Tether internet connection directly from smartphone over bluetooth?

[Jon]

Can anybody help me please?

I'm trying to find a chip that will allow me to connect to my smartphone's internet connection over bluetooth.

I don't want to create an app on my smartphone that handles the data connection - I want to connect to the internet directly from the chip itself.

An example of this would be how I can connect to my smartphone from my laptop, over bluetooth and browse the internet using it's cellular connection. 

I've read most of the documentation, SDK and devzone articles and I'm still unsure about if this is possible using any of the Nordic chips :)

I can see examples of IPv6 and 6LoWPAN connecting to routers but I want to simply connect to my smartphone.

Many thanks in advance - I'd really appreciate being pointed in the right direction on this!

[Simonr]

Hi Jon

A Bluetooth Low Energy product will not have the data rate for something like this to be feasible. I suggest you check out any Bluetooth Classic devices, which we here at Nordic Semiconductor do not provide. Maybe you'd get a better idea of what you need from reading this BLE vs. Bluetooth Classic comparison.

Best regards,

Simon

[Jon]

Apologies Simon, I didn't mention my data rate - it's actually small, so the 1mb-2mb throughput would be more than sufficient for me.

Is this still only feasible with classic?

Many thanks for your reply!