bluetooth question for the gurus?

[paccman63]

ok so i have a wireless printer...bought a bluetooth dongle that now lets me print pictures from my phone to the printer...pretty kool actually...so then i start thinking...could i get another bluetooth dongle and put it on my laptop and then use my laptop to coneect to my treo and be able tosurf the web with my laptop..as my laptop has a few funtions and programs that i dont have on the treo...will this work? or is there a way to do what im thinking? the bluetooth dongle seems the easiest to me but heck i thought id ask...thanks in advance as always for your answers....mark/pacman

[robert93]

different providers have different names for that. "Phone as Modem" or "Tethered Mode", usually that is the most expensive form of Data Usage, check with your provider for details.

[paccman63]

different providers have different names for that. "Phone as Modem" or "Tethered Mode", usually that is the most expensive form of Data Usage, check with your provider for details.

well im on verizon and i have un limited internet use and time...but again the thing is would the bluetooth dongle let my laptop hook to the treo then from there would i get intertnet?.....i put that dongle on the printer used the recognize bluetooth devices setting on the phone and now like i mentioned i can print pictures just perfect...so it just seem possible to get another dongle with a different address and as mentioned get the phone to recognize it and then just link the laptop to the phone and surf the net ...as im sure you can tell im not the smartest guy about phones but this seems like a feasible idea...has anyone else tried it?...thank you

[treohappy]

If you get a program called "pdanet" it will let you use your phone as a modem. This way only cost you in airtime minutes. You can attach your phone via hot sync cable or try your dongle and see if you can get them to communicate that way. My Treop has built in blue tooth and it works fine.