SFO (3G + bluetooth tethering)

I’m currently waiting to board my flight. I was trying to find free wi-fi service but my search turned out nothing. Hmm.. 3G coverage looks good, how can I connect my laptop to my phone and use it as a modem.The blackjack can act as a USB modem. As (bad) luck would have it, I forgot to bring my phone proprietary usb cable. So bluetooth is the only way.

I can connect ActiveSync but it only allows sharing the laptops connection, not the other way around. There is a way to connect from the PC to a bluetooth device as a Personal Area Network. However, my phone rejected this connection although it identified itseld as a PAN device. Fortunately, googling on my phone revealed the how-to. It turns out that buried in the /Windows folder of my phone, there is a small app called internetsharing. I have to use this app to connect my phone as a PAN device then connect again from my PC. That’s not bad. it’s actually very simple. Speed is good for browsing and email.

Why isn’t this small program on the Blackjack’s application menu?

MobilePostIt

A friend of mine coded this little WM5 app to post to wordpress blog.