Hi all, There is actually a way to do this here in the U.S. You can purchase a program called PDANet, which will allow you to tetherh your phone. However, the one major caveat is that for it to work, you will have to jailbreak your iphone. I don't have the URL, but if you google PDAnet, you can find there site, at which you will find instructions for jailbreaking the phone. good luck, Donna On Jun 4, 2010, at 1:04 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote:
> Carolyn, I don't think you can do this in the US yet, but it's coming very > soon. As a matter of fact, there was a post about this very thing on this > list. It does cost extra, but I don't remember the details. I'm sure > someone else will chime in. > On Jun 4, 2010, at 12:28 PM, Carolyn wrote: > >> Donal: >> Thanks for this. An at&t rep told me Apple had no such technology, Tisk >> tisk to him:) Think I'll go educate him next time I grace that mall.:) >> Thanks and take care. >> Carolyn >> P.s.: It suddenly strikes me that I'm not sure at&t supports tethering yet. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Dónal Fitzpatrick >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 9:55 AM >> Subject: Re: WIFI question >> >> Hi Carolyn, >> >> It is indeed possible to use the iPhone to connect to the net. This is >> known as tethering. In essence, turn on tethering on the iPhone, and then >> create either a USB or bluetooth connection between your laptop and the >> iPhone. >> >> I should say here that I don't know how US cell-phone plans work. Over here >> using the iPhone as a modem can cost extra, so you might want to check with >> your cell-phone provider to check the costs involved. >> >> Cheers >> >> Dónal >> On 4 Jun 2010, at 16:37, Carolyn wrote: >> >>> Hi guys: >>> I'm going to be visiting my dad, who has no internet. I know I can >>> retrieve mail with the iPhone, but find it pretty difficult to navigate >>> with my hearing, and with just not being very good at typing on it<grin>. >>> My question then: Is there any way to turn the iPhone into an access point >>> so I could use it to get my MacBook Pro on the net? >>> TIA >>> Carolyn >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
