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Using SKII as modem?
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Posted by: lahomey

i havent hear anyone who has connected their skII to their laptops and access the net...Is this even possible, and if so what link would u use? usb? does it even have that? cause all i saw was the intellisync. also, would u have unlimited internet on that laptop if u hve the 30 dollar tmo data plan?

Posted by: akag40

Sorry, but it cannot be used as a modem.

Posted by: lahomey

thot so...

...o well, thanks anyways.

Posted by: lahomey

anyone know why not?

Posted by: TxMazda3

I'm sure it has something to do with the way internet data is proccesed. If I understand it correctly, with the sidekick 2 you aren't connecting directly to the internet when you used the built in web browser, you're actually talking to the server at Danger HQ which processes the internet data and then sends it to your phone. So if you were to use the SK2 as a modem it would be going through that server and then to the web, also there's the fact tht there is no way to connect the sk2 to your comp, unless there is some way through the developer unlocked USB port.

now this is just how I think it works, I could be very, very wrong.

Posted by: jgeorge

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Originally Posted by TxMazda3

now this is just how I think it works, I could be very, very wrong.

Without going into a lot of gruesome detail that's not interesting at 7am, you're very correct. The backend servers that the hiptop connect to do a LOT of customized processing for the hiptop that would make using the same proxies for a PC useless. It's not a "standard" network connection by a long shot.

That, and the fact is that the hardware of the hiptop isn't designed to do this. The USB port is not for general purpose I/O, its not tied to the right places in the hardware.

Joe

Posted by: hillstrubl

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Originally Posted by lahomey

anyone know why not?

its missing both hardware inside the SKII, software inside the SKII and PC drivers to make it happen

Posted by: grenadeluke

gonna be expensive

Posted by: theoneplaya139

why would you want it as a modem when the skII has internet capabilites? with the exception of flash and javascript. html rocks. the only function i know where a phone can be used as a modem is a bluetooth enabled laptop and cell phone. but y? its slow. o well.

Posted by: lpoweronl

it would be much easy to make as network modem if it come with bluetooth. Unless, T-Mobile would lock it. Same thing on Treo 650, that wouldn't allow to have PAN.