Can you do it through the USB cable? I have access to a blackberry and would like to use it to give internet access to my laptop while traveling. Any ideas?

Thanks! Jason

You will need to have tethering activated on your Cingular account,,,, Then you can do

Once you have it activated.... Check this out

Using BlackBerry As Modem - BlackBerryFAQ

But it will be slow. Generally with Cingular, you can expect 50-90 kbps, a bit faster than dial up, with a max of 236 kbps in most areas, 285 kbps or so in upgraded areas. BBs do not have 3G capabilities.

Yea, I would not mind the speed, but the trouble you have to go through to get it to work almost seems to much. I'm sure to some it is easy, but to me...

sharkmodem works 2 an you don" need to use tethering for the app
and it maks sure not to charge megs if you have a limited dataplan

Are you able to do it with a mac though?

Sharkmodem? Tell me more!!!
I am using Sprint and the charges for data are pretty high when I use BB as a modem. If I just use the existing internet connection on the BB I wouldn't have the same issue, right?

OK, checked out their website... Sharkmodem is the way to go!

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0) BlackBerry8700/4.2.1 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)

www.mobishark.com

Or google up sharkmodem the prgram key is 44.99 but it's worth it.