I think you have to manually connect it, the phone can be automatically paired when nearby, but you don't have to dial up or anything, you tick the box and boom it's on. You don't have to touch the phone or anything either, so it could probably stay in pocket or bag.
On Wednesday, April 16, 2014, Jason Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't think Giffgaff are slow as such, I use it on everything. Maybe BT > is the bottleneck. > > Do you have to manually connect it whenever you want access or is it > 'always on'? > > (Maybe I should get mifi after all..) > > Cheers, > > Jason > -- > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 13 Apr 2014 at 18:42:15 BST, Toby Leighton > <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > My nokia was on giffgaff and didn't have any internet settings programmed > > into it. After geting that part going, the mac to bluetooth internet > > access worked right away! From the bluetooth menu you just choose > connect > > to network, easy as pie, no further actions required. > > > > Speed seemed a bit slow though, so its either a bandwidth issue with > > bluetooth itself, or giffgaff being second priority o2 network... or a > > combination of both? Copying photos back and forth over bluetooth is > very > > slow too, so I think the technology at play here harks back to a simpler > > time where internet on the go was novelty rather than standard, so bring > a > > cable or adjust your expectations accordingly. > > > > > > > > > > On 10 April 2014 08:47, Jason Davies <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > > On 10 Apr 2014, at 8:03, Toby Leighton wrote: > > > > > > > My absolutely non-smart at all (but lovely) modern nice looking > Nokia 515 > > > > can share the internet connection to the mac when it's plugged in > with > > > USB. > > > > It also has Bluetooth and presume this will also work but have never > > > > tried... I'll report back later if I get a chance to try today. If > this > > > > one works then I would assume the cheaper plastic versions of this > phone > > > > would behave the same way > > > > > > cool, let me know. And I'll have a look at it. > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > > email to [email protected] <javascript:;>. > > > To post to this group, send an email to > > > [email protected]<javascript:;> > . > > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected] <javascript:;>. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]<javascript:;> > . > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:;>. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]<javascript:;> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
