iMobiMac beta offers BlackBerry tethering to Mac OS X

By Kevin C. Tofel | Saturday, August 11, 2007 | 10:54 AM CT | 3 comments | Tweet This

Speaking of tethering a smartphone to a notebook for use as a modem, it seems that there’s another way to tether a BlackBerry to your Mac. As we saw last year, this type of usage scenario commanded a nice bounty for a solution. The latest approach comes to us courtesy of UNEASYsilence who mentions that iMobiMac’s beta application allows for a DUN connection between your BlackBerry and your Mac. There’s a free trial of the beta but you’ll be limited to moving only 10 MB of data on your "new" Mac modem. Probably a good thing: too much data and the tether-police might getcha!

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As with previous Bberry solutions, it seems your data is routed through a third party proxy. Something to keep in mind if you’re paranoid.

Dave Zatz — 6:42 AM on August 11, 2007 Reply
Dave is right, I have been invited into the beta program but once provided with the details have opted to not install it.

James Kendrick — 6:48 AM on August 11, 2007 Reply
i have tested it and it does not use a third party proxy thank goodness!!! They will releasing another version soon to test

zack — 8:26 AM on August 22, 2007 Reply