Internet access using airtel gprs

I recently was evaluating ways to access the internet on a Pocket PC PDA. A quick call to Airtel customer care (121 from your postpaid phone) revealed that I would need to activate 'Mobile Office' on my cell phone. The basic plan started at 399/- a month for 100 MB download (this is airtel in karnataka rates). The same gets activated within a couple of hours and you should receive an sms from airtel about the same. Next follow the steps mentioned here to setup your Pocket PC device for internet access. For other devices (eg nokia and motorola) the settings get downloaded automatically on your phone (via sms) once the service is activated. This sms is a 'service message' and you need to just save this sms to have the settings take effect.

There are ways to access some basic sites like google and yahoo using another service called 'Airtel Live' .The charges for this are as per the amount of data downloaded.

So Happy surfing on your pocket pc !