On 2010-01-21, Riddles wrote:


"Jon" wrote in message
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I get conflicting opinions as to whether I can plug my Nokia 6700 into my
laptop and use it as a dongle for websurfing and emails. I would
appreciate
replies from anyone who has actually done it rather than just opinions,
but
all information would be gratefully received.

The phone is on a £10 per month contract.

The handset is certainly capable of doing it, however your contract and
what you are/are not allowed to do with it is probably going to be the
limiting factor.

Thank you for that. Looks like I need to contact O2 for their ruling. Has
anyone else used the 6700 as a dongle?

I've used one.

There's a couple of different issues here. The first is a
non-technical issue, that if you have handset data service
there is probably text in the Terms of Service which says
you aren't supposed to do what you're trying to do. If you
phone O2 they'll likely tell you you can't do it for this
reason.

As for the second, technical issue, the handset is certainly
capable of it, in fact it makes a rather excellent modem. I've
used mine tethered to my Mac with Three, with PCCW in Hong Kong
and with AT&T in the USA without any problems. I actually have
the Nokia USB cable with the extra charger plug since the vendor
I bought the phone from threw it in when I asked for a discount
(in Hong Kong), but I think a normal USB cable with a micro
connector for the phone would be fine as well. I've not tried
to use the Bluetooth for tethering so I'm not sure about that part,
but USB works really well.

For what it's worth, the headset that came with the 6700 works
fine with my laptop since I got an adapter to convert micro
to full-size USB so I could plug it in. I use it for Skype and
the SIP softphone on the laptop when I'm travelling, it doesn't
take up much room in the bag.

Dennis Ferguson