Using Droid and PdaNet with iPad

if it works as a hotspot every wifi able device from another phone to ipad to ibm's jeopardy computer Watson can use it to access the internet

Depending on what Droid you have, you may be able to get the 3G Mobile Hotpot service from your provider. Usually runs around $20/month. However, it wouldn't involve any additional contracts and you can add/remove the service as needed.

I believe that you would need to jailbreak the iPad to use PDANet.

Based on what I see on the website, I would say no. I appears that PDANet requires an app on both the serving and client machines, and there doesn't appear to be one for the iPad.

Not sure if there is an alternative for driod, but there are som that are free and allow using your smart phone as a hot spot assuming you havea data plan for it. You might want to explore the Android app store.

This response isn't from personal expereince, however.

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There are other apps that support this, however depending on which carrier you're with/which phone you own, you may have to root your phone to get the WAP apps to work.

I've been using Barnacle for a while now and it works well with the iPad and laptops.

My next door neighbor has a Droid phone (not sure which one) but he uses it as a Wi-Fi hotspot for his iPad - no extra software required.