damn that title sucks...anyway...can you guys point me in the direction of what kind of phone/device I would need to connect to the net through my new lappy

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTE...ebookComputers

I am clueless about that kind of crap. Back when I was in high school, 5-6 years ago or so I used to connect my Sprint Timeport to my lappy to go on the net...I'm sure there is a better way to do it now without all that wire crap I used to have to connect. Someone help!