Use your iPhone as a wireless modem - tether your iPhone to your Mac laptop with Tinyproxy
Posted by Will on Monday, September 17th, 2007 at 6:19 pm under Announcements, Applications, iPhone
iPhone-toting mobile warriors needing an easy (albeit slow) method to get their Mac laptop hooked up to the internet have a friend in Tinyproxy. Now, we’ve covered iPhone tethering (”tethering” refers to a method that allows your laptop to use your mobile phone’s wireless data connection to surf the web, check email, etc.) before, but that was only applicable to Windows machines. If you’re rocking an iPhone to complement that bad-ass MacBook Pro and want to venture into the world of EDGE-speed web surfing, you’ll be happy to know that iPhone-tethered wireless web-access is just a few steps away.
Tinyproxy basically lets you surf the net via your iPhones EDGE data connection. It’s not going to be anything more than a puttering experience, but if you just have to read up on some blogs, make a quick cyber-update or shoot out an email then you’ll be just fine with this solution.
Download Tinyproxy from Installer.app and head on over DragonForged.com for the setup instructions.
[Via: Macenstein]
November 29th, 2007 at 3:36 am
Download Tinyproxy from Installer.app? Question: do you need to have your iPhone unlocked? or will it install Tinyproxy without phone being unlocked?
Thanks,
November 29th, 2007 at 4:17 am
sorry
I find answer
January 27th, 2008 at 12:04 am
Dear Sir,
Is there any IP Phone with built in wireless GPRS modem. Actually i wanted such kind of ip phone that Supports SIP for IPPBX.
February 13th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
@Titu
I am not sure what you are saying, but there is an SIP client software for iphone under development over at touchmods.net.
I am personally using the Nokia E60, which isn’t as slick as iphone, but has a built in SIP client…
February 14th, 2008 at 11:02 am
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April 23rd, 2008 at 12:02 am
Dear sir,
How can i use iphone as a gprs modem with EDGE .
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September 16th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
If the IPHONE cannot use as 3.6Mbps 3G HSDPA modem like NOKIA 5320 etc, for internet connection then this phone is useless to me. GO WIRELESS!!! LONG LIVE NOKIA!!! SHORT LIVE MOTO!!!