Comments on: Sprint Phone-as-a-modem http://www.prestonwily.com/archives/sprint-phone-as-a-modem Marketing, experiences, random thoughts... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:53:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: The Preston Blog - An internet marketing blog for internet retailers » PubCon 2006 - Las Vegas http://www.prestonwily.com/archives/sprint-phone-as-a-modem#comment-4210 The Preston Blog - An internet marketing blog for internet retailers » PubCon 2006 - Las Vegas Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:01:49 +0000 http://www.prestonwily.com/archives/sprint-phone-as-a-modem#comment-4210 [...] I’m going to try to be good about sharing information that I pick up here. Apparently the show has free Wifi, which is awesome, but if that fails me I’ll just use my phone as a modem. [...] […] I’m going to try to be good about sharing information that I pick up here. Apparently the show has free Wifi, which is awesome, but if that fails me I’ll just use my phone as a modem. […]

]]> By: admin http://www.prestonwily.com/archives/sprint-phone-as-a-modem#comment-2133 admin Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:14:53 +0000 http://www.prestonwily.com/archives/sprint-phone-as-a-modem#comment-2133 Sam, sorry, but it's not true that the difference between tethered data and data to your device is NOTHING. I tried this first because I was told the same thing. The Treo, however, has problems with Javascript and logging into a VPN - I could do neither with the two hacks that I tried. PAM (phone as a modem) allows me to do both. Sam, sorry, but it’s not true that the difference between tethered data and data to your device is NOTHING.

I tried this first because I was told the same thing. The Treo, however, has problems with Javascript and logging into a VPN - I could do neither with the two hacks that I tried. PAM (phone as a modem) allows me to do both.

]]> By: Sam http://www.prestonwily.com/archives/sprint-phone-as-a-modem#comment-2097 Sam Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:55:44 +0000 http://www.prestonwily.com/archives/sprint-phone-as-a-modem#comment-2097 For those of you who might want to do this without paying extra for a "special" laptop data plan or software to allow you to use the bluetooth you already paid for, check this out: Tethered mode hack (disables 'tether' bit so all usage appears to be from the device): http://discussion.treocentral.com/showthread.php?t=115986&highlight=sprint+bluetooth+dun Sprint Bluetooth manager hack: http://discussion.treocentral.com/showthread.php?t=63250&highlight=sprint+bluetooth+dun The treo was designed to do BT DUN, but like all great things the corporate powers crippled it to try to squeeze more money out of you. Also, the difference between tethered data and data to your device is NOTHING. A CSR once told me you have to pay extra because the screen on your laptop is bigger and therefore downloads more data. With things like MobiTV and EVDO it's possible to use just as much bandwidth or more on a POS flip phone as it is on your laptop - so they have no grounds for charging you more. For those of you who might want to do this without paying extra for a “special” laptop data plan or software to allow you to use the bluetooth you already paid for, check this out:

Tethered mode hack (disables ‘tether’ bit so all usage appears to be from the device):
http://discussion.treocentral.com/showthread.php?t=115986&highlight=sprint+bluetooth+dun

Sprint Bluetooth manager hack:
http://discussion.treocentral.com/showthread.php?t=63250&highlight=sprint+bluetooth+dun

The treo was designed to do BT DUN, but like all great things the corporate powers crippled it to try to squeeze more money out of you.

Also, the difference between tethered data and data to your device is NOTHING. A CSR once told me you have to pay extra because the screen on your laptop is bigger and therefore downloads more data. With things like MobiTV and EVDO it’s possible to use just as much bandwidth or more on a POS flip phone as it is on your laptop - so they have no grounds for charging you more.

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