Turn your Windows Mobile phone into a modem

For those of you who may not have a wireless air card on your travels and with AT&T rolling out 3g service to more and more markets (even Charleston!) thanks to the iPhone marketing blitz, your cell is finally becoming a great way to get high speed internet. Of course, the size of the screen of your phone still leaves a lot to be desired to do any serious browsing, but what if you could tie your phone into your laptop and use it as a 3g modem? One of the great advantages of 3g is that you can use your phone for voice while you are using it for data so you won't have to worry about missing any important calls.

A great article at http://blackjack-ii.tattoowar.com/?q=node/3 goes into a great bit of detail about how to make the BlackJack II work on Mac OS X Leopard but the same concepts could be applied to Windows-based laptops as well. On the Mac, the drivers for the CDMA modem are already installed which is nice, but on Windows you will have to find the drivers for your particular phone. Once you get it all set up, you will be browsing the Internet with much faster speeds and not have to pay for wi-fi service at airports or on your travels.