Tethering

Tethering in cellular wireless is the connection of a non-mobile device (e.g. desktop computer, notebook computer, laptop computer), to a mobile device (e.g. cell phone) PDA like Palm Treo, Motorola Q, BlackBerry or Air Card for the purpose of wireless Internet access by the non-mobile "tethered" device. Examples of a tethered connection include:

• Serial cable
• USB cable
• PC Card (also known as PCMCIA)
• IrDA (infrared wireless)
• Bluetooth wireless

This is not when you connect a computer to a cellular device for transfering data. Strictly for internet access on PCs/Laptops

用户可以将手机连接他们的笔记本电脑上作为3G调制解调器使用。这种方式被普遍形容为“ tethering ”，允许手机使用通过笔记本电脑获得的3G容量。