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Re: Smartphones
« Reply #60 on: May 01, 2010, 06:51:14 PM »

Here is a picture of my completely portable wireless hotspot. The entire setup can easily fit in to the side pockets of cargo pants, purse, backpack or small bag.

What you see in the picture will give you a 100% portable wireless access point. You just need a supported phone and data plan.

I am typing this while literally sitting in the middle of a corn field, 30 miles away from anything that resembles a town and I am pulling around 1Mbps down.

The cradlepoint ctr500 does not have an internal battery but I got around that by using a  (discontinued now but still available online) Black and Decker VPX Lithium Ion 110AC inverter. (wicked cool in it's own right)

The VPX  powers the cradlepoint, the blackberry provides internet access for the cradlepoint access point. That's really all there is to it. No special geek magic needed. Just buy the stuff, unbox it and plug it in as shown below and you can have your own high speed internet in the park, downtown, on the highway, wherever you have 3g coverage.




The VPX inverter can be found on ebay and amazon for a few bucks.
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Decker-VPX3101-Li-Ion-Inverter/dp/B000UMJJAU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1272753368&sr=8-1


The cradlepoint runs $99 at Best Buy
http://www.amazon.com/Cradlepoint-CRADLE-CTR500-Travel-Router-CTR-500/dp/B001963VPU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1272753402&sr=1-1


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Re: Smartphones
« Reply #61 on: May 01, 2010, 07:17:15 PM »

Bah, who needs a Cradlepoint when you have a Droid?
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« Reply #62 on: May 01, 2010, 07:23:49 PM »

Oh, I thought it was easier than that. I need to use my phone and computer seperately, though. So that's why I still need my Mifi.
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Re: Smartphones
« Reply #63 on: May 01, 2010, 07:35:11 PM »

Bah, who needs a Cradlepoint when you have a Droid?

Can the droid be used as an access point? If so, I'm dumping the crackberry :)
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Re: Smartphones
« Reply #64 on: May 01, 2010, 09:30:51 PM »

Bah, who needs a Cradlepoint when you have a Droid?

Can the droid be used as an access point? If so, I'm dumping the crackberry :)

Yes, after you root it. (Mine's been rooted from day one.)
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« Reply #65 on: May 01, 2010, 11:18:10 PM »

Bah, who needs a Cradlepoint when you have a Droid?

Can the droid be used as an access point? If so, I'm dumping the crackberry :)

Yes, after you root it. (Mine's been rooted from day one.)

I'm in! Thanks for the info :)
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Re: Smartphones
« Reply #66 on: May 02, 2010, 12:34:52 AM »

Whatever you root the phone with probably will come with the Wireless Tether app. If not, get it from Android Market.
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« Reply #67 on: May 02, 2010, 12:41:23 AM »

This is pretty amazing. Anywhere you have phone coverage, you have the internet. Sweet.
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Re: Smartphones
« Reply #68 on: May 02, 2010, 08:52:42 AM »

How do you go about rooting a phone anyway??
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« Reply #69 on: May 02, 2010, 08:53:12 AM »

Whatever you root the phone with probably will come with the Wireless Tether app. If not, get it from Android Market.

Can you tether it to more than one computer/wireless device though?
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« Reply #70 on: May 02, 2010, 08:57:57 AM »

Whatever you root the phone with probably will come with the Wireless Tether app. If not, get it from Android Market.

Can you tether it to more than one computer/wireless device though?

This is what I was wondering last night. Are you just "tethering" the droid or is the droid actually becoming a 802.11b/g access point that multiple devices can connect to. I'm not interested in tethering just one laptop to the phone. My goal was to create a 100% real, 100% portable "access point"

The cradlepoint setup in the picture above is a real 802.11b/g AP. I can have up to 32 other laptops, cameras, ipods, , WIFI SD Cards, nintendo DS etc within 100 feet of me connect to the internet via my cradlepoint access point just like they would connect to a wireless router in their home.

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Re: Smartphones
« Reply #71 on: May 02, 2010, 08:02:39 PM »

Yes, it's a real wireless access point, and you can tether as many computers as you can manage to it.
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Re: Smartphones
« Reply #72 on: May 02, 2010, 11:02:59 PM »

OK, I'm back in :) What kind of range do are you getting with the droid then?
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« Reply #73 on: May 03, 2010, 06:38:46 AM »

OK, I'm back in :) What kind of range do are you getting with the droid then?

It's probably worth checking the SF page for the project: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/

Check the issues and see if any of them (high power usage, acts as ad-hoc network rather than infrastructure) will affect you.
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Re: Smartphones
« Reply #74 on: May 07, 2010, 12:41:02 PM »

Yes, it's a real wireless access point, and you can tether as many computers as you can manage to it.
Who do you use as a service provider, are there bandwidth limits, how much do you pay, and how long is the contract?

Can you use it as an access point and phone at the same time?
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