Cats and Dogs sleeping together? BlackBerry Z10 can tether with an iPad!

Yes, it's true.  You can mix and match devices to accomplish tethering via Bluetooth.

I have confirmed that a BlackBerry 10 will provide Wi-Fi to an iPad.  Unfortunately the iPhone is not as forgiving and will not support tethering to a BlackBerry Playbook via Bluetooth. 

Below is a condensed set of steps to tether between the BlackBerry Z10 and the iPad 3rd generation.

Below is the iPad with no Wi-Fi and the Bluetooth on.  There are a no connected devices.

 

 

Turn on the Bluetooth and Internet Tethering on you BB Z10.

 

 

 





On your iPad the BlackBerry device should show as available and then you tap on the name of the BlackBerry phone. 

You will now see a message appear on your BlackBerry phone.

Then a second message for security.

 

 

Now returing to your iPad.  You will see that it is connected.

 

 

 

As I stated earlier, unfortunately the reverse is currently not true.  An iPhone cannot tether with a BlackBerry Playbook, not too surprizing given Apple's current dominance in the market.