Mac.sis making macs and S60 handsets talk

The S60 community has been going all berzerk over JoikuSpot over the last few days, and for a good reason. This free third-party application (in beta) turns your S60 handset to a wifi access point, sharing your cellular net connection (HDSPA, 3G, GPRS, EDGE etc.) with other devices over WLAN.

If the barebones On the road tutorial does not satisfy your need of cellular connectivity information, have a look at a very in-depth article on the topic at Tao of Mac: HOWTO Setup GPRS/UMTS Access On a Mac.

When you're off the beaten path, using your S60 handset as a cellular modem for your Mac provides wireless internet access wherever there is cellular coverage. Particularly with 3G and (E)GPRS connectivity, the browsing experience is actually rather fluent – believe me, I spend most of my leisure time at summer cruising the coasts with a sailboat, and the web is a decent source of weather information that I regularly access with a Mac and a S60 phone.