Perfect Combination !! iPad, Apple TV, Android phone, no router !!!

Hi All,
Thought of sharing with you this useful set up.
Activate your android phone as a WiFi hot spot.
Configure your iPad and Apple TV to recognize the Hotspot and connect to it.
You can now stream your iPad content (photos, music and videos) to Appe TV without the need for a WiFi router !!.
You can potentially use this setup if you want to show friends your ipad content on a HD TV if they don't have a router.
You SHOULD be able to connect your Mac/PC to this combination to stream iTunes content to Apple TV without a router. Didn't try it yet though. Let me know if it works for you.
Regards,

There was a similar post the other day about using an iPhone 4 wi-fi hotspot for this sort of thing and I don't think the poster could get it to work.
I've successfully used a 3 mi-fi device (portable wi-fi router) too in the past and I suspect similar devices are available in most countries.
One thing to remember is that if you're somewhere remote and out of network coverage you will probably not be able to play any DRM protected content to AppleTV in this way as it needs to perform internet authorisation.  I tried this with mi-fi device iPad and AppleTV 2 on holiday  few months ago where there was no carrier signal.  The devices could see each other on the LAN but not play protected material.
My HDMI equipped MacMini played DRM files without the need for internet authorisation however.
AC

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