6 Introduction
SIM Card
When you subscribe to a mobile network operator, you are issued with a SIM card (Subscriber Identity
Module card). The SIM contains your personal subscriber data. You need to insert a SIM into your
EDGE PC Card before it will work.
Software Overview
Wireless Manager
You can use the Wireless Manager to:
• Display GC82, GC83 or GC85 status information
• Create or modify connection settings
• Connect to the Internet or a corporate network
• Manage EDGE PC Card settings
• Manage SIM card and PC phone books
• Send and receive SMS messages
Using the EDGE PC Card with your Applications
Data Programs
You can use the EDGE PC Card as a modem to provide Intranet/Internet connectivity for a wide
range of applications.
Documentation
The EDGE PC Card’s documentation is designed to enhance your understanding of its capabilities.
The following guides are provided:
• A printed Quick Start Guide aimed at getting you operational as quickly as possible.
• An online User’s Guide (this document) containing a comprehensive description of the EDGE
PC Card functionality. You can read the guide on the computer screen or print it onto either
European A4 or American Letter sized paper.
The User’s Guide is located on EDGE PC Card CD-ROM as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. The EDGE
PC Card CD-ROM also contains Adobe Acrobat Reader
®
which you can install if necessary.
Illustrations
The illustrations in this manual were obtained using the EDGE PC Card on a Microsoft Windows
®
2000 operating system. The dialogs that appear on your PC may differ depending on the version of
Windows
®
in use.