Use Your Phone As A Modem - Palm Pre 2 User Manual

Use your phone as a modem

BEFORE YOU BEGIN Check with your wireless service provider to see if
your service plan supports this feature.
You can use your phone as a modem by setting up a personal area network
(PAN). Using your phone as a modem lets you access the Internet from your
computer anywhere you can connect to your wireless service provider's
network.
1 Pair your phone and your computer. You must initiate the pairing
request from your computer (see
another device).
2 After the two devices are paired, make a Bluetooth connection from
your computer to your phone. You must initiate the connection from
your computer.
3 To check the connection, open your computer's web browser. If the
browser opens successfully to your home page, the connection is
working.
You can also use the Palm mobile hotspot app to turn your phone into a Wi-Fi
TIP
hotspot capable of connecting up to five devices to the Internet simultaneously
(see Palm mobile hotspot).
Accept a pairing request from
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