How To Tether a Blackberry 8330 via Bluetooth
I recently switched from T-Mobile to Sprint for my cell phone carrier. I tried many times to tether my Blackberry on T-Mobile and never was able to do it (not like it would have been all that great @ Edge speeds anyway). Since the data connection on Sprint is a lot faster than it was on T-Mobile I figured I would try again to tether my device to my laptop so I could access the Internet while riding the train. The setup was amazingly simple and works great. No cords required, just turn on the laptop, keep the phone in my pocket and surf! Here is the step-by-step on how I got it working:
1. Once you have the phone paired with your computer, view it’s properties to make sure you have the dial-up networking service enabled. You can go ahead and disable the 2 Blackberry services if you want. Leaving them enabled may cause you to get annoying prompts about installing drivers for them.
2. Now that we have confirmed the service is available we need to make a new connection to dial out using the phone. You can setup a new connection from the Network and Sharing Center in the Control Panel.
3. Choose dial-up connection as the type.
4. Choose Standard Modem over Bluetooth link.
5. For the dialing properties all you need to enter is the phone number, #777. No username or password is needed when connecting to the Sprint network.
6. After setting up the dialing properties the computer will connect to the Internet and you can start browsing!
The setup works great although it is slower than when tethering with a USB cable, and the battery on my laptop seems to drain a lot faster when using the bluetooth connection. Still, the convienience of not having to use a USB cable is a huge plus.
