The BlackBerry Curve As A Bluetooth Modem On Ubuntu

It turned out to be extremely easy to use the BlackBerry Curve’s tethered modem support from Ubuntu. This allows the device’s dial-up networking capabilities to be used to access the internet. This will work with either a Bluetooth or USB connection. The instruction for using Bluetooth can be found here.

Unfortunately my BlackBerry is a corporate phone and using the tethered modem costs an extra $15 per month. So I’m out of luck at least for now.

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October 24, 2008 | Filed Under tech 

Comments

  • @Matt


    That sounds really cool. I'll have to figure out how to do that. I was going to start playing with Barry soon, but who knows how much time I'll have to play around.

  • Neat stuff. If your phone supports DUN, it's also possible to get a terminal prompt on your phone, and then read and write SMS messages while at your computer. Is kind of fun. I can put my phone on a bookshelf across the room and then when a text message comes in, I can read it without having to get up.

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