Sprint A-920 Bluetooth modem

18 05 2006

One of the first things I had to do was try to setup one of my cell phones with EDGE as a bluetooth modem on my new MacBook.

First phone, T-Mobile Blackberry 8700g…..No go. Apparently the older, non-EDGE Blackberry can be used as a modem, but this one can’t….I hope that someone comes up with a hack or they change this.

Second phone, Sprint Samsung A-920. Thanks again to the Sprint’s Ambassador Program for sending me this phone for 6 months for free. This phone works…it is soo easy to setup.

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Simply connect it via bluetooth as a phone, change the phone number to #777 and that’s it.

The speed connects at around 256Kbps, and I can share the connection over the wifi for a mobile access point.

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Date : 18 May 2006
Categories : Apple, Blackberry, Cell Phones, Tech

4 responses to “Sprint A-920 Bluetooth modem”

20 05 2006: Life As Nick Starr (15:37:42) :

[...] I arrive in Wisconsin airport and hop on the wifi. My hotel doesn’t have free wifi, so I figured I would get the major stuff out of the way there. I do have connectivity thru my Sprint Samsung A-920 via bluetooth and that is pretty fast. [...]
1 06 2006: Nick Starr.com - Nick Starr dot com » My quest for a DS Lite (13:19:39) :

[...] Sears allows gift cards to be used to place an order. Back to Sears I go and buy a $140 gift card. I head out to my car and get on the Sprint Samsung A-920 as a bluetooth modem for my MacBook. I place my order from the parking lot. [...]
18 06 2006: Ben Bipes (15:17:36) :

Tried this with my G5 iMac and the phone is giving me a user name and password error. Sprint says I need to pay for this service. Is this true?
19 06 2006: Nick Starr (07:19:48) :

Check out the tutorial here….make sure you are entering the “phone” number to dial.

http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/04/6043/