[ltp] X200 ... opinions

Volker Krueger linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:16:31 +0100


Hej Daniel,

this is actually a pretty good idea!!!

Did it work on the fly? Or did you have to do any tricks? E.g. getting
the WWAN mode connected to the WLAN antennas?

I might do the same thing, actually :-))

best,
Volker




Daniel Willmann wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:32:59 +0100
> Volker Krueger <vok@cvmi.aau.dk> wrote:
>
>   
>> X200 and X200s come with both common LCDs and with LED lit LCDs.
>>     
>
> Be aware that the models with the high (1440x900) resolution (which to
> my knowledge are the only ones sporting an LED backlight) do not have
> the WWAN option.
>
> I researched quite a bit before buying my X200s and judging from the
> drawings in the hardware maintenance manual the reason is that the
> different display takes up more space which makes it impossible to add
> WWAN antennas in the top of the display (additionally to the Wifi and
> UWB ones).
>
> Everything else is there and connected, though, i.e. the SIM slot
> works. I settled on buying an X200s with high resolution and purchasing
> the Ericsson F3507g modem seperately, using one of the three Wifi
> antennas for it.
> Works pretty good. Much better than my previous solution with X40 +
> Option PCMCIA card.
>
>
> Regards,
> Daniel Willmann
>