I will be focusing on the Windows version of Desktop Manager in this particular tutorial, since the Mac version makes tethering significantly more complicated.
BlackBerry Desktop Manager is currently available for both Windows and Macintosh computers, however, the two pieces of software have quite different functionalities.
And don't forget to peruse my BlackBerry Bible for mounds of additional BlackBerry tips and tricks, free apps, device reviews and much more.īlackBerry Tethering: How to Connect a Windows PC to the Web via RIM Smartphoneįirst things first, you need to download and install the latest version of RIM's BlackBerry Desktop Manager, available here. Keep moving for step-by-step instruction on BlackBerry/PC tethering. Since the process has changed so drastically, I've decided to post up a new, improved tutorial on how to connect your Windows PC to the Web using a BlackBerry smartphone and the latest version of RIM's BlackBerry Desktop Manager. (More on that coming in the next section.)
And you can also purchase third-party apps that make tethering even more simple, while circumventing certain wireless carriers tethering fees. Good news: Today, RIM's own, free BlackBerry Desktop Manager software does most of the work for you. I wrote a second, equally-long post on how to wirelessly tether using with a Bluetooth-enabled PC. For example, setting up a BlackBerry tether connection used to require a lot of heavy-lifting my first tutorial on BlackBerry tethering consisted of pages and pages of in-depth instructions.