One of the downsides of traveling a lot is having to pay the exorbitant fees for Internet Access at hotels. Most charge $10/day though they will discount to $50/wk in some cases. The better (imho) hotels give it away for free (most Marriott Courtyards for instance). I have been looking for a supported means of using my Samsung i730, Bluetooth (to un-tether me from wires) and the fast Verizon EVDO network to circumvent using hotel networks. To date I have not found a “supported” method so today I took a chance on a hack. I am glad I did.

I am currently connected via BT to my i730, cruising the net, doing my email, and browsing…..and I am doing all of this with noticeably faster page loads than the hotel network was providing me (it would be even faster if it weren't for the BT bottleneck). In fact, the hotel I am in only allows for WiFi connections and can’t seem to provide that with any consistently. Their network dropped me a ½ dozen times before I successfully found, read about, and installed the hack.

So this post comes to you via my new BT/EVDO connection as per this posting over at PDAPhoneHome.com. They also have a nice running FAQ on the i730 and many other phones as well if you have never checked them out.

***Disclaimer*** This isn’t supported by anyone that I know of so take the necessary precautions.  

Cheers!