Last night I experienced a most amazing achievement with my reliable HTC TyTN II smartphone: bluetooth tethering.
Months ago when I first owned the Nokia E90 I discovered that my MacBook Pro could access the web when connected to it via bluetooth. This meant that I was no longer limited to my own personal wifi network to surf the internet, and I was indeed a happy camper! However, after a few weeks this was not possible anymore and I was stumped as to what was going on. After countless attempts of tweaking the connection settings and resetting the bluetooth pairing between the Mac and Nokia I simply gave up and never looked into the tethering again...until now.
Getting the Nokia N810 internet tablet has resurrected my interest in bluetooth tethering and for the past couple weeks I was searching for a solution. Finally this came to me from an online forum in which someone had explained two steps that were so simple and obvious I felt like a complete idiot! On my Windows Mobile phone (with bluetooth on) all I had to do was make the appropriate selections in Internet Sharing and initiate the connection with my nearby MacBook Pro. On the laptop I only had to access the Bluetooth dropdown menu and begin the connection with the HTC TyTN II...and VOILA!
There is no more being stuck looking for free wifi networks when I am travelling and it is such a great feeling!
At this point I feel that I am finally at home with this HTC TyTN II now that it is successfully integrated into my everyday life. Along with being able to tether with my MacBook Pro I can also upload YouTube videos via the TCPMP application and use Google Maps with the built-in GPS. While it would be nice to be able have a small music and video library on the HTC, that isn't my primary need for this phone. Uploading YouTube videos for right now is enough entertainment for me right now. Not exactly as sleek as the iPhone and not as advanced camera-wise like the Nokias, this HTC TyTN II still packs a mighty punch in what it has to offer. I am still amazed at this thing whenever I use one of its reliable applications, for its software stability is truly second to none. The web browsing and mobile office experience with Opera Mobile and MS Office Mobile alone is a far cry from those previous days of using the preceding TyTNs, the questionable Nokias and the HORRENDOUS Sony Ericsson phones. Everything from the familiar Windows interface to the convenient home screen to the built-in dictionary to the touchscreen and tactile qwerty and one-hand operation capability (and lets not forget enabled 3G) makes me completely sure that I have finally found the right stuff in this device! Nokias may still have a place in my heart in regards to capturing videos and pictures, but this HTC TyTN II has definitely won me over in a big way. So versatile in its solid and compact form factor, this is honestly as close to perfect as I will ever get with ANY smartphone.
Sadly I still frequent online retailers in search of the next best smartphone, but even as I do a part of me cannot help that I am only wasting precious time. With its perfect, manageable size and its more than capable features I am for once closer to calling this the winner and saying to hell with everything else! HTC has finally hit the bullseye in my opinion, and I am indeed proud to be one of its smartphone customers.
TRENT
Sent from my TyTN II
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