This is very cool - a co-worker of mine recently informed me that the Droid X can share its internet connection with bluetooth enabled Macintosh computers (most Macs are bluetooth these days).
I had been paying $20 a month for the 3G mobile hotspot functionality - which was great in a pinch, but expensive when I didn’t use it that much.
There were two potential problems:
- My laptops didn’t have bluetooth - specifically my ASUS eee PC netbook, but also my Lenovo g555
- My laptops run Debian or Ubuntu
The first one was easy to solve. I just bought a tiny and cheap bluetooth adapter like this one:
Once it arrived, I was able to try it out.
Fortunately, it was incredibly easy to setup with Gnome’s Bluetooth Preferences:
The part I need to keep remembering is to use PAN/NAP instead of DUN.