http://www.pocketables.net/2008/01/how-to-tether-a.html

Dr. Roland E. Kehr, Jr.

Similarly for s60 phones, e.g. N95

http://www.joikuspot.com/

Lokking forward to the premium version of this. Works great to partner with an iPod Touch.

I’ll just toss in an url here:

http://www.wmwifirouter.com/

Just in case you ever need to get more than one gadget online at once. ;) Very cool stuff.

I use my HTC TyTn tethered to a laptop in much the same way here in the UK. I’m on an ‘unlimited’ broadband bundle established for the iphone brigade but it comes with a ‘fair usage’ policy; ie no tethering.

Could O2 detect the Windows Mobile Internet Sharing utility was in use if I abused it? So far I have not.

Or like in my case when EVDO is not available then HSDPA over Bluetooth is the fastest connection.

People should never forget one key thing about 3G. Regardless of the technology used (HSDPA or EVDO), speed will vary by signal strength and therefore by location. You can’t really say “HSDPA is supposed to be faster, how is EV-DO faster for you?” or vice versa.

Steve’s right about the Bluetooth stack and throughput as well, which can limit perceived speeds.

I blogged about this 2 months ago when the Internet access at my hotel in an Atlanta suburb went down and I used internet sharing with my HTC Touch Cruise, which uses HSPDA, my laptop being a Motion LS 800. I got close to T1 download speed with a USB cable. With Bluetooth, still OK but not nearly as fast. Here in Downtown LA, same result, with USB cable consistently around 1200, with Bluetooth about half that. YMMV.

EDVOinfo – thanks for info, that is good stuff!

If you aren’t using a Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhance Data Rate, which provides Bluetooth 2.0 EDR compliant devices speeds up to 3.0 Mbps you won’t get the full 3G speeds. Microsoft’s generic stack doesn’t have support for this. Toshiba’s Bluetooth stack like that found on the P1610 does.You also need +EDR support on the phone you are connecting to as well. :)

I’ve also observed EVDO is consistently faster than HSDPA in a few places where I tested. But, in mobile computing where internet usage is more like a frequent-but-short-access style, latency is as important as speed, and EVDO has an edge in that department too.

Take a look at fastest recorded speedtests by members of EVDOforums.com: http://evdomaps.com/Fastest+Downloads

It could well be that the speed of the bluetooth is the bottleneck here.

Is EVDO faster because of the way it connects to the phone versus the HSPDA (card versus tethering)? I thought HSDPA was as fast or faster than EVDO Rev A.