Hardware to convert/use a laptop into smart phone ?

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Externet

Joined Nov 29, 2005
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Hi.
Is there any adapter, option, gadget, add-on, that can be plugged into a whatever port (USB, SATA, SD...) and use the laptop microphone, speaker, dialpad... as a telephone with a SIM card from a service provider ?
 

wayneh

Joined Sep 9, 2010
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FWIW, a MacBook can receive and make phone calls as long as an iPhone is nearby (on the same wifi). Some carriers allow non-phone devices to make and receive calls over wifi even without a phone on the network. I have T-Mobile and I think I can do that but I haven't specifically tested it.
 

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Externet

Joined Nov 29, 2005
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Great, thanks !
Link #4 from post #2 shows the hardware adapters; do those have a slot for a service provider SIM card ?
 

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Externet

Joined Nov 29, 2005
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Bought a laptop today, and has a slot for a SIM ! Reading its operation manual, trying to understand what it is for. Something related to WWAN ? perhaps, but will need a new brain to figure it out. Am not good at these things...:oops:


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