[Hidden-tech] Mac OSX and Cell Phone Internet and Bluetooth

[Charles Uchu Strader]

Jeff,

Yeah.  It is actually very simple from my experience with Mac OS 10.3.9 
and a Powerbook G4.  I use Cingular and have a Nokia 6210i.  Attaching 
via bluetooth is a few clicks of pairing the laptop to the mobile phone 
via Bluetooth, then adding a dialup account using a bluetooth mobile 
phone as the modem.  The only tricky part was getting the correct Dial 
code from Cingular, usually something like *99***XXXX for most 
providers.  The rep I talked to first tried to give me AT... modem 
initialization strings and I had to convince her that wasn't the right 
information.

The username/password combo are usually just defaults for the entire 
cellular provider, not your own, as the authentication is done via the 
chip in your phone.

~charles uchu



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> I have a question for all the Mac enthusiasts on this site.
>
> I'm seriously considering getting a Macbook. On the Apple site, there is
> some vague info about using a Bluetooth-enabled cellphone to access the Web.
>
> If I were to purchase a Macbook, I would need to use that feature early and
> often. Is there anyone on this list doing that? How does it work?
>
> Also, please don't send me a deluge of emails about the ease of Wi-fi
> connections. I'm often on the road in certain areas with no nearby Wi-fi,
> and I need to use a cellphone to access the web. 
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> What's your experience using a cellphone (bluetooth-enabled) to do this with
> your Mac laptop?
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> I couldn't agree more. You are being 'had.'
>
> And, here is a couple more reasons:
>
> 1. Advantage of dual core processor that ain't there, yet. 
>
> I just read in an EE mag that there are still problems addressing dual core
> processors. A company in Canada thinks they have this figured out. If that
> is so, you can not do true multitasking. Whoops, did I just go again the
> dogma of the Windows generation? Yes, I did. To run two tasks at the same
> time requires two processors. That's what the 'duo' core is suppose to have.
>
> So, if you can't do true multitasking with a new computer, why buy it? The
> reason for the dual core processor is to do true multitasking. 
>
> 2. Memory. If all you do is writing & web browsing, and if a computer of 5
> years ago would do the job then with 128K, why does the same word processor
> need more memory now? 1Gb is cheap, but probably not necessary.
>
> I run Word & Excel on several machines with memory sizes from 64M to 256 M.
> I don't see any speed differences. Possibly there are differences, but my
> old eyes blink slower than these differences...I don't see them.
>
> Save your $$
>
>
> Jim U.
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> jim at nationalwireless.com
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