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Right: tethering (aka pairing) a phone to the tablet means the tablet can use that phone to connect to the internet. After the tablet and phone have been tethered/paired, the tablet can automatically connect to the internet while your phone is within a 10 metre radius (for example in your pocket or bag). The connection between the phone and tablet is wireless, there's no need for any cables or anything.

Because the connection is through your phone, your tablet can access the internet wherever the phone can get a signal. You don't need to be near any hotspots or anything, all you need is phone coverage.

However, some parts of the phone network have much slower internet speeds than others, so you may find the net speeding up and slowing down depending on where you are.

Some phone models have much slower internet speeds than others too. The fastest kind of phone uses a standard called 3.5G, the next fastest is 3G, then EDGE (aka 2.5G) and then 2G. Your phone (the 6086) is an EDGE phone, so it's not the slowest but it's not the fastest either. However, even with a faster phone, it can still be slowed down if the phone network is slow in that area.

Virtually all Bluetooth-compatible mobile phones sold today have the ability to connect to the internet through the mobile phone network, including the Nokia 6086. They also have the ability to act as a modem for other devices, which is what your phone would be doing if your tablet uses it.

You can find out more about connecting your tablet to the internet using your phone in a tutorial I've written about this topic:

http://tabletschool.blogspot.com/200...-internet.html

However, mobile internet use usually isn't free. You should contact your phone network operator to ask how much it costs to use your phone as a modem (don't just ask about internet use, specifically tell them you want to use it as a modem). If you want to connect your tablet through your phone, ask your phone network operator if they have any special deals on using your phone as a modem. Many network operators will let you pay a flat fee for a large or unlimited amount of internet use per month.


Don't be silly, why would that be a stupid question?

And remember, in the Newbie forum there's NO SUCH THING as a stupid question.


If you already have broadband at home, I highly recommend you buy a Wi-Fi router to plug into it. This will let you use the tablet at home for absolutely no extra charge, because the connection will come from your DSL.

Wi-Fi routers are very cheap nowadays, they cost about one tenth of the price of the tablet.

You can find out more about connecting your tablet using Wi-Fi in another tutorial I've written:

http://tabletschool.blogspot.com/200...nect-your.html

If you want any more tutorials, just head to the index page of the site: http://tabletschool.blogspot.com/200...ents-page.html