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iPhone as modem

  • 04-07-2008 6:53pm
    #1
    culabula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,213 ✭✭✭


    Quick question (as I don't have one)....can the existing iPhone be used as a Bluetooth modem with a MacBook using the data allocation from O2 Ireland?


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  • #2
    Obskure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 296 ✭✭Obskure


    Hi.
    It's definitely not possible to use the iPhone as a tethered modem. Or the next one for that matter.


  • #3
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Can't do it via bluetooth either, the bluetooth stack is very crippled. All it supports is mono headset, as far as I know.


  • #4
    culabula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,213 ✭✭✭culabula


    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    Can't do it via bluetooth either, the bluetooth stack is very crippled. All it supports is mono headset, as far as I know.

    Thanks Tom.....how terribly odd.


  • #5
    120_Minutes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,706 ✭✭✭120_Minutes


    culabula wrote: »
    Thanks Tom.....how terribly odd.


    its in their best interests, i think. its to prevent any file sharing via bluetooth. think about it, if apple makes a phone that can acess the itunes store to purchase music, do you think they'd let the phone share that music via bluetooth?


  • #6
    flywheel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    using a mobile device as a modem makes use of the Dial-Up-Networking bluetooth service / profile - not file transfer etc.


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  • #7
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    120_Minutes wrote: »
    its in their best interests, i think. its to prevent any file sharing via bluetooth. think about it, if apple makes a phone that can acess the itunes store to purchase music, do you think they'd let the phone share that music via bluetooth?

    the music files are DRM protected - even if you could copy them, they wouldn't play on another iPhone/machine.


  • #8
    towel401
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭towel401


    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    the music files are DRM protected - even if you could copy them, they wouldn't play on another iPhone/machine.

    so basically the iPhone is just a very bad phone.

    /fails to understand why anyone would buy one


  • #9
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    the music files are DRM protected - even if you could copy them, they wouldn't play on another iPhone/machine.
    Only songs that are bought from the iTunes Store. Songs imported from other sources are not.


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