Connecting an iBook to Verizon EVDO

My brother has just bought an iBook G4 at CompUSA.
He is interested in getting Verizon EVDO Internet.
Given that he has 10.4 Tiger, and bluetooth installed, what would he need to get/do in order to make this work.
It is my understanding that Verizon wants him to get a Powerbook, so that he can use a PCMCIA interface card, but IIRC, it is possible that with the right bluetooth phone, he could connect the two, and use the cell phone as the transciever that interfaces with verizon's network, and passes data back and forth with the notebook.
Questions:
1. Is it possible?
2. Does it require "Hacking" to break limits that Verizon sets in the phone.
3. Is there a USB based EVDO adapter?
4. what kind of transfer speeds would he get, and would it be sufficient to play Euchre on Yahoo Games?
(Ignore the attached information about my system, what I know about my brother's iBook is that is has bluetooth+Airport Extreme, Quad format superdrive, 14" screen, 60 GB HDD, and he bought it new at CompUSA yesterday.)
Thank you for your assistance, I will award points to anyone who contributes useful information/links to this thread.

Yes, all have Bluetooth. The 4 phones are:
LG VX8100
LG VX9800
Motorola RAZR V3c
Motorola 813
Verizon just recently allowed access to their EVDO system using these phones. (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1918150,00.asp)
I can use Bluetooth or a data cable from RPI Wireless (http://www.rpiwireless.com) or the data cable in the Verizon V Cast kit. The big problem is no one I can reach at Verizon or Apple, either at a store or over the phone, knows anything about this. I'm trying to find out how to make the connection to the EVDO system once the phone to iBook connection has been established. I would think this knowledge would be valuable to Apple since neither the iBook G4 nor the 12 inch Powerbook G4 have PCMCIA slots. Any help would be deeply appreciated.
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on the now exposed area, touches the frame the external monitor will stop working.
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You're probably dragging the graphics chip down when that happens or causing a logic board power spike (probably negative) that crashes that chip or worse the CPU. What can happen if that keeps on is that a tiny fuse that's about a 1/32" wide and 1/8" long can blow on the logic board. It's in the inverter driver circuit. That will require someone to perform a microsolder repair. The other thing that could happen is that the inverter driver could blow up and that would be fatal afa the internal display is concerned.
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able to confirm that when plugged into a monitor the computer still works.
.. the ibook monitor still powers up do you think it may be possible to repair the current monitor?..Computer starts up fine, monitor powers up as well but does not display any images other than blue blank screen
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I happen to have a 14" 1.42 GHz iBook taken apart and can send you pictures of the position of that cable's socket if you email me. (I'm attempting a PMU swap with this 1.42).
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