads, but my 3G data contract is with T-Mobile.
I'd like to know, or at least get a reasonable guide before I spend the money on a card.
Any advice gratefully accepted, and won't be quoted.

Thanks in advance.

Really pleased with my new W500, but I'd like to have it working without the big T-Mobile PCMCIA card sticking out of the side of it, especially when I'm sitting on a busy train trying to work.

Next question for me is:
Does this card support 3G connections? if not there must be one out there that does? anybody know?

I have the F3507g in my W500 (I bought it seperately from Lenovo & installed it myself).

Whilst the Mobile Connection Manager is "locked" to Vodafone, I can use both Windows Connection Manager (the F3507g is also recognised as a modem) and better yet, also use ThinkVantage Access Connections 5.12 (the latest version 5.20, has a bug that does not allow you to power on the WWAN module) to connect to Telstra's network (it's G3 and HSPA) in Australia.

Access Connections provides a nice interface for the mobile broadband connection (frankly I could do without the rest of the non-mobile broadband features) and keeps track of your usage; both per session & total over time. All in all I'm very happy with the outcome & love not having to fish around in my case for the express card & then have it sticking out ready for someone to walk by and catch themselves on it.

Good luck

David

any idea what connection speed you get?
I can use my bluetooth 3G phone now to connect anywhere, and is faster than double ISDN .... so not bad. I wonder what advantage I might have with the WWAN?
thanks for the response it is appreciated.

I get between 3.5 - 5.5Mb down and 1.0 - 1.2Mb up

soory to keep going on about this.. but can you try this speedtest site please..
http://infospeed.verizon.net/speedtest/ ... st500k.asp it is simple and straightforward.

I dont get 3M at home with a cable modem,,,, your number seems high. Let me know please.

Bruce

The card it self is not locked however Lenovo software is I’m using the same card with both my T500 + X301 here in Kuwait the card says its connected at 7.2 however I doubt it when I download using my WWAN card I get 450 Kbps transfers however when I use my USB dongle I get 750-900 Kbps transfers! Anyhow it’s better than nothing but it’s not 7.2 like they claim.