[Gllug] OT: mobile 3g + bluetooth

[salsaman at xs4all.nl]

On Fri, May 29, 2009 18:02, Joel Bernstein wrote:
> On 29 May 2009, at 16:57, salsaman at xs4all.nl wrote:
>> Thanks for the responses so far. I've noticed that some phones have
>> wi-fi
>> instead of bluetooth - that would be fine for my purposes as well. Is
>> there any reason to prefer bluetooth over wi-fi ?
>
> It's pretty rare to be able to use the phone to share its 3G internet
> connection via Wifi, i.e. with the phone acting as a router/AP. You
> *can* get 3rd-party apps for some smartphones to do this though. I
> believe wifi is more commonly used to give the phone internet access.
>
> That is, Bluetooth is usually used to get a data connection between
> phone and laptop, while wifi is commonly used to make the connection
> between phone and home/office internet connection.
>
> Did that make any sense?
>
> /joel
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Yes, that makes sense.


Cheers,
Gabriel.


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