Can iPhone 3G act as modem over bluetooth

radderfire · 10 Jan 2009 at 20:39

Hi All

Can the iPhone 3G be used as a mobile broadband modem for your laptop via Bluetooth?

Thanks :cool:

Bobster · 10 Jan 2009 at 21:26

Pretty sure it can't be done via bluetooth because of how basic the Iphones bluetooths capabilities are. You can however 'tether' the iphone using the USB cable in order to get it working as a 3G modem.

Do a google for iphone tether.

Mike UK · 12 Jan 2009 at 07:45

You can do it via Wifi

Unfortunately you would have to jailbreak your phone and install PDAnet.

[TW]Fox · 12 Jan 2009 at 12:54

Does the iPhone do ANY of the useful things we take for granted on other handsets or is it simply about looking cool? :confused:

Every single Nokia I've owned for the last 5 years has been able to be used as a Bluetooth modem, and every phone I've had since 2000 has been able to be used as a wireless modem in some way, be it IrDA or Bluetooth.

kidloco · 12 Jan 2009 at 17:59

granted its lacking a few features which should rightly be available right from the off rather than having to hack your phone then installing 2rd party apps. But overall its still the best phone I have ever used. I use mine as my works business phone and as my personal phone its great for both.

Just the ease of use and intuitive menus put every other phone iv had in the shade. just my 2 cents

SAM81 · 12 Jan 2009 at 18:07

[TW]Fox;13272541 said:
Does the iPhone do ANY of the useful things we take for granted on other handsets or is it simply about looking cool?

Every single Nokia I've owned for the last 5 years has been able to be used as a Bluetooth modem, and every phone I've had since 2000 has been able to be used as a wireless modem in some way, be it IrDA or Bluetooth.

not really but it does have a very unique ui. personally i would never have one - the lack of a physical keyboard makes it useless to me. however what i can see is that they created a ui that is interesting and fun - something that no other phone manufacturer has been able to do with the same level of sucess.

Hatter The Mad · 12 Jan 2009 at 18:10

simoran1 said:
not really but it does have a very unique ui. personally i would never have one - the lack of a physical keyboard makes it useless to me. however what i can see is that they created a ui that is interesting and fun - something that no other phone manufacturer has been able to do with the same level of sucess.

What's the point in a very unique UI? A unique UI to what, exactly? Who gives a crap about the UI when it doesn't do anything

* I'm an iPhone owner, by the way *

Hatter The Mad · 12 Jan 2009 at 18:11

simoran1 said:
something that no other phone manufacturer has been able to do with the same level of sucess.

Palm has: Palm Pre

SAM81 · 12 Jan 2009 at 19:58

Hatter The Mad said:
What's the point in a very unique UI? A unique UI to what, exactly? Who gives a crap about the UI when it doesn't do anything

* I'm an iPhone owner, by the way *

the point is that the iphone provides a unique experience - no other phone has an interface that works like it does.

its taken a significant share of the smartphone market - and is starting to make a dent to rim and nokia's dominance in the enterprise sector.

ill ask you a question - why did you buy the phone?

SAM81 · 12 Jan 2009 at 20:04

Hatter The Mad said:
Palm has: Palm Pre

Sold many of them have they?

By the way i dont own an iphone and have no interest in purchasing one. I work for a network that does not carry the iphone and so have no interest in blindly defending its qualities. But from the view point of someone who works in the industry no other manufacturer has been able to command so much attention or single handedly change the traditional network - manufacturer relationship with one handset as apple has done with the iphone.

How have they done this? By creating a product with great industrial design and that provides a unique user experience - something which you cannot get on another phone.

vila · 12 Jan 2009 at 20:08

[TW]Fox;13272541 said:
Does the iPhone do ANY of the useful things we take for granted on other handsets or is it simply about looking cool?

Every single Nokia I've owned for the last 5 years has been able to be used as a Bluetooth modem, and every phone I've had since 2000 has been able to be used as a wireless modem in some way, be it IrDA or Bluetooth.

What it does aim to do, it does extreamly well - certainly better than any nokia.

J1nxy · 13 Jan 2009 at 11:27

[TW]Fox;13272541 said:
Does the iPhone do ANY of the useful things we take for granted on other handsets or is it simply about looking cool?

Every single Nokia I've owned for the last 5 years has been able to be used as a Bluetooth modem, and every phone I've had since 2000 has been able to be used as a wireless modem in some way, be it IrDA or Bluetooth.

The N95 had the most broken bluetooth implementation I've had the misfortune of coming across. No phone book transfer to hands free, no called id to handsfree can't dial from handsfree. The bluetooth profile them implemented was just rubbish.

FreeStream · 13 Jan 2009 at 11:41

[TW]Fox;13272541 said:
Does the iPhone do ANY of the useful things we take for granted on other handsets or is it simply about looking cool?

Every single Nokia I've owned for the last 5 years has been able to be used as a Bluetooth modem, and every phone I've had since 2000 has been able to be used as a wireless modem in some way, be it IrDA or Bluetooth.

I've just spent a month using my old k750i.

I am *so* glad from a usability point of view that I have a new one, I was getting frustrated of the lack of a full keyboard,
emails, etc.

I've also had a look at selling this and get one of the "iPhone competitors", but none of them are a competitor in what I want a phone to do.

Tethering is a minor point for me anyway, seeing as pretty much everywhere I go there is a wireless network.