Comments on: Set Up Your Own Wifi Hotspot Wherever You Go http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/03/26/set-up-your-own-wifi-hotspot-wherever-you-go/ Deliciously Geeky... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Phat Explorer http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/03/26/set-up-your-own-wifi-hotspot-wherever-you-go/comment-page-1/#comment-376636 Phat Explorer Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:51:32 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/03/26/set-up-your-own-wifi-hotspot-wherever-you-go/#comment-376636 This can already be done on Symbian phones using 'JoikuSpot' and windows mobile using 'WalkingHotSpot' Without even using those software packages you can dial into the 3G network /GPRS without any software on both Windows and OSX using either a cable or bluetooth. Personally using an N95, Bluetooth and OSX on Vodaphone UK I can get 60-90 KB/s download speed on the when on 3G, 5-8 KB/s when on GPRS. A bluetooth 2.0 dongle is £4. Internet can be shared over ethernet and WiFi easily on both OSX and Windows. Why pay £150 for this device? This can already be done on Symbian phones using ‘JoikuSpot’ and windows mobile using ‘WalkingHotSpot’

Without even using those software packages you can dial into the 3G network /GPRS without any software on both Windows and OSX using either a cable or bluetooth.

Personally using an N95, Bluetooth and OSX on Vodaphone UK I can get 60-90 KB/s download speed on the when on 3G, 5-8 KB/s when on GPRS.

A bluetooth 2.0 dongle is £4. Internet can be shared over ethernet and WiFi easily on both OSX and Windows.

Why pay £150 for this device?

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