Blackjack! Save $840 a year.
Blackjack! The Samsung Blackjack is an awesome phone but when I tried to connect it to my computer on the road like I did with my old Razr, I hit a brick wall. So, what was wrong? After 45 minutes of hold time, you’d be surprised what I was told. Cingular “The new AT&T”, we’ll get into their name switching at a later date, told me that it would cost me an extra 70 dollars a month for their “Tethering” service. Tethering? You mean the thing I used to do for free? Well I am here to tell you how you can save $840 a year by using Internet Connection Sharing instead of the paid service.
- Open up File Explorer (Start->Applications->File Explorer)
- Press UP until you you get to root ( / )
- Scroll down and select Windows
- Now start scrolling, it’s alphabetical and you are looking for “Internet Sharing” (Use the down arrow, better on the joints, your joints)
- Click on it and you are greeted by a simple application with only a couple options.
- Select by pressing right or left Bluetooth PAN (Personal Area Network) or USB. USB is easier and powers at the same time, Bluetooth is a bit more difficult but it’s one less wire you have to worry about loosing
Now, I am not going to go into how to set up each, you have been shown the door, it’s your job to get it working how you want it to. Also, if you don’t want to keep scrolling every time you want to use it, hook up to ActiveSync, explore over to it, create a shortcut and plop it in your Start Menu. Easy simple access on the go.
And I can’t leave this last tidbit out: It works in Linux!
Frank's the editor in chief of tech.nocr.at. He can be found surfing the internet and playing with gadgets. Follow him on twitter @franklinhares
