Tethering: PDANet versus Tether(berry)

[aggiechase37]

Which one do you think is better? I've installed PDANet right now and it works fine, but supposedly it will only run for 30 days and then not run HTTPS sites. What is an HTTPS site anyway?

Anyway, PDANet works great. Anyone out there have used both? If so, which is better?

 

[LtKen]

HTTPS stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol SECURE -- it's the protocol often used for any sites that require passwords for things that need to be encrypted (banking, online transactions).

 

[crspang]

Wifi tether beats pdanet hands down. And you can do it a lot cheaper.

 

[aggiechase37]

So in other words, if they lock me out of https in 30 days then I can't sign in to anything? email, facebook, THIS SITE!?!?! This sounds like a crock.

I just found my life get much more expensive, which is why I'm exploring options on this wifi tethering deal. Sure would be nice to save some cash. All I gotta do is figure out which tethering option is the best!

 

[OpalCat]

So in other words, if they lock me out of https in 30 days then I can't sign in to anything? email, facebook, THIS SITE!?!?! This sounds like a crock.

No, no, no. Just secure sites. Mostly banking, some shopping sites, etc. Look at the url bar when you're at a site. It will either start http://... or https://... If it starts with http:// (like this site, facebook, etc) then you're fine.

 

[riverdees05]

I want to use my laptop when wifi is not available, which Tethering option should I use? Just a newbie here.

 

[OpalCat]

I want to use my laptop when wifi is not available, which Tethering option should I use? Just a newbie here.

I installed PDAnet yesterday and it worked like a charm.

 

[riverdees05]

IS there anything special that I have to do to install PDA Net?

 

[stuhasdroid]

If you need to use secure sites than purchase a licensed copy. Geez, it never ceases to amaze me how many people want everything for free. They're just trying to make a living. Certainly you can understand.

So in other words, if they lock me out of https in 30 days then I can't sign in to anything? email, facebook, THIS SITE!?!?! This sounds like a crock.

I just found my life get much more expensive, which is why I'm exploring options on this wifi tethering deal. Sure would be nice to save some cash. All I gotta do is figure out which tethering option is the best!

 

[keenish27]

If you need to use secure sites than purchase a licensed copy. Geez, it never ceases to amaze me how many people want everything for free. They're just trying to make a living. Certainly you can understand.

So in other words, if they lock me out of https in 30 days then I can't sign in to anything? email, facebook, THIS SITE!?!?! This sounds like a crock.

I just found my life get much more expensive, which is why I'm exploring options on this wifi tethering deal. Sure would be nice to save some cash. All I gotta do is figure out which tethering option is the best!

I don't mind paying for apps but PDANet is rather expensive. I bought a WiFi tether app for my Palm Pre when I had it and it was $10. That is about the highest I will go for something like that. PDANet is more than double that. I have a hard time justifying that price for this kind of software.

 

[LtKen]

I don't mind paying for apps but PDANet is rather expensive. I bought a WiFi tether app for my Palm Pre when I had it and it was $10. That is about the highest I will go for something like that. PDANet is more than double that. I have a hard time justifying that price for this kind of software.

In reality, you should be paying Verizon $30/month to tether, PDANet lets you get away with a one time fee of $30 -- if you cant afford that, you should reconsider your $60+/month phone plan.

 

[stuhasdroid]

Easy Tether Lite

You can check out Easy Tether Lite. The paid release is $14.95 I believe. Easy Tether doesn't support Bluetooth but functions largely the same with the USB attached.

 

[keenish27]

I don't mind paying for apps but PDANet is rather expensive. I bought a WiFi tether app for my Palm Pre when I had it and it was $10. That is about the highest I will go for something like that. PDANet is more than double that. I have a hard time justifying that price for this kind of software.

In reality, you should be paying Verizon $30/month to tether, PDANet lets you get away with a one time fee of $30 -- if you cant afford that, you should reconsider your $60+/month phone plan.

Well I already pay for them to give me internet at my house and on my phone...how many more times should I pay for them to provide me with internet access? (I know that is more of a philosophical argument. It just urks me the wrong way that I have to pay 3 times to get the same thing in 3 ways...)

I may consider paying the $25 if they let me tether via WiFi. I can't even use it on my linux lappy.

Besides I don't use it enough to make it with that one time fee let alone an ongoing monthly bill.

 

[LtKen]

Well I already pay for them to give me internet at my house and on my phone...how many more times should I pay for them to provide me with internet access? (I know that is more of a philosophical argument. It just urks me the wrong way that I have to pay 3 times to get the same thing in 3 ways...)

Besides I don't use it enough to make it with that one time fee let alone an ongoing monthly bill.

Then dont pay for it and dont use it. You pay three times for three services. That's life. Nothing in this world is free.

 

[riverdees05]

PDA Net

I saw an article that said you had to switch the phone to debugging mode to PDA Net to work. Is this right? If so, then afterwards do you switch it back the USB mode to the original setting?