  fuziwuzi Not born yesterday Premium join:2005-07-01 Atlanta, GA
| reply to cch Re: Can i connect to the internet on a laptop via a mobile phone
said by cch :Thank you all for your replies, sorry for the delay in responding i've been away. Ok i have a SAMSUNG SGH-i900 (3G) touch phone, on an unlimited web and walk plan with T-mobile. I still don't understand how i get the phone to act as a modem and then how i connect it to my laptop. do i need specialist software? It is a Windows Mobile phone, correct? You can either connect the phone to your computer the same way you do when syncing it, or connect via bluetooth to your computer (if your computer supports that), then once the sync is established, on your phone in the Accessories folder is an applet called Internet Sharing. Just run that ap and it will connect and give your computer an internet connection using the phone's 3G (or EDGE) connection.
Really, if you already have your syncing established, tethering with T-Mobile and a WinMo phone is as simple as connecting the USB cable (or Bluetooth) and pressing a few keys on the phone. -- *************** I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image. - Stephen Hawking |