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DS Misc > DS+internet+cellphone

#121760 - bugmenot! - Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:55 pm

anyone know of anyway to connect a DS to the internet via a cellphone? i know some cellphones can act as a modem and have a usb connection to them and you can use them for laptops.

anyone know of anyway? something? anything?

#121762 - Flyfishing - Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:24 pm

As far as I know, no cell phone can act as a WiFi hotspot. So as an answer to your question; no, it won't work.

#121765 - ?hr - Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:54 pm

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#121769 - xabertheblade - Wed Mar 14, 2007 7:11 pm

actually you have to build a bit of a hardware hack but it can be done, some cell phones come with a specialy built cable and the ability to use the phone as a "modem". using this you can find a way to connect that to the dserial and prolly find a way to get that to work, though i would think you would also need a homebrew app to tie it all together. possible yes, tedious yes, worth it, dont think so.

#121797 - Lynx - Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:16 pm

Except, even with the DSerial, the USB port is a device, not host.. It would be equal to connecting a USB keyboard with the Cell Phone. You'd have to go with a device that has a serial port (if that even exists on a cell phone) or create a host port for the DS, which would require external power.
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#121799 - tepples - Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:24 pm

Some mobile phones, especially "smart" phones running Windows Mobile, have USB On The Go, which allows a single product to act as both host and peripheral. This way, the user can attach a mini-keyboard and type out messages.
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#121898 - Lynx - Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:18 pm

Oooh.. That sounds very interesting!
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#122273 - thegamefreak0134 - Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:44 am

The only way I can think of is to connect to the phone's modem with a computer, and then use a wireless router (attatched to the same computer) for the DS to attatch to. Any other way doesn't seem too possible, short of a special slot1 bluetooth adapter for homebrew, and I really don't see anyone going through that sort of trouble...

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#122278 - HyperHacker - Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:04 am

Actually with the Wiimote using Bluetooth, and the future slot-2 version of NDSMotion, I could see a market for that...
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