DROID Incredible and Mobile Broadband

I just upgraded to a DROID Incredible and want to tether my device and use Mobile Broadband. The problem is I have a MacBook with OS X 10.5.8.
Is it posiible to tether the Incredible to the MacBook? If so, how do I do it? The software that came with the phone was for Windows. I have AccessMgr on my Mac as I used to tether an LG Env3.
Thanks for the help.

You can as long as you are on android 2.2, go into settings>wireless and networks and enable it, but you do have to pay extra for it.

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http://help.godaddy.com/
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My Macbook is connected to the internet via a mobile broadband USB-stick. I find that System Preferences/Date and Time/Time Zone can not determine my location. Is this to be expected?

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Will Droid Incredible being sold now upgrade to Android 2.2 free?

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Droid Incredible and a Mac laptop

I'm new here so please excuse me if I've done this wrong. I got my Driod almost a month ago and the salesman said I could tether my phone to my laptop. I think I just figured out that the Droid Incredible is not compatible with a Mac. Does anyone know if this is correct? And does any one know if any of the Droid's are compatible with a Mac.
Thanks for your help!
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I have a Macbook and a DINC and it hooks up just fine. When you plug your USB cable in, the Mac laptop will likely pop up an error. Just hit the ignore button. On the DINC, you will get your normal screen to choose "Charge Only"..etc etc. When you choose to mount the phone, it should pop up two drive icons. One for the phone, one for an SD card if you have one installed.
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Surely this is wrong. ( Unable to get ADSL and Mobile broadband SUPER expensive and doesn't work)

$115/month for wireless broadband ( that works 5-10% of the time) for ONLY 15GB a month is the price?? Surely this is wrong.
There is no justification for a price so large for so little data for a service that barely works. Apparently we can't get ADSL because of A: no ports and B: pair gains line to the house. ( Both of which i've seen no proof of) Why is this a problem now when 5 years ago it wouldnt have been??? I've lived 40km's out of town and had perfectly fine internet connection, now I live 4 minutes out of town and can't get it. I must not have been put onto the correct technical support or the people I'm talking to don't know what they're doing.
Because it barely works now I have to use my phone, which adds a huge amount to my phone bill because phones only have 2-4gb of data. There's no other way of putting it other than we are being robbed in broad daylight. This is now the 3rd month I've been negotiating with Telstra about these charges.
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Have tried negotiating with Telstra for months now, as I said must be getting the wrong people. Have called the Ombudsman and was put onto someone who just spent a longer time telling me we can't have ADSL.
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I'VE BEEN WITH VERIZON FOR 9 YEARS AND I'M SO OVER THERE SERVICE! I HAVE HAD THIS PIECE OF CRAP PHONE FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS (20 MONTHS TO BE EXACT) AND IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS AND ISSUES
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DROPPED CALLS ARE MY FAVORITE PASTIME WITH THIS PHONE. YEA, I LIKE HAVING AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION JUST TO HAVE THE CALL DROPPED. I HAVE TO CRAMP MYSELF IN A CORNER JUST TO MAKE A CALL, AND NO I DO NOT LIVE UP IN THE TREES. THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITH ME HAVE VERIZON AND CAN MAKE CALLS JUST FINE.
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Gjr8103, I agree with you! Having issues with your phone is never a good time and I’m here to help! I want you to have a working phone that you’re happy with and would hate to lose you as a customer. Let’s get to the bottom of this!
From what you mentioned it seems you’re having quite a few issues. Did they start after a recent software update? How long is your battery lasting? Is the phone charging completely? Keep in mind the battery life depends on the usage and Internet access will definitely use up the battery faster.
Let make sure a third party app previously downloaded on the phone isn’t causing the problems. Run the device in safe mode http://bit.ly/p5eed2 and see if you notice a difference. If you see an improvement you will need to delete all third party apps and reinstall them one at a time to determine which one is causing the problem.
If there is no improvement while in Safe Mode the next step would be a hard reset. Since you are having so many issues with the phone a hard reset is highly recommended. This will even help out with the dropped calls your experiencing. I know this can be very inconvenient to do but, it’s a very important step in getting these issues resolved.
If you are still having the same issue after the hard reset http://bit.ly/oOaRQt please send me a DM with your name and mobile so I can access your account and see what options are available to you.
John B
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Droid Incredible and the new 2150maH battery

