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Mobile HotSpot for BlackBerry 7.1 shown off in video

by Bla1ze on 2 Nov 2011 01:57 PM
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With Mobile HotSpot having now been shown off a few times here on the blogs and in the CrackBerry forums through images, the folks from bjxiaoc have also decided to go ahead and do up a video for us all. It's not much really but it's cool to see it in action and hopefully by now someone else has gotten their hands on the OS to see if the HotSpot feature can be stripped and made available to devices currently running BlackBerry 7. Better yet -- RIM coould just release it, that'd be nice.

Source: bjxiaoc

Filed Under: News & Rumors; Tags: BlackBerry 7.1, Mobile HotSpot, OS 7.1
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16 Comments

Posted by dasDestruktion Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

Everything leaking, being caught on camera, etc. is now coming from China. I wonder what's going on with that? Why that song for the video too? Haha.

I miss the days of Sal et al. and the North American boys giving a dang about BlackBerry. :)

 
 
Posted by Lumute Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

Well, now that BB is in the Chinese market they are kind of driving it, china has 3 times more cell phone users than people in all north america, it's understandable that RIM is focusing on them...

 
 
Posted by mohawk rcer Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

I bought my young daughter a cheap lg cell the otherday and it came with mobile hotspot what's up with our BB?

 
 
Posted by snoozininsomniac Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

holy loud ass video!

now release this update so i can finally migrate to 9930 from my 9650! =[

 
 
Posted by psarhj Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

I'm hoping this comes fairly soon, and I'm really hoping that carrier reticence doesn't result in it's showing up very late/never.

PlayBook Bridge over WiFi would be nice, too.

 
 
Posted by digicon Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

It didn't look like the fastest connection speed , but I guess it worked . . .

 
 
Posted by Liquid_Revolver Thursday, Nov 03, 2011 203 days ago

Your BB is going to start smoking after a while

 
 
Posted by inc188 Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

any one got leaks?

 
 
Posted by derekjdech Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

Want! This is the only reason why I would get the iphone. If bb gets it, ill be beyond happy

 
 
Posted by marmota Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

OK. So now the question: is that wi-fi hotspot feature working over TCP/IP connection or is going through BIS/BES connection?
I am asking this, because my carrier charges different for BIS/BES traffic and TCP/IP traffic.
I have tried bluetooth tethering using the Tether app and this is going through TCP/IP connection on my BlackBerry. Will the wi-fi hotspot be going through the same TCP/IP connection like bluetooth tethering?
If so, this will be quite different than the Bridge connection. As far as I know - from the CrackbBerry forum, of course ;) - the Playbook browser is working through BIS while the bridge browser is working through BES, all this while bridge connection is employed between BlackBerry and Playbook.

 
 
Posted by Heavens1 Thursday, Nov 03, 2011 204 days ago

These are good questions, I hope someone knows the answers.

 
 
Posted by kuduRocks Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

No mobile video version?

Thanks www.crackpc.com

 
 
Posted by nwegroup Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

Did anyone notice the "Battery Log" icon? Is that a new app with 7.1?

 
 
Posted by demon_xxi Thursday, Nov 03, 2011 203 days ago

This is one of default test tools on pre-release devices. I have these on latest OS7 devices and i believe it was also back on OS5. They have also bug reporting tool and the one that detects system errors and hangs and sends report automatically.

 
 
Posted by stevedee Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011 204 days ago

I was interested as they went through the screens at around the 2:11 mark (just after the webkit) , a mention of the Android Open Software Project. Hmmm! I'm just sayin' is all.

Curve 8330 CDMA (eww, I know, u/g to Torch soon!)
Winner of EA Mobile Need for Speed SE Playbook - rockin' it!

 
 
Posted by Sibir_Lupus Sunday, Nov 06, 2011 200 days ago

The "Android Open Software Project" screen isn't all that new. It showed up after my upgrade to 7.0.0.374 on my Torch 9850. What I did find odd is the screen after that that shows "TomTom" at the top. Is a new navigation app coming out for BB devices from them?