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Using your Smart Phone instead of a 3G Dongle
Another choice you have is to set up your Smart Phone as a portable WIFI router.
This works in the same way as 3G dongles, however, you do not need to connect it to the USB port of
the GBook. This way, there are no soJware drivers compaAbility issues.
EssenAally, this method is like having a portable WIFI router in your pocket (your smart phone) and
works like this: “3G in—Wi-Fi out”.
Just setup your Smart Phone to be a WIFI Hot Spot and then “tune” the GBook to it using the normal
Wi-Fi feature.
Please consult your Smart Phone manual, however, here is a snapshot of how its done:-
IPHONE
ANDROID SMART PHONE (HTC / SAMSUNG ETC)
SETTINGS
SETTINGS
PERSONAL HOTSPOT—TURN IT ON
WIRELESS and NETWORKS
NOTE THE PASSWORD SHOWN ON THE PHONE
MOBILE ACCESS POINT SETTINGS
ACTIVATE
Using a 3G Pocket Wi-Fi device:-
In many ways, a beEer choice that using a 3G dongle is to use a Pocket Wi-Fi device. These are
available from all retailer and phone shops.
These work in the same way as 3G dongles in that you insert a SIM card, however, you do not need to
connect it to the USB port of the GBook. This way, there are no soJware drivers compaAbility issues.
EssenAally, this works the same way as using a smart phone (above)
These devices are quite small and most users just have them in their pocket or anywhere on the table
near the GBook.
Other advantages of using a Pocket Wi-Fi instead of a 3G dongle include:-
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More than one user can use the Wi-Fi signal coming from the Pocket Wi-Fi
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It will work with any other Wi-Fi device you may have including Windows computers etc without
any installaAon issues.
Here is a snapshot of some of these devices available:
