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Cedar Rapids, Iowa | From what little I've read about this, it seems that some some carriers have that feature locked out, some charge extra for it, and the rest generally don't advertise it or support it. If the phone does support it, I think you can connect it to a computer running XP or Vista as well as Win7.
As for getting RTK correction data from the Internet, if you are using a phone in the cab for the Internet connection, then it would make more sense to run an app on the phone to get the data. You could use a laptop, but a phone with Internet capabilities should have enough power to run the app too. Thus the reason for InTime and RTK Connect. Running the app on the phone also gets you around the issue of if your carrier will allow you to do tethering. Connecting the phone to some other device via bluetooth is different than connecting the phone to a laptop via bluetooth.
I suppose the industry will start adopting bluetooth connections in place of wires where it makes sense. My personal preference is to use wires whenever possible, any only use wireless when I *have* to. On the other side of that, it is really convenient when you only need to get two conductors (power and ground) to a device.
As for in-field networking, as in between multiple tractors or combines, I doubt bluetooth will be the answer there. There are other wireless technologies that would be better at distance, and for mesh networking.
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Bluetooth tethering
