Accessing internet on cell phone via laptop

[wally]

Hi,
I'm trying to find out if I can connect my Nokia 5310 cell phone
to access internet via my laptop. Now, I usually use my cell phone to
access internet via gprs but that is slow and I was wondering if the
cell phone can connect via bluetooth and access my DSL connection from
laptop. It should be much faster than gprs right? Too simplistic?
Pointers?

[Andreas Wenzel]

Post by wally
I'm trying to find out if I can connect my Nokia 5310 cell phone
to access internet via my laptop. Now, I usually use my cell phone to
access internet via gprs but that is slow and I was wondering if the
cell phone can connect via bluetooth and access my DSL connection from
laptop. It should be much faster than gprs right? Too simplistic?
Pointers?

It would be faster, but probably not as much as one might think. A large
part of the time it takes before a web page is displayed on a cell phone
does not come from the pure transfer time but from the time it takes the
tiny little cell phone processorto process and render a web page.

The 5310 offers no possibility to access the internet via anything else
than it's built in GSM radio stack. And frankly, why would you want to
surf the web on your cell phone if you would anyway have to have your
laptop running to act as a DSL/Bluetooth gateway? Wouldn't it be better
to use the laptop directly then?

However, some smartphones can access the internet via WLAN. Those
usually have larger displays and faster processors so that you could
actually make use of DSL speed. Examples would be the iPhone, T-Mobile
G1 and just about any Windows Mobile phone with built in WLAN. I guess
that some of the larger Nokias (with Symbian S60 and WLAN) can also do this.

Andreas

[wally]

Thanks Andreas, nice explanation.

Laptop is ok, however the added option to browse fast internet on your
cell phone (lighter/handheld) is my objective and whether it could be
done through a normal cell phone with bluetooth capability. WLAN then
seems to be the best option in this case.

-wally

[selena]

Post by wally
Thanks Andreas, nice explanation.
Laptop is ok, however the added option to browse fast internet on your
cell phone (lighter/handheld) is my objective and whether it could be
done through a normal cell phone with bluetooth capability. WLAN then
seems to be the best option in this case.
-wally

Agreed. WLAN will be the best option for this case


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selena