I’ve had a BlackBerry with unlimited data plan for around 9 months now and have gotten little use out of it.  Even though CellularSouth, my regional provider, claims 3G speeds (EVDO) between the small screen of the Pearl, the horrible built in browser, and flaky YouTube streaming, I only end up using it for Facebook, Gmail, and the wonderful Google Maps application.  …Thankfully my provider doesn’t disable the internal GPS in order to get you to pay a monthly fee for their services like some national providers.

While I’m stuck at work however, or at local airports not willing to provide free wireless I’ve really been wanting to leverage my unlimited data plan and tether my BlackBerry to my laptop and leverage the modem function.

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