LG TU550 & Vista don't work!

Hi all,

It's late but we're finally on our 6 month trip around Oz with the kids. Before we left I had purchased a new laptop and Vista was already installed. I originally wanted to stick with XP but thought that Vista has been out long enough for most companies to update their software for it. Not so!

Went into the Telstra shop and told them I wanted a Next G phone for travelling so it had to be used as a modem (using their casual data packs; $29 month for 80MB for us) and I wanted one that could be hooked up to a car kit/charger/external antenna.

Didn't like the big and bulky 'Telstra' phone and the Nokia as yet hasn't got a car kit that I've mentioned. So I got the LG. I sort of forgot about the Samsung in case you're wondering.

Got home, put the phones CD into the laptop and a nice message pops up saying it's compatable with Windows XP and below. Bugger. Back to the shop. They tell me I have to contact LG who will send out a CD with updated software. Go home, call LG and no there is no updated software and don't know if their ever will be!

Back to Telstra shop (a closer one this time), tell them my story, they had no idea and after a lot of research from shop manager I have now have the Nokia 6120 that works beautifully (using it now) and I'll have to wait for the car kit.

I assume they're expecting people to use their USB or card modems and sign up for 24 months as they didn't know too much about using phones as modems. I was in a little disbelief about the whole thing and LG?

I'll write again about how my coverage goes as we tour around Oz.

Cheers and goodnight!

Mark.