A while ago I was caught using my phone to connect my laptop to the internet. I find this particularly useful on the train or, occasionally on the bus. To be honest, all I did was search for instructions on Google. Here are some links for those who can’t manage a Google search on the subject.
iPhone
You will need a “jailbroken” iPhone. Readers of this blog probably don’t know what that means or don’t want to jailbreak their phone. Well, that’s just another example of why I hate Apple products. For those who do want the answers:
- http://www.jkontherun.com/2008/10/share-your-ipho.html
- http://lifehacker.com/…use-your-iphones-internet-connection…
Nokia
- Nokia E 71: http://blogs.oreilly.com/iphone/2008/08/a-glimpse-of-our-tethering-fut.html (via)
- Nokia E60: http://www.joiku.com/?action=products&mode=productDetails&product_id=310
BlackBerry
- http://www.blackberryforums.com/blackberry-guides/2019-user-howto-use-blackberry-modem-laptop.html
- http://www.lifehack.org/…free-wireless-internet-on-your-laptop-through-your-cell-phone.html
- http://blackberryforums.pinstack.com/f78/8100_pearl_as_laptop_modem-14768/
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