Donna: Well, thanks. I figured it couldn't possibly be that easy. I'm not a fan of jailbreaking, as I know just enough to get myself into trouble. So, I guess I'll be reduced to looking for the nearest starbux, and investing in their stock for a couple weeks.:) Thanks for the info.
Carolyn On Jun 4, 2010, at 11:34 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > 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: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> 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 macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> 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 macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
