<p>I have a motorola milestone which is a droid phone. So far I'm quite fond of it, though I find that the iphone app store seemed a bit more "polished", and I haven't yet found a good VOIP app</p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">On 26 Mar 2010 8:39 PM, "Herb Richter" <<a href="mailto:hgr-FjoMob2a1F7QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org">hgr-FjoMob2a1F7QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br><br><br>
I am considering buying a smart phone and have been trying to make sense of the offerings and their specs.<br>
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I do like the Nexus One, now that Google is shipping it into Canada (with some warrantee).<br>
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The new HTC EVO 4G <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_EVO" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_EVO</a>> does have a feature I would like - the ability to act as a mobile hotspot (hosting up to 8 wi-fi devices) <br>
I wouldn't need to host 8 but I would want to tether(?) my netbook wirelessly (wi-fi not bluetooth).<br>
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My question is: Would wi-fi tethering/hosting be hardware dependent or might one be able to install suitable software to have the Nexus phone act as a gateway/router etc?<br>
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Herb Richter<br>
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BTW - is there a reason phone handsets with wi-fi never (it seems) have wireless-n (just b/g) ?<br><font color="#888888">
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