Internet sharing via smartphone and USB

Hi,
I would like to use my smartphone HTC S730 which has a flat fee 3G internet connection to act as modem for my MacBookPro. This way I don't need a seperate datacard for my laptop and, when using USB my smartphone's battery is charged too.
BUT, Leopard > system preferences > internet sharing doesn't show USB (or Bluetooth) as option(s) for sharing. I have to choose Airport, Ethernet or Firewire. My smartphone cannot connect via one of these three options. iCentre store in Amsterdam couldn't answer my question. Any suggestions?
thanx,
Sam van Buuren.

You're not going about it correctly. You want to use your smart phone as a modem. You need set up System Preferences>Network not to use internet sharing. Contact the manufacturer and/or your service provider. You may need a modem script.

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