Using GPRS on lappy? is it possible?

[Guest radxxx1]

Hi..

Got a question. Im going outta town for a week or so, to an area were ther is no WIFI. Is it possible to connect

my HTC710 to my lappy, and use GPRS connection? Lappy runs on Vista home premium.

Ty for your answer:)

Ron

Edited November 1, 2007 by radxxx1

[Guest chucky.egg]

Er, dunno

I use XP SP2 and found that the Internet Sharing Bluetooth PAN option kept disconnecting for no obvious reason - so in theory it might work, but for me, in practice, it was useless and I ended up on the (expensive) hotel WiFi

It might be different for you, but I was cursing my decision not to buy a 3G modem

[Guest craigmck]

Er, dunno

I use XP SP2 and found that the Internet Sharing Bluetooth PAN option kept disconnecting for no obvious reason - so in theory it might work, but for me, in practice, it was useless and I ended up on the (expensive) hotel WiFi

It might be different for you, but I was cursing my decision not to buy a 3G modem

I used this with no problem, slow but it works fine, used both BT and usb, this was on an XP machine, so don't know about vista. My Laptop uses a Toshiba BT stack, so don't know if that makes a difference or not.

Best thing to try is cable connection and go onto phone> start > tools > internet sharing, select USB. and go from there

To be fair depending upon your contract, wifi might be cheaper. If I need to download alot of data I would go for wifi, even at hotel prices

[Guest radxxx1]

Thanks, ill give it a try. It would only be used for chat and e-mail, so the amount of data sent will be limited. Fortunatly my plan gives me unlimited access (with fair user policy)

Ron

]EDIT[ Well that was quick, worked like a charm ;)

Edited November 2, 2007 by radxxx1

[Guest chucky.egg]

Beware that if you're data is unlimited then you're probably on T-Mobile (if you're in the UK), in which case only some of their data bundles allow modem use.

I haven't heard of anyone getting caught out, but there was talk a while back about some services being blocked

[Guest Samsonite]

Thanks, ill give it a try. It would only be used for chat and e-mail, so the amount of data sent will be limited. Fortunatly my plan gives me unlimited access (with fair user policy)

Ron

]EDIT[ Well that was quick, worked like a charm ;)

why don't you just use the phone as the chat device? fring works across multiple platform just fine if you have mates on skype etc...

e-mail is something i don't use on the phone but surely you could use the phone as a mail device too - that IS what they are for!! would save the hassle of using it as a modem and potentially getting caught out for a stack of data charges if your bundle doesn't allow that sort of use..

just a thought...

[Guest fwmone]

Works fine with Vista, too.

Falk

[Guest swapnilgyani]

Internet sharing with the USB cable (using Windows XP) works quickly and flawlessly everytime for me!!

Agree wid samsonite tho...