Sprint phone as a modem for Mac

[qrasflk4]

Hello all,

I just talked to sprint, they clam you can't do phone as a modem with the Q for Mac.
I have seen all the posts about how to do it for Verizon. Can anyone tell me how to do it for Sprint?

Please Help..
I'm Payying for it, I would like to use it....

[cliffling]

I'm new to this, but from what I can see, PDAnet should be the way to do this without too much fuss, and without the need to pay Sprint more money on top of what they are already getting (in my case, WAY too much each month...).

With a Mac PDAnet says it will only pair via bluetooth, however, which is slower than tethering with a usb cable (my phone synced nicely with isync using the bluetooth, though).

I plan on getting PDAnet (34.00) and trying it out via bluetooth. If it fails I'll simply load it up under my Parallels copy of Windows XP which has not failed me yet on my MacBook Pro.

I'll post back if it works.

[uptown]

Did you ever get this working? I'm considering buying a MacBook Pro, but I use my Q as a modem on my PC laptop, and though I could use Parallels, I'd like to be able to use it regardless of what OS I'm using.

Originally Posted by cliffling

I'm new to this, but from what I can see, PDAnet should be the way to do this without too much fuss, and without the need to pay Sprint more money on top of what they are already getting (in my case, WAY too much each month...).

With a Mac PDAnet says it will only pair via bluetooth, however, which is slower than tethering with a usb cable (my phone synced nicely with isync using the bluetooth, though).

I plan on getting PDAnet (34.00) and trying it out via bluetooth. If it fails I'll simply load it up under my Parallels copy of Windows XP which has not failed me yet on my MacBook Pro.

I'll post back if it works.

[rudeboy]

i don't want to burst anyone's bubble, but if i look at the PDANet's web site i don't see Mac's being supported.

[cliffling]

Originally Posted by rudeboy

i don't want to burst anyone's bubble, but if i look at the PDANet's web site i don't see Mac's being supported.

I haven't looked at this in awhile, but I know that when I was looking at it for myself, PDAnets website did, in fact, say that it worked with Macs but only via Bluetooth connection. i know that if you search for this type of thing on these forums you will find folks who have used the Q with their Mac and PDAnet successfully.

One of these days I'm going to buy PDAnet, but I just haven't even found a time when I would have needed it...

[rudeboy]

Originally Posted by cliffling

I haven't looked at this in awhile, but I know that when I was looking at it for myself, PDAnets website did, in fact, say that it worked with Macs but only via Bluetooth connection. i know that if you search for this type of thing on these forums you will find folks who have used the Q with their Mac and PDAnet successfully.

One of these days I'm going to buy PDAnet, but I just haven't even found a time when I would have needed it...

oh really... i did not see it mentioned, but if it is supported as you say great.

[sam1el]

now I wont say where I work but I assure the q will work with phone as modem they howwever do not have much mac support now. saying that pdanet has worked but with my linux machine and my mac machine and all I did was turn it on and connect via bluetooth