Use a 3G Smartphone As a Wi-Fi Hotspot
Love you scoop, but a little slow on this one
I have to say that phone scoop has always been good to me about info.
But on this one they came up slow. I have been using a wifi router that supports multiple devices for about a month.
I have an 8925 tilt with the wifi router and it works great.
And for what the person says in the other thread, Yes it really does drain your battery.
The tilt is known to have a short battery life as is, but with the router you can consider it NILL
What Taproot Systems did was allow voice to go over the HSDPA network instead of the standard GSM network... it turns your voice into into a data call into a voice call over the NETWORKs internet not over your homes wifi spot, any where you get HSDPA would be considered the phones "hot spot". does that make it easier to understand?
i did read it
"New software from TapRoot Systems can make a 3G smartphone become a Wi-Fi hotspot, allowing you to connect a laptop or other Wi-Fi-equipped hardware to the internet. The software, called WalkingHotSpot, is compatible with Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile smartphones. It will work with both HSDPA and EV-DO, but will allow voice calls to come through while using the data connection only on HSDPA phones."
and it says turn your device into a hotspot ... while using the wifi you can still get voice calls on hsdpa phones ( maybe not the evdo phones )
durka
i dont feel the need to make you mad but i know what i am reading ..
if i want to turn my voice into data i can use skype ..
this is a mobile wifi hot spot ... you are miss reading it
"Got a 3G smartphone with Wi-Fi? Then you might be soon be able to use it as a Wi-Fi hotspot for*connecting your notebook or any other Wi-Fi enabled device to the Internet.
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North Carolina-based TapRoot Systems today announced its WalkingHotSpot software, designed to effectively turn a Wi-Fi- and mobile broadband-enabled handset into a Wi-Fi router. At launch, WalkingHotSpot will be available only for Windows Mobile or Symbian Series 60 smartphones. TapRoot CEO Bob Bicksler said.
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