I've been waiting and waiting and they finally got them so I ordered one as soon as I found out. I received it yesterday and went ahead and turned off my phone for a few hours to charge it all the way up. I then finished out my day and put it on the charger overnight while I slept as usual.
Today I have to say, I'm impressed. I'm finally fully happy with my Incredible. I ordered my phone the first day it was available, switching from a Moto Droid and I received it on the 29th or whatever the release date was so I've had it about as long as anyone has. (although some lucky dogs on this forum got theirs a couple days early ) Since then, I've always liked the phone but I've been very, very disappointed with the battery life. It's just atrocious and altogether underpowered for this phone. The included battery is nothing more than a fundamental design flaw. It is obvious to me that they shipped with the stock battery to promote form over function. That's great for those worried about pretty, slim, shiny phones; but for those folks who actually want to use their phones to the fullest extent, it's ridiculous. I am simply not a casual user in any sense of the word. My phone is what keeps my life on track, as sad as that may sound. Everything I do and all of the info I need is synced in one way or another on my phone, and I felt crippled because if I used it for any amount of time do anything that I needed to do, the battery literally wouldn't last the day. How very frustrating.
But that's the end of my rant about the stock battery in the Incredible.
I can now say that I believe that my phone can live up to it's name. I've spent all day using my phone the way I WANT TO! Not in some cut-back fashion that allowed the battery to last until I get home so I can charge it. I can actually leave the wifi on. I can actually allow my GPS to become active when my applications need it. Tasks killers?? Nope. It doesn't matter. It's 4:30 here and I can say with certainty that my battery will last throughout at least the rest of today, and I have abused it as far as usage goes. I know about casual vs. power usage and I'm definitely a power user of my phone.
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http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/bacy35hddn-bk.htm
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Returning my (2) Droid Incredibles and going back to AT&T iPhones

I decide to get rid of my iphones because of constant dropped calls on AT&T service in NYC area. However I was only able to tolerate the Incredible for 7 days before switching back to AT&T and my iPhones. Here are the reasons:
1) Call Quality- The call quality on the HTC Incredible was horrible on both my devices. I don't attribute this to Verizon and think it has to be on the HTC end. I spoke with a Verizon Corp store yesterday and they said that HTC is working on a ROM update to fix this issue and there is no current ETA. What happens is on calls the sound gets scratchy and is very difficult to hear and words that come over the line keep dropping. So if someone is speaking you only hear about every other word. It is extremely annoying and I can't believe that HTC and Verizon would release a phone with such a defect. Since there is no ETA for a fix I'm going back to my iphone since the calls are always crystal clear and the service sometimes intermittent. Here is the link to a thread on HTC about the issue.
http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/android/f/91/p/2162/7485.aspx
http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/android/f/91/p/2539/9703.aspx
http://androidforums.com/htc-incredible/71835-call-quality-very-sub-par-not-signal-strength.html
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3) Cut & Paste in Gmail- There is no cut/ past in gmail client. I primarily bought this device because I'm a heavy gmail user and i thought it would be better integrated in which case it is. You can get all your labels, star items etc. But I can't believe there is no cut/paste function in Gmail client. What a waste. Apple went thru so much when the first 3g phone came outyou think soemone would be listening or remember that.
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5) Media Management( Music, Video) - This is definitely a big downgrade coming from an ipod/ itunes experience. I use my ipod a lot so this experience stinks. Not as easy to use.
6) Battery Life/Multitask - Since the phone does Multitask you have to always be aware of what services are running in the background. If you don't your phone won't last long. Again I feel that isn't polished enough for everyday use and they are going to have to keep designing the multitask to manage battery power effectively. This reminds of the old PC days were you had to keep hitting CTRL+ ALT + DEL to kill services. Why bother, I can't manage a phone like a PC device. This is 2010.
My overall experiece is that I think there is still alot of work that needs to be done on the OS layer and Hardware layer to get this phone to compete with an iphone experiece. Apple does quality very good, i feel that this phone has very bad quality.
How in the world can you design a phone that you can't even see the screen outside in the sun. Just mind boggling.

i use mine in the sun too with no problems. there's a glare if it's at the wrong angle, but no worse than any phone i've had. you can also adjust the screen's brightness, etc.
my call quality is fine, but i have seen a NUMBER of complaints about this...i just haven't had that issue.
as far as my address book goes...i jus start typing the name i want and it narrows down to the the person i want. usually 3 touches to the screen and i'm there. doesn't seem to be too much work. (type a and all a's show up. then m and it narrows to amy and amanda and i jus touch the one i want). i actually love the way it handles it.
battery life/multitask....i downloaded an app killer.....and i just periodically kill the running apps with one touch. i get a full day off of a charge, which is good enough for me. i also ordered 2 spare batteries (ebay for $12...and they came with a wall charger). i switch out the battery in about 10 seconds in the morning, and only have to charge everything sunday night and wed or thurs. i've never had an iphone, but i've seen stories of having to make an appointment to go to the store to buy and have apple change your battery??? that may be exagerated though.
media....if you're an ipod guy then the iphone is prolly better for you. i just don't like the level of control that apple has over everything. i have a zune and my wife has a zen. i find it MUCH easier to manage our music and videos between our devices and the incredible (particularly using an sd card). i've never been a fan of the ipod...but if that's what you have and like, then i'm sure the iphone is much more compatible.
i guess cut and paste is an issue. i just don't use it or have a need so i didn't realize it doesn't do that?
the new iphones are coming soon and i'm sure they are better than the old. hopefully they'll include some pretty basic and convenient features, like expandable memory and the ability to change your own battery (maybe they do?? i don't follow them...but i've heard they should be pretty sweet....and apple usually doesn't disappoint it's following).

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