laptop to gprs mobile

I have a friend in Afghanistan who is looking to use this company:

http://www.afghan-wireless.com

for unlimited internet access for US$20/month via GPRS.

I don't know of anything in Australia that gives that via the mobile
phone network, so it's a pretty incredible deal - mobile computing.

I think the best way of doing it would be for the phone to be
connected
to the laptop via either bluetooth or Wifi.

If it was via Wifi, then the most convenient would be if the mobile
was
seen as a wireless router. But maybe that is power hungry and
bluetooth is better?

What mobile phone and method would you suggest for this? I think
getting one that had a web browser in the phone would also be good
in case he's mobile without his laptop.

BFN. Paul.

kerravon <kerravon@w3.to> wrote:

> I have a friend in Afghanistan who is looking to use this company:

> http://www.afghan-wireless.com

> for unlimited internet access for US$20/month via GPRS.

> I don't know of anything in Australia that gives that via the mobile
> phone network, so it's a pretty incredible deal - mobile computing.

> I think the best way of doing it would be for the phone
> to be connected to the laptop via either bluetooth or Wifi.

Most phones wont do it via wifi.

> If it was via Wifi, then the most convenient would
> be if the mobile was seen as a wireless router.

Almost none do it that way.

> But maybe that is power hungry and bluetooth is better?

Bluetooth is certainly better in the sense that most handsets do it that way.

> What mobile phone and method would you suggest for this?

Anything that has GPRS and bluetooth. Nokia bluetooth can be a bit quirky, nokia specific.

> I think getting one that had a web browser in the phone
> would also be good in case he's mobile without his laptop.

That would hike the price considerably.

"kerravon" <kerravon@w3.to> wrote in message
news:2e3db271-2992-41c4-8eeb-4f074c63be9c@h11g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> I have a friend in Afghanistan who is looking to use this company:
>
> http://www.afghan-wireless.com
>
> for unlimited internet access for US$20/month via GPRS.
>
> I don't know of anything in Australia that gives that via the mobile
> phone network, so it's a pretty incredible deal - mobile computing.
>
> I think the best way of doing it would be for the phone to be
> connected
> to the laptop via either bluetooth or Wifi.
>
> If it was via Wifi, then the most convenient would be if the mobile
> was
> seen as a wireless router. But maybe that is power hungry and
> bluetooth is better?

http://gigaom.com/2008/02/05/turn-yo...to-a-hot-spot/


Matt.