GPRS mobile
phones can send and receive data more rapidly.
Many newer mobile phones comes bundled with GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) receivers. GPRS allows you to stay connected to the Internet, download applications and content, check your email, stream music and videos, chat and send MMS messages. You can also connect your GPRS mobile phone to your laptop computer and use it as a modem to access the Internet.
Instructions
1. Use your GPRS mobile phone as a modem to establish an Internet connection on your laptop computer. Plug the USB cable that came with your mobile phone into a USB port on your laptop computer. Click the "Start" button on the taskbar and select "Control Panel" from the menu list.
2. Select the "Network and Internet" option and then select the "Network and Sharing" option. Under "Change Your Network Settings" click on the "Set up a new connection or network" link. Click on the "Set up a dial up connection" option.
3. Type the symbols and numbers "*99#" (without the quotes) in the "Dial Up Phone Number" field. Enter the username and password that your cellular phone provider gave you for setting up your GPRS wireless service in the appropriate fields.
4. Give your GPRS connection a name and enter it in the "Connection Name" field. Click on the "Create" button. Select the name of your GPRS connection from the menu list to establish a dial up connection.
5. Open the Web browser on your laptop computer to start browsing the Internet.
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