Use the T-Mobile Dash Smartphone as Modem for a Mac (sort of)

If you have a T-Mobile Dash (or some other Windows Mobile Smartphone) and a Mac, take a look at this article and video demo by Brian Jepson…

HOWTO: Tether Your Mac and T-Mobile Dash with Parallels

He explains how a Dash can be used as a wireless modem for an Intel based Mac with Parallels for Mac (virtualization tool) running Microsoft Windows XP as a Guest OS.

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    matt

    The latest 10.4 update includes Bluetooth PAN support which should allow Dash/Mac tethering to work. I have not tried this yet with my Intel iMac, however in the comments to the linked article someone reports successful use.