Using a Blackberry to Get Your Laptop Online

Few know that a blackberry can be used as an external modem for a PC. If set up properly, your laptop can have full Internet access anywhere your blackberry does. The specifics of the technique are posted at the blackberry forums.

Phil Bogle at Jobster tried it and got it working fine. He reports that “no one would mistake GPRS for broadband, but the connection is fine for emailing, blogging, and light web browsing.”