Cellular phones with a wireless router built-in!! ! !
 

HELLO ALL..

I am a prod owner off a N810 for the past 2 years. Today I was out looking for a phone I could pair with my tablet.

I was SHOCKED to found out that sprint had a phone that becames a wireless router. The guy at the desk let me tried his phone. He enabled this feature on his phone and gave me his wep key.

There was no paring of any kind....once I was online, i verfied the speed. I loaded like 2 pages in a few seconds....i also loaded Canola and loaded internet radio....AND IT WORKED.

The phone was a HTC TOUCH PRO.....with a 300 dollar price tag....with a 100 + monthly plan....this is too MUCH!

I also went to at&t...were I was told that a 3G phone wasn't really 3G. A 3G phone is built on the edge system and then sometimes it uses the 3G network. At&t has 2 true 3G phones....the Blackberry Bold and the HTC Fuze.

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I need some help please.

1. Is there any nokia phone that could do this?
> I wanted a nokia 5800 Music phone or a E71.

2. Is there a way to I could get around this $60 monthly thethering charge, is there a hack anyone know off?

THANKS

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The Symbian app zehjotkah referred to has been available for Nokia phones for a good year if not more. The last time I saw E51 (one of the recent but more affordable Nokia phones) online it was a little over $200. 5800 and E71 can both run Joikuspot.
For more info I'd strongly advise you to check some Nokia/Symbian60 forums.

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Joikuspot premium works a treat. I took it here. You can use the light version, too, free of charge, with some limitations (some ports blocked, mainly).

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Using both the WLAN and 3G on a mobile phone is a pretty good way to drain the battery dry very fast though, you're better off using bluetooth on my experience at least with Nokia phones (E51).

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Joikuspot seems to provide faster speeds than bluetooth, I agree about the battery drain though.

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Okay, with all this helpful information i know what to do.
My wife is complaining AT&T not working in some part off Georgia....but Sprint is kicking azz any where she goes.

So am thinking about a HTC Touch Pro with Sprint...only because it is cheaper with $100 rebate.

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funny thing is that within a couple of years, bluetooth and wifi may well cooperate to do this automatically:
http://www.bluetooth.com/Bluetooth/P...D_OF_80211.htm

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Don't forget about walkinghotspot

Available for WinMo, S60.

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Am not worried about battery life. when am in the truck my phone will be pluged up. I FEED THE NEED FOR SPEED...LOL

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OK, so far we have a few sites that will turn your phone into a wireless router.

DO i HAVE to pay Sprint or AT&T an extra $30 or $60 which will allow the phone to tether before using any off these sites. Or does the phone simply needs to able to go online?

Maybe I only need a voice plan on my phone?

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After doing some reading recently on howardforums.com, I found the consensus to be that you cannot activate a "smartphone" without a data plan.

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That's certainly not the case in the UK, although some carriers apply that rule for some phones (e.g. T-Mobile with the G-1).

Regards,
Roger

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Yeah, our 'cousins' get screwed by the carriers. We don't realise how lucky we are in Europe.

I can leave the NIT connected to my E90's DUN all day (as long as both are on a charger!!) without paying any extra.

Very useful at work, where we are afflicted with *spit* Websense on our desktops.




(Unless you just happen to find out which proxy connection is almost unrestricted on the work LAN...)

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I would prefer this (which is also very small): http://www.slashgear.com/huawei-i-mo...-wifi-1334150/

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I got that websense problem at work too.... I couldn't read a article from yahoo answers.

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that is true....you have to keep you're data plan for 6 months; as far as I know.

I was trying to find out if these softwares requires a data plan to work?
Or does the phone only needs to be online?

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If you have a marketing/promotions dept at your office, see if their proxy settings are the same as yours. Quite often the marketing dept in an organization has a more relaxed proxy access to allow streaming video, surfing for sales opportunities, pimping the company on various forums, etc....

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well i don't think i could go asking around for proxies.
i'll be fine in that department, before i lose my job.

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Ok, Blackberry devices....

My wife would like to get a Blackberry smartphone, is there anything out there that will turn it into a walking HOTSPOT?

Thanks.

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Anybody using a Blackberry as a wireless modem?
If so how?
And what is required?

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All.
I got my phone...Finally...

it's a HTC Touch Pro on Sprint with everything data and voice.

I'll start trying out the various softwares as wireless routers.
I will then cancel my data plan next month and c which ones work.
currently am using internet sharing for WM 6.1...which is GREAT.

am guessing know which one of these softwares work without a data plan???

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I don't think any of them would work without a data plan how would the phone access the internet without it.??

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ok, I tested this software for about a week.
with this one you have about 6 ways to connect two device.
but the connection is not that solid.

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ok am testing this one.
I LOVE IT..... I use it at work...mine u that I work in the ground floor and I only have 1 to 2 bars and I stream last.fm with no skips.

the batt. drain is enormous....i even tried it with my batt. on full charge. Then I plug the phone in the wall.....it still got drain in one hour and 45 minutes.

still LOVE it.

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Hello Again.
Is there something out there that doesn't SUCK sooooo much battery life.
This thing suck fast even with a AC power cord plugged into it.

I get about 1:44 mins tops.:mad: