I made up my mind today… I was going to buy a Droid. Despite all the technology in my life I’m still carting around a phone that is actually just a phone. Or on windy days, a paper weight. I’ve needed access to my email on the road and a couple projects looming on the horizon will make use of the ability to transmit data. After some talking with friends and trying various phones the one I like the best is the Droid. And it has the ability to tether to a laptop which is one of my primary needs. I’ve done more than a little research on this capability and found that there’s a number of ways to get it done. I also know I can set up the tether on a Mac OS X laptop, again, mighty important to me.
So today’s the day. I go to the Verizon “store” (actually one of those mid-walkway kiosks) and wait for my turn to talk to one of their reps. First question out of my mouth is… which method do you recommend for tethering.” He responds… “a Droid cannot be tethered.” I try and explain that I spent the morning researching the various ways that it can be done on both PC and OS X platforms. Again I’m told it is impossible.
Recalling the old adage about arguing with “non-smart” people I slowly back away and decide I’m best off to go find a place to spend my money where people actually know their product.
So, after all this typing my question is has anyone here that owns a Droid run across an exceptionally knowledgeable Verizon sales staff / store? I’d really like to know that if I need tech support on this purchase I will be spending my money with someone that knows more than how to change the battery.
if you were a power user, you’d be best off paying for it, if you use it occasionally you can get away with doing it free through one of many different options. I figure I already pay for “unlimited” web services on my phone, what’s the difference if it’s hooked up to my laptop?
This is exactly what I thought a coulpe weeks ago, now on my third one 
