Thank the Geek Gods For Modem Cellphones!

I’m currently in my car right now, pretty much stuck in a side street 5 minutes away from my office. It’s been raining non stop here in the Philippines for the last 3 days or so. So imagine how flooded the streets are right now. And hence the reason why I’m in my car, parked along a side street, blogging. I’m waiting for the water to subside. I am no way in hell going to drive my car in flooded waters that are knee deep! The last time I did that, I think I ruined my aircon or condenser or whatever you call that. Yeah, I’m so not a car-junkie. Haha.

Anyway, I just want to blog and thank the geek gods that they invented the modem features for mobile phones! I’m using my Sony Ericsson m600i right now as a modem (powered by Globe Telecom!) and the connection is pretty decent! If it weren’t for this feature, I’d be missing my blog deadlines, haha!

Some people might find it okay to blog using their Blackberrys or their iPhone/iPod touch, but I’m really a laptop kind of girl and I don’t know… blogging on a screen that tiny is just so hard! And hello, blogging with no keyboards… hella hard.

So there! Haha. Thank God for mobile phones as modem!

EDIT: 4:16PM
Ok, so I was able to finally reach the office after waiting for an hour in my car. Fortunately for me, there was a burger place (Brother’s Burger) nearby so I was able to grab some lunch atleast.

Sigh. I still had to brave the flooded street, but atleast this time, I only had to go thru waters with height around the middle of my shin (I’m around 5ft 3in in height, so go figure). My horn unfortunately got wet and now has a squeaky sound. Bleh.

Anyway, might as well make this post a whee bit informative so I’m going to give a quick rundown on how you can use your mobile phone as modem (via Bluetooth) as a Mac user.

1. The first (and most important) step is to set up your mobile phone as a modem. It really depends on your telecom provider and your phone unit so my best advice is to call up your provider and ask them how to set up your mobile phone as a modem.

If you’re a Globe Telecom user, you can download configuration guides from here.

2. After you’ve set up your phone (configured settings and all that), the next step is to simply to pair your mobile phone and your laptop via bluetooth. You can do this by going to System Preference -> Network -> Bluetooth DUN and click Set Up Bluetooth Device.

3. After you’ve paired your mobile phone to your laptop, go again to System Preference -> Network -> Bluetooth DUN. Leave all the details blank and click Connect.

4. Then wait for it connect and viola, mobile phone modem!

CAUTION: I’m not sure how it is with other telecoms, but make sure that your internet plan is set to TIME-BASED usage and not per BYTES of data. Or else your phone bill will skyrocket! You’ve been warned!

[ Image courtesy of Dan Taylor / Flickr ]