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Smartphone to Laptop

Postby ned1 » Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:01 pm

Hi all
Is it possible to Use a Smartphone to Connect a Laptop to
the WWW without any additional cost so you can use a webcam
from it.
The thing is my Daughter never uses her land phone apart from
the webcam to us which is landline plus broadband rent.

Thanks

Ned :wink:
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Postby eyore » Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:04 pm

If you connect a smartphone to a laptop its called tethering which means the mobile acts as the modum, so yes is the answer.
Of course she could just Skype you from the mobile and cut out the laptop.
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Postby ned1 » Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:21 pm

eyore wrote:If you connect a smartphone to a laptop its called tethering which means the mobile acts as the modum, so yes is the answer.
Of course she could just Skype you from the mobile and cut out the laptop.


eyore
Great, thanks for that......
but are you saying that you can have a webcam connection from a pc through Skype to/from a smart phone ?

cheers
Ned :scratch:
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Postby eyore » Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:27 pm

ned1 wrote:
eyore wrote:If you connect a smartphone to a laptop its called tethering which means the mobile acts as the modum, so yes is the answer.
Of course she could just Skype you from the mobile and cut out the laptop.


eyore
Great, thanks for that......
but are you saying that you can have a webcam connection from a pc through Skype to/from a smart phone ?

cheers
Ned :scratch:


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