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732439 2008-12-25 20:26:00 Has any one here run a lappy connected to a cellphone for web browsing and emails?
Any information would be appreciated
prefect (6291)
732440 2008-12-25 23:06:00 Sounds expensive. Driftwood (5551)
732441 2008-12-25 23:20:00 Some of our manager's use their laptops with a Samsung i325 or Motorola Moto Q cellphone.

The instructions in my experience are quite simple to follow...

As previously stated acessing the Internet this way is quite expensive.

HTH

Cheers,
chiefnz (545)
732442 2008-12-25 23:55:00 Has any one here run a lappy connected to a cellphone for web browsing and emails?
Any information would be appreciated

Yes, I've done it running a HP iPAQ and more recently a HTC Touch Diamond. Speeds differ of course on whether the phone is accessing 3G or just EDGE/GPRS or whatever we get in NZ.

The cost however is astronomical like others have pointed out. Its not hard to do, just expensive like nothing ever before.
beeswax34 (63)
732443 2008-12-26 03:29:00 I do it with my htc touch pro which I have on prepay on vodafone. You can use 10mb in 1 day for 1 dollar. After that its 1 dollar per meg. Not to expensive at all I would say. 10 megs is plenty if you are only downloading your email with no big attachments and its still enough to browse a few web pages. Good thing is its prepay so if you dont use it one day then you dont pay. Simple :)

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Barnabas (4562)
732444 2008-12-27 04:18:00 Has any one here run a lappy connected to a cellphone for web browsing and emails?
Any information would be appreciated

I used to do it about 8 or so years ago. Nowadays I would get one of the USB modems from Vodafone or Telecom depending on who you are with. Much cheaper and simpler.
John H (8)
732445 2008-12-27 10:24:00 Yes, I have tried using my Motorola with my new laptop bought from www.notebookcity.co.nz which is an awesome machine. However the modem feature with the Motorola software tools doesn't work. (Yes, I do have a wireless card). But I often travel to places where direct wireless isn't available so I am also interested in this working. Any ideas??? MusicMaster (14442)
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