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Tethering is awesome. It's the act of using your cell phone as a high-speed modem for your laptop. Alas, usually it involves jailbreaking or unlocking your phone, or paying your carrier exorbitant ...

I've got a Nokia N73 and somebody told me that I can use it as a modem for my laptop, but I'm not sure how to set this up. It would be really useful because I'm already on a flat-rate data plan and I ...

You can use your iPhone as a modem for a MacBook Pro or any other computer, but you need to add features to your phone service for this to work. Both AT&T and Verizon offer mobile hotspot capabilities ...