The n900 acting as a cellular modem, or possibly connecting to one
 

Now that we have a smartphone that's actually a tablet pc, will it be possible to turn it into a cellular modem?
I am reffering to those usb connected devices that have a sim card in them and enable you to connect to the internet on your laptop.
The reason im asking is that the data plans on those things are much better and cheaper, and seeing how well skype calls work.. Anyway, long story short- can i take the sim card out of one of these and put it in my n900 and make it suplly endless amounts of intarwebs? Or alternativally is there a way to make it connect to my n900 somehow?
Thanks.

Re: The n900 acting as a cellular modem, or possibly connecting to one
 

Yes you can.

Actually term for what you are describing is called tethering where you use your N900 as a bridge to connect your computer/laptop to the Internet.

This is done by connecting your N900 to carrier's network (3G/HSPDA is preferred) then connect your N900 to the PC via USB cable.
On Windows you start up PC Suite and 'Connect to the Internet' to start tethering.

There are some guide around for Linux too.

Be warn that even when your carrier network says you got unlimited use, they actually capped it in their terms and conditions to prevent 'abuse'

Re: The n900 acting as a cellular modem, or possibly connecting to one
 

absolutely yes

and it's also a very fast modem

http://www.speedtest.net/result/634238725.png

Re: The n900 acting as a cellular modem, or possibly connecting to one
 

What network where you on when you did this test, Signal strength??????

Re: The n900 acting as a cellular modem, or possibly connecting to one
 

Well, the image itself shows "ISP: Vodaphone Omnitel N.V."

Re: The n900 acting as a cellular modem, or possibly connecting to one
 

is there a "wifi" router for the n900 yet?

Re: The n900 acting as a cellular modem, or possibly connecting to one
 

AKA Vodafone Italy :)

Re: The n900 acting as a cellular modem, or possibly connecting to one
 

good signal stength, the tower is at about 1Km from me.

Re: The n900 acting as a cellular modem, or possibly connecting to one
 

I think that iptables is (at the moment) the missing bit to have a fully working wifi router.

Re: The n900 acting as a cellular modem, or possibly connecting to one
 

hold on, i'm not sure we're on the same page here- i know you can use your data plan and lets say jaiku spot (if i remember the name correctly) to make your cellphone a wlan modem, but that's not what im looking for.
I'm talking about taking the sim card out of your cellular modem and inserting it in your n900 thus achieving an internet connection, but having no cellular telephony (am i making sense here?).
If you're talking about that kind of thing already then thanks..

Re: The n900 acting as a cellular modem, or possibly connecting to one
 

The N900 may be used with data-only plans, yes.

Re: The n900 acting as a cellular modem, or possibly connecting to one
 

wait, so you're telling me i can take the sim card that came with the modem and put it in my phone?
Sorry, ive just never heard of anyone doing anything like that, so i want to make sure i got it right..

Re: The n900 acting as a cellular modem, or possibly connecting to one
 

It should work fine, but it slightly depends on your network, so the only way to be certain is to try it. You should be aware of a couple of caveats though - firstly you might lose out on more than voice - at least Vodafone UK PAYG data dongle SIMs don't support SMS, and secondly you'll need a decent 3G data connection for VOIP, whereas with a normal SIM you'd be able to get a working voice call even in areas with nothing better than a weak basic GSM signal.

Re: The n900 acting as a cellular modem, or possibly connecting to one
 

ahh.. That's a good point, i hadn't thought of that.
Anyway, just knowing the option is there is good enough, where anyone takes it from there is another issue.