Thread: How to connect my N900 to Internet Using a PC connection?
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2010-07-06 , 07:56
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Originally Posted by mourya View Post
1. Does the .install files which i have transferred can't be directly installed ? Aren't they complete applications ? If not, are they just acting as downloader shorcuts of the specified application?
That's exactly it: they are download shortcuts that tell the application manager where to find the package.

Originally Posted by mourya View Post
2.Can i share (connect) the internet in my PC to the Nokia n900. I know that this is a linux based phone. Please note that my pc has a windows operating system.
I think the ad-hoc wifi mentioned above would be the simplest solution (although I'd prefer WPA over WEP encryption, as WEP is easily broken).