Bluetooth Tethering With Zaurus?

[xamindar]

Has anyone set up their zaurus to dial out through a bluetooth phone to access the internet?  I did it with my pc and would really love to do it with my zaurus.

[craigtyson]

See post https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showt...c=21237&hl=gprs

Works in the UK,Europe and Asia GSM/GPRS world dont think it works in USA or Japan

[dougeeebear]

@craigtyson:

Sorry for the OT reply, but your sig is really great

[bluedevils]

I use the internet through my phone all the time.  search my posts.

[zeigerpuppy]

also see my howto on the same issue.
http://greenant.net/portal/greenant/wiki/G...etOverBluetooth
works great, I get up to 60Kbyte/sec on 3G

[Cresho]

yep, its really easy.

[xamindar]

Thanks guys, I guess I'll go buy a CF bluetooth card now that I know it is possible.  I can't get the usb dongle that I have to work on the zaurus.

[Cresho]

hmm..research on the ones that work. not all work.

[xamindar]

hmm..research on the ones that work. not all work.
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I figured it would because it works on my Linux machine.

[nilch]

I use the internet through my phone all the time.  search my posts.
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Hi bluedevils,

how fast is connection this way with a Bluetooth card connection to the phone ?

If its good, I am thinking I will also go this way, since now I don't have free wifi (or even paid) anywhere near where I work.

[bluedevils]

on sprint I was getting 270kBps download.  I can surf ok.  Opera and netfront seem to be more of the problem as they sometimes crash on very graphical sites.  Gaim is a breeze and I download mail and attachments not a problem.

On the other hand this should never be considered a primary internet connection.

edit:  I think I put down kbps when it should have kBps

[bluedevils]

BTW the bottleneck is probably bluetooth as using the usb cable is supposed to be closer to the 500-700 kBps, but unfortunatetly I haven't been able to get the Z to recognize my phone as a modem (samsung a920)

[harvell]

I'm getting the bluetooth card that cresho has.  The ambicom with the little blue dude surfing away from the pc.  A guy here in san jose has one but according to ebay it seems he has a couple.  I noticed him in craigslist and compared it for ebay.  Does anyone want me to ask about buying more than one.  They are going for $35.  I'll just pass the deal along.

[xamindar]

Opera and netfront seem to be more of the problem as they sometimes crash on very graphical sites.

Is that somehow a result of the bluetooth connection?

On the other hand this should never be considered a primary internet connection.
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Why not?  Is it crippled in some way?  I was hoping it would work just like a normal internet connection so that I could use it anywhere I go.

[harvell]

Oh btw... I'll be getting a new bluetooth cell phone today too so..... whooohooooo!!!!!!!  I noticed on another thread that the Zaurii can somewhat work like a sidekick... is that statement true with SMS... the other thread sort of died.