Re: T-Mobile Wing

On Sep 17, 2007, at 6:25 AM, "IslandFL" islandfl%40yahoo.com">islandflyahoo.com wrote:

> Does anyone know if there is a way to use a T-Mobile Wing as a
> modem with a laptop?

Several:

1) via GSM to any dial-up ISP you might have (AOL, Net-Zero, etc.).
You'd need to connect to your Mac via BlueTooth or USB. If your Mac
has built-in BlueTooth you're fine, but if not, you could buy a
little USB BlueTooth dongle (get a BlueTooth 2.0, not a BT 1.0). If
you'd rather dangle a cable, you can buy a USB-Serial cable and then
install the Prolific USB-Serial extension to enable the new Serial
Port for the cable. This is harder, I'd normally opt for the
BlueTooth setup rather than the USB cable. Then you setup to dial
your ISP, BUT be warned, this uses minutes and is VERY slow, no good
for web-browsing, but you can get text email ok.

2) Use GPRS/EDGE via T-Mobile acting as your ISP for extra $ per
month, and this will be a real internet connection at relatively high
speeds. You should be able to web browse ok from anywhere with T-
Mobile service.

3) Since your phone has WIFI, I'm assuming you can connect to any
open WIFI access and then pipe that connection via BlueTooth or USB-
Serial cable to your laptop, and this would be free, or at whatever
cost you pay T-Mobile or another provider for access to their closed
network of WIFI access points.

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Well... I am specifically looking for a way to do that with a MAC, since that is the name of
this group. Officially, I can't find anywhere on T-Mobile where the Wing is supported on a
Mac.. that is why I asked... Definitely not interested in doing a dial-up account, but
actually using the phone as a modem to connect with T-Mobile's internet service, the way I
do with my T-Mobile RAZR, etc.!

--- In maccellphone%40yahoogroups.com">maccellphoneyahoogroups.com, Kris Tilford <ktilford...> wrote:
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> On Sep 17, 2007, at 6:25 AM, "IslandFL" islandfl... wrote:
&gt;
> > Does anyone know if there is a way to use a T-Mobile Wing as a
> > modem with a laptop?
>
> Several:
>
> 1) via GSM to any dial-up ISP you might have (AOL, Net-Zero, etc.).
> You'd need to connect to your Mac via BlueTooth or USB. If your Mac
> has built-in BlueTooth you're fine, but if not, you could buy a
> little USB BlueTooth dongle (get a BlueTooth 2.0, not a BT 1.0). If
> you'd rather dangle a cable, you can buy a USB-Serial cable and then
> install the Prolific USB-Serial extension to enable the new Serial
> Port for the cable. This is harder, I'd normally opt for the
> BlueTooth setup rather than the USB cable. Then you setup to dial
> your ISP, BUT be warned, this uses minutes and is VERY slow, no good
> for web-browsing, but you can get text email ok.
>
> 2) Use GPRS/EDGE via T-Mobile acting as your ISP for extra $ per
> month, and this will be a real internet connection at relatively high
> speeds. You should be able to web browse ok from anywhere with T-
> Mobile service.
>
> 3) Since your phone has WIFI, I'm assuming you can connect to any
> open WIFI access and then pipe that connection via BlueTooth or USB-
> Serial cable to your laptop, and this would be free, or at whatever
> cost you pay T-Mobile or another provider for access to their closed
> network of WIFI access points.
>

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