Iphone to Laptop for Internet Use?

I have an IPhone - (just got and am still teaching myself) and am going to move into an apartment w/out cable, sattelite or WiFi, but have access through my IPhone to the internet. Is there any way to set my laptop up through my IPhone to get a connection? For the gurus, I'm certain this is a stupid Q, but in my "world", I'm trying to track down more economical ways to spend my money and time! Thanks so much in advance; this is my 1st post - hopefully it's clear and concise. Kim

 

yes there is actually. Its called tethering which isnt necessarily available yet without jailbreaking your iphone 3g 3.0 software. ive never done it though, i just know its possible.

i believe this is against ATT's user agreement though...

 

Thanks for the information - I probably won't look into it though, as I'm not living with the Callaway superhuman IT man anymore and I'd never figure it out! 2nd Q - are you even able to connect the IPhone to your laptop so you can see the images on a larger screen? K

 

Of course. your phone should have came with a usb cable that is also used to charge it. just hook it to your computer, and it will see it as a digital camera. open it up and youll be able to browse for pictures.

 

Thanks much - I suspect that I'll only be able to get the pics from it, correct? - Not be able to manage the phone, texts, contacts, etc. ?? Thanks!:wave

 

That i dont know, sorry. there might be a way to do that in itunes that im not aware of.

theres some helpful info posted in this thread as well.
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=196816&highlight=iphone

 

yes, you have to use itunes to sync everything & download fron it

 

Thanks to you two - Halo, I have now been researching the "tethering" from my cell phone carrier, and it appears as if this is the way to go. I'm not horribly computer literate, so I'm having trouble setting up the new connection to the IPhone, but I certainly CAN read so I hope to get further information from the websites. I just have a bit more to go and then I'll hopefully get this working; I understand that it may be slower than my WiFi Ihave, but at least I won't hae to type Microsoft Word files through my IPhone.

Thanks very much for the start here.