On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 10:54 AM, David Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 09:24:39AM -0800, Chris Louden wrote: > > >To surf on you PC using yor phones internet connection I would > >recommend connecting your phone to your PC with a USB cable. While you > >could use Bluetooth to do this it will drain the phones battery > >faster. UIsing USB you can possible charge your phone while using it > >to connect to the internet. Its should be a simple as setting up a PPP > >connection on your PC. > > And have a cell carrier that doesn't think this is something that they > should charge you rediculous amounts of money for. > > I was doing this for a while with my Verizon phone, basically realizing > that they only reason I was being allowed to surf with my time charged as > minutes (meaning free at night) was because my phone was so old they > couldn't tell the difference between a USB/BT connection and one from the > phone's browser. It basically meant I couldn't upgrade phones without > being charged for "tethered mode". >
A friend of mine does with with a 3G connection on his RAZR via USB with a Windows laptop I have not spoke to him about cost though. I think that it is implied with the 3G service as it does not make any sense to have that kind of speed on a cell phone with its limited browser. Its either ATT&/Cingular or TMobile, not Verizon. > So, I upgraded, to an iPhone, giving up laptop data for a decent browser > and mail client in the phone. > Nice. > David > > > -- > > > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
