Matt, I have an AT&T 8525 Smartphone and they have instructions for using it as a modem for a laptop, so I'm pretty sure that that is included in the unlimited data plan. Marcia Yudkin --- "Matthew S. Crocker" <matthew at corp.crocker.com> wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in > the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > > >From my understanding the 'unlimited' data plan on cell > phones is to cover data from the cell phone itself. Data > through the cell phone to a laptop is not part of the > plan and will be billed additional charges. > > -Matt > > ----- "andrew bellak" wrote: > > From: "andrew bellak" <andrew at stakeholderscapital.com> > > To: Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:51:38 AM GMT -05:00 > US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: using a smartphone as laptop modem - Re: > [Hidden-tech] Re: unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint > for 3G 'roundthese parts? > > > > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in > the member's area. ** If you did, we all thank you. > > What's the deal with limits on using a smartphone as a > laptop modem? There's something about the amount a data > limit for mobile data using a smartphone vs. a wireless > adapter connector for 'regular' computer data > transmission? > > > > Because if someone has an unlimited smartphone data > plan, it'd be great to use it as a mobile laptop modem > even for limited use. > > > > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Jeff Hobbs < > jeffehobbs at gmail.com > wrote: > > > > > > > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the > member's area. > > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > > > > > > > If you're just in it for the Google phone, you may want > to consider getting a contract-free developer version > that you could use on whatever network you choose: > > > > > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081207-google-introduces-developer-g1-phones.html > > > > > (Not that you asked but: At this point, Android as a > mobile platform has a lot of promise but it's still > pretty rough -- I'd take a hard look at an iPhone as a > mobile option as well.) > > > > ~Jeff > > > > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:00 PM, < > hidden-discuss-request at lists.hidden-tech.net > wrote: > > > > Send Hidden-discuss mailing list submissions to > > hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, > visit > > http://lists.hidden-tech.net/listinfo/hidden-discuss > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > > hidden-discuss-request at lists.hidden-tech.net > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > hidden-discuss-owner at lists.hidden-tech.net > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is > more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Hidden-discuss digest..." > > > > > > ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group > > ** by filling out the survey/skills > > ** inventory in the member's area. > > ** Remember you must be counted to post . > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. To keep records or not to keep... | CLARIFICATION | > > (DAVID F. FARKAS) > > 2. RE: unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G > 'round these > > parts? (Arlen Collins) > > 3. Re: unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G > 'roundthese > > parts? ( ussailis at shaysnet.com ) > > 4. Re: unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G > 'round these > > parts? (Chris Hoogendyk) > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:30:39 -0500 > > From: "DAVID F. FARKAS" < david at farkas.com > > > Subject: [Hidden-tech] To keep records or not to > keep... | > > CLARIFICATION | > > To: < hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > > Message-ID: < > 20081218183048.BF5E5414C2 at homiemail-a4.dreamhost.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Hi folks... > > > > Thanx for all the ideas for HOW to keep records > electronically rather > > than on paper. Some of the ideas on work flow and > storage were great! > > I think I need to move to cloud computing for my CRM > and apps so I > > can streamline a lot of my report / record keeping > process. > > > > BUT... my real dilemma is whether to keep most of the > notes at all. I > > ask clients for some photos and I use GoogleEarth pix > for maps. But, > > other than contact info and a summary of findings > before and after > > the work, I'm not sure why I need to keep all the > scribbles from the > > process. They would need to be scanned to be included > in electronic records. > > > > UNLESS... there are legal, marketing or other reasons > I'm not considering? > > > > Since my work is unusual, it is to my advantage to have > not records. > > Then nobody can challenge the process... which is > esoteric and > > confusing to most people. As a child of the McCarthy > era and of our > > litigious era, I'm wondering what advantage / > disadvantages there are > > in keeping fewer notes. I can't claim clinician, > fiduciary, or legal > > confidentiality either. > > > > Healers in indigenous cultures have clinics where they > go from > > patient to patient doing their work and take no notes > at all. They > > are not in the western world running a business... so > I'm looking for > > a balance. > > > > If any of this makes sense and/or illuminates flashes > of insight... > > please pass them along. If it does not... well, you see > the problem, eh? > > > > Merry Everything and Happy Always! > > David > > > > > '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > > > > > Snowmen Fall from Heaven Unassembled > > > '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > > > "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, > > but most of them pick themselves up > > and hurry off as if nothing happened." > > ~Winston Churchill > > > '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > > > "There are more things in heaven and > > earth, dear Horatio, than are dreamt of in > > your philosophy" ~Shakespeare (Hamlet) > > > '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > > > No trees were destroyed by sending this > > message. However, a significant number > > of electrons were sorely inconvenienced. > > > '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20081218/b8725c39/attachment.html > > === message truncated ===> _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: > http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech > Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to > the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members