| App: | Alice Connect | FSC E2c Pro 3.0 | c2i 3.10 | RVGSM 3.2 | pocket PhoneTools 4.1 |
| Price | OEM products for GSM operators like Vodafone (see Vodafone Connect Me) | 24.95 euros | $51.45 | $34 | $49.95 |
| Memory usage? | ? | 0/1.3M (everything in \Windows, except for the user configuration files) | 416k in \Windows (c2i*.dll) + 841k in \Program Files, even if you instruct it to be installed to a card; also see my relocation article! | 4.05M in \Program Files, strictly in main memory (uses its own, non-AS-based installer), most of which can be hacked to a storage card; 137k in 36 help-related files | 2.2M/32k DLL (BVRPPrnFax.dll) + 94k HTML |
| WM2003/SE compatibility? | -/- | +/+ | +/+ | +/+ | +/+ |
| Easiness of BT-based configuration - do you need to pre-pair your phone and pre-discover its DUN service? | ? (only used it via serial cable/IrDA back in 2001-2002) | +; Doesn't need pre-bonding- it finds BT phones in the vicinity and auto-bonds | -; requires a DUN service discovery | -; requires a DUN service discovery | ?; It seems it only requires a DUN service discovery; couldn't find my t610 so couldn't really test it through BT (only tested via IrDA) |
| Auto-configure? | - | ? (it has the feature but it never worked for anyone, according to the FirstLoox threads) | - | - | ? (it has the feature but didn't work) |
| Easiness of APN configuration - does it have an APN list you can choose from? Is it up-to-date? | + (has the wired-in APN of the GSM operator; therefore, you won't need to supply it yourself.) | - | +; excellent, up-to-date list | - | - |
| Easiness of dial-in number configuration - does the app automatically generate the GPRS dial-in pseudo-number, or, do you need to create it yourself? | Automatic | Manual | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Own dialing rules (all-G?) for pre-WM2003 users? | N/A | (not needed because of the WM2003 op. system) | +, Cell | +, Mobile | (+, Cell) |
| Long APN name? | + | - (!) | + | + | + |
| Additional modem commands in addition to +cgdcont | +, any number/kind of | + (you can supply the Extra dial string instead of just giving the program the APN name) | - | + | + |
| V.42bis? | + | - | - | - | - |
| Standard connection? | -, can only be started from inside Alice Connect | - (non-standard modem entry; only works from inside e2c!) | + | + | So-so (visible and invokable in CM, but not started from inside phoneTools, no APN / no QOS settings/additional commands will be passed to the phone) |
| Connection group visible (so that we can set up a proxy?) | N/A (no standard connections!) | + (you can even set up the proxy (HTTP/WAP/Socks) in e2c) | + | + | + |
| If yes, Group/connection name? | N/A | E2C/ E2C (but, again, it's not compatible!) | connect2internet/ connect2internet | Flexport Data/settable connection name | pocket PhoneTools/settable connection name |
| Assigned to both Work and The Internet? | N/A | (Both, but, as has pointed out, it's a non-standard Connection) | The Internet | The Internet | The Internet |
| Default data account number (CID) | 6 for t68i; for other phones, other (see the modem-specific [i]DefinePdpContext[/i] property in [i] GPRSmdms.cfg [/i] | Writes the APN to CID 1 | 5 | 1; uses the number *99# (instead of *99***1#) | 1 |
| What does it write (in addition to the Connectivity stuff) in the Registry? | - | Adds a new entry, 'Cellular line' | - | Adds four new drivers | - |