Where would we be without smartphone tethering?

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Do you tether with your smartphone? I find that many people use smartphones and also carry laptops when they're traveling for business. Very few of these individuals realize that they can use their smartphone as a 3G wireless modem for their laptops. Tethering is a cost-effective way to stay connected if you don't want to pay for a dedicated 3G wireless card for your laptop.

My Thinkpad has built-in WWAN from AT&T, but I choose to tether using my smartphone since I can't justify the costs associated with paying for a dedicated wireless connection.

Tethering may not be available on the AT&T iPhone (unless you do some jailbreaking and hacking), but it can be done on Windows Mobile, Android, BlackBerry, and others.

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Dr. Joseph Kim is the founder of MedicalSmartphones.com, an independent website owned and operated by Dr. Kim. He is also the President of Medical Communications Media, Inc. (MCM). MCM is an education and publishing company that develops continuing medical education activities in joint sponsorship with medical universities, hospitals, and medical associations. Dr. Kim is a digital entrepreneur and technologist who has a passion for health information technology, mobile health, and social media. He frequently speaks at conferences about non-clinical careers for physicians, continuing medical education, mobile health technology, and social media in medicine. Dr. Kim holds a bachelor of science in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a doctorate of medicine from the University of Arkansas College of Medicine, and a master of public health from the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health.
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