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Nov 22 / 9:26pm

Tethering away now on 9700 (woo-hoo!) + kind of short review

I am a tethering freak. Apparently I really am, as I am doing this almost on all my recent devices (and I've been through quite few of them). And after I did upgrade to Blackberry Bold2 (or Blackberry Bold 9700 :-) I am doing this again. If you've been following me on Twitter (or just reading this blog on the regular basis) you probably already now that I was (and actually still am very satisfied with Curve 8900). The only reason why I did upgrade, is because I was able to get it with the very great deal, basically bringing it that I had to pay only restocking fee, and got the new device. So, I pulled the trigger and got it. And here we go.

The phone feels great - very nicely build, very close to iPhones sturdiness; it's heavy enough, but still it's awesomely comfortable. OS 5.0 makes some differences, feels snappier and just overall more satisfying. I really have on huge problem - and the problem is that multi-language software package Blackberry has for 9700 -- does not have Russian input method. That just SUCKS big time. I know device was released just recently, but what the heck? It does exist for 9000, for 8900 -- why not for 9700?? That just so disappointing!

But anyways, let's move on. I certainly will rant more about non-existing support for Russian input layout on Twitter. Or here. Unless RIM will move on with some updates which include it. :-)

So, tethering. Used the same path I described earlier and used successfully with Curve 8900 - I decided to give it a try again. Did it work? Yes. Flawlessly. And I also now just have to accept that I was wrong saying that 3G on AT&T works same way as EDGE. I was wrong. It does work faster. How fast? Compare yourself -- my data from 3G test:


It's enough fast to do something very comfortably.

Enjoy your Blackberries. :-)

P.S. Give me my Russian input, RIM!!! :-E~~~

   
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Tethering_away_now_on_9700_woo.zip (26 KB)

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Nov 9 / 9:50pm

Tethering again, but now on Blackberry Curve 8900

Apparently, my blog becomes a place discussing Blackberry phones, but it's okay. I'll keep up to it, and want to say that tried tethering (using the following instructions) on my Mac with Blackberry Curve 8900. Works just fine. Speed is so-so (it's EDGE only, remember), but works pretty nice to get some small work done.

Love how easy it was. By the way, I find my Curve 8900 really comfortable and sleek. Happy that I chose it over Bold (despite the lack of 3G!), but the camera is awesome, and the phone feels just right. It's an phone, not a toy now :-)

   
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Oct 18 / 12:18pm

Blackberry Bold, Macbook Air - tethering on AT&T

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BlackBerry_3G_CID1 (7 KB)

Apparently, this thing works incredible easy. Easy to setup, easy to use.

I would suggest to read this thread The How To: To Mac Tethering: Your Problems Solved (http://forums.crackberry.com/f62/how-mac-tethering-your-problems-solved-260401/) on Crackberry, or may own experience is right here:

So, I've been using:

Blackberry Bold 9000 AT&T (4.6.0.297 on 4.0.0.247 platform)
Snow Leopard (10.6.1) on Macbook Air

Steps are the following:

 1. on Mac: turn on Bluetooth
 2. on BB: Setup -> Setup Bluetooth -> ...
 3. on BB: set device name for pairing, click OK, then Listen, it will start waiting for connection
 4. on Mac: System Preferences -> Bluetooth -> Setup new device -> ...
 5. on Mac: choose your mobile phone name, click Continue
 6. on BB: enter passkey which will be on your Mac screen, click Enter
 7. on BB: choose Yes, and check off Do not ask again
 8. on Mac: Bluetooth Mobile Phone setup screen will ask for data
 9. on Mac: Vendor = Other
10. on Mac: Model = Blackberry 3G CID1
11. on Mac: Check off Enable error correction and compression in modem
12. on Mac: Dial mode = Wait for dial tone before dialing
13. on Mac: Dialing = Tone
14. on Mac: Sound = On
15. on Mac: Username = wap@cingulargprs.com
16. on Mac: Password = CINGULAR1
17. on Mac: APN = wap.cingular
18. on Mac: Click Continue
19. Enjoy tethering - Connect Bluetooth DUN and that's it.

It's not 1-2-3, but it's fairly easy.

Before starting - you need to unzip this archive into /Libary/Modem Scripts/ or you will not have proper modem script for the Blackberry Bold.

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