I am ready to get a new cell phone. I am currently using a smartphone and have been able to use it with moderate success as a modem when I'm on the road. My...
Who's your carrier? I've had excellent luck tethering my MacBook by using a "jailbroken" iPhone with PDAnet. If you have AT&T or are considering switching to...
... Thanks for the suggestion, HB. I'm in Alaska and my carrier is ACS, a long-time provider (from territorial days) found only here. It's CDMA, so iPhone is...
I am in the same boat with ACS. I have been with them for 4 of the last 5 years. I did upgrade to an L7C a few years back but was unable to tether my palm...
I decided on a Blackberry for my new phone (Pearl 8130). Now, I'm trying to tether it to my iBook G4 running OS 10.4.11 on USB. So far, I've had no success. ...
Tether via usb, won't happen, tether via BT it's simple Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: "shorinjin01" <shorinjin@...> Date: Tue, 12 May...
Thanks for the input. My Mac doesn't have bluetooth, so I'll have to get a usb bluetooth adapter for it. Does that apply to syncing with my Mac, too?...
Pocketmac syncs via usb but you'll fight it if you plugged the phone in via usb before you installed the software. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ......
I got a BT usb device and set it up on my Mac. When I go to System Preferences, and click on Bluetooth, it shows my Blackberry and that it is paired and...
I plugged the phone in AFTER I installed PocketMac. I even removed the program and reinstalled it. It still does not see my BB. Strangely, when I click on...
Check on the Mac section of crackberry.com Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: "shorinjin01" <shorinjin@...> Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 16:42:54...
Well a year has gone by and the battery I was given is now on its last legs (when "fully charged" its only good for about 20 minutes of 1xrtt internet...
This group just saved me a ton of frustration and I am now able (obviously) to hook my eMac with old 10.3.9 via my Alltel phone that "had no Mac support..." ...
... You'll need to Prolific PL-2303 driver available here: <http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=31> After installing the OS X driver and rebooting,...
I understand an app was available for a short while at iTunes, but is now gone. I would have to pay 250 or more to get out of my Verizon contract to get an ...
I am trying to get help in configuring my Mac laptop to be able to use a Motorola V3M cell phone as a modem for my Mac. I am living in Belize and was able to...
Hello DFDurelko, I'm sorry but I seriously doubt that Verizon will get the iPhone anytime soon. I know, I've read the stories too, and this story got a lot of...
Before you switch to ATT, confirm that their data services work where you will be. ATT has terrible coverage. They are consistently the lowest rated cell phone...
Tethering on the iPhone is already here. You just have to jailbreak your phone, install PDANet (www.junefabrics.com) and for a one-time cost of $25 instead of...
... Doesn't look like you need to jailbreak at all. Many sites have instructions to set up tethering -- some sites quite reputable, some questionable. But they...
... An excellent article explaining why a Verizon iPhone is unlikely: http://db.tidbits.com/article/10376 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
The 9to5mac method requires a lot of complicated file removal and replacement. Jailbreaking is a relatively simple method using software that requires only...
Keep in mind that apple's standpoint on all of these is that they're an instant void of warranty, it's a feature they've intentionally blocked for device...
... This is the solution I took. I just can't give up my Verizon coverage. My brother and a few colleagues switched to the iPhone and constantly complain...
All one needs to do to setup tethering on a non-jailbroken phone is to download and install the profile file. It's all over the web now, and is in no way...
... The simplest method requires you download a small file, then option- click "restore" in iTunes. Not a full restore as in some jailbreak programs -- just a...
The PDANet version works just fine. In fact, I am composing and sending this message on a MacBook connected to the Internet through being tethered to my...