Hi everyone,
I published a how-to article on suite101.com about transmitting radio signals from free applications on your smart phones to your car stereo. With such versatility, you can junk your satellite radio, because smart phone apps offer more variety, localized stations, and you can listen to your MP3s without having to burn them to a disk.
See the article here.
However, this is only the beginning of the money-saving versatility of a smart phone. Another option is to tether your smart phone to your computer for internet access. I don’t personally do this, but I did look into it when I bought my Blackberry. I use Verizon which charges a $10 per month fee to tether your phone to your computer for internet access, and they limit how much information you can download. I don’t see how they are able to legally charge for that service considering I have a contract that says I have unlimited data transfer to my phone, and I pay a substantial monthly free for that service. But some people may be interested in using such a service as it will allow you to junk your internet service in your home, given that you don’t exceed the data limits every month.
If you’re thinking about using this method and you’re worried about your TiVo or other WiFi equipment in your home, you will find that you can create an adhoc network with your computer that can give internet access to all of your WiFi equipment through your smart phone’s internet connection.
Because every smart phone and its service provider function differently, I’m not going to attempt to teach you how to do this. Also, because Verizon has limits on data for such usage, it is not yet practical to do this if you download a lot of information. Hopefully Verizon will realize in the near future that unlimited data usage for tethering would be beneficial to everyone.
You can imagine the possibilities of using your phone as your sole Internet service provider.
Tags: iHeartRadio, tethering, transmitting smart phone radio to your car stereo