Turn your windows mobile device into a 3G wireless router.

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Considering the cost of a 3G wifi router... this looks quite interesting.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/01/how_to_turn_a_windows_mob.html
WMWifiRouter is a new utility that you can run on your WiFi-capable WM6 device to turn it into a GPRS-uplinked WiFi router. When activated, it will set up your WiFi link in ad-hoc mode and start a DHCP server. Your laptop will see a new network called WMWifiRouter, and connecting to it will funnel all of your network traffic through your phone and its GPRS connection.

It used to be that you had to use a separate laptop connected to your phone to do the routing and network address translation side of things. This hack will allow you connect 1 or more WiFi laptops anywhere where you can get a cell connection, and you can do it without additional hardware. All you need is your phone.

Why isn't this available as part of the base WM6 operating system?

More:

* WMWifiRouter
* WMWifiRouter forum discussion
 
Also check out...

http://www.joikuspot.com/

JoikuSpot, developed by Joikusoft, is FREE and SECURE mobile software solution that turns Nokia S60 Smartphones to WLAN HotSpots.

With JoikuSpot, connect your laptops and iPods to internet easily and securely using your mobile phone's 3G internet connection. You will carry internet in your pocket, and will always have a secured personal Wi-Fi HotSpot on-the-go!
 
I've been using WMWiFiRouter for a few days now (after being capped on DSL), and it's quite amazing. Set up an ad hoc wifi AP on the HTC Touch HD, and voila, all laptops at home connect, with normal web access via 3G on the THD. Flipping marvellous. Recommended.
 
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I've been using WMWiFiRouter for a few days now (after being capped on DSL), and it's quite amazing. Set up an ad hoc wifi AP on the HTC Touch HD, and voila, all laptops at home connect, with normal web access via 3G on the THD. Flipping marvellous. Recommended.

Will certainly give it a go :)

Thanks to the OP as well :D
 
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