We are replacing Verizon as a carrier with T-Mobile, and so the QPhones we have been using are changing to a Dash phone, which has the same windows mobile operating system. But T-Mobile is actually sending out the USB cables to synch the new phones, if we would like, to a laptop or other workstation.
While our default configuration connects directly with our exchange server, limiting the ActiveSync to a workstation’s utility, there is one really nifty feature I tried out on the new phone last night.
You can use the phone as a cellular modem to connect your laptop to the internet while on the road.
To do so first install the ActiveSync software that comes with the phone. If you have already set-up your access to exchange it will keep that configuration and by default will only load your Internet favorites to the phone on synch, otherwise it changes nothing. In our case we really don’t want the synch, just the drivers it installs, which is why we never bothered with doing this on the Q Phones.
Once installed, close the program, and connect the phone to the laptop using the USB cable provided.
From now on you’ll be able to use the phone to connect to the internet wherever you have a signal for your phone. Just connect the cable, and then select “Start”, “Accessories”, “Internet Sharing” on the phone. There will be three fields on the phone, “Status”, “PC Connection”, and “Network Connection”. Leave the Network Connection on T-Mobile Data, make sure the PC Connection is still USB, and then use the left button on the phone to change the status from disconnected to connected.
The speed is not blazing, functionally its speed is roughly equal to a 28.8 modem, but it operates anywhere. That is worth it…
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