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Pouge slips iPhone 4 on AT&T to get tethering on Feb 13

, Feb 3rd 2011 Discuss [1]

We mentioned earlier this morning that AT&T was set to finally add tethering to a series of unspecified smartphones on February 13. We can assume and hope that this unspecified devices will include Android smartphones and the iPhone. The iPhone would be a shoe in since the Verizon version has the feature. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile $15 tethering add-on arrives November 14

, Nov 12th 2010 Discuss [2]

T-Mobile USA has announced that their previously-promised Tethering and WiFi Sharing add-on - which allows mobile hotspot functionality for an extra $14.99 per month - will be available from November 14, for those users on "4G Web – Unlimited" $30 monthly Even More plans or "4G Web – Unlimited" $25 Even More Plus plans. Meanwhile, on the same day there will be two new Even More promo plans for individuals and families; full details after the cut. Read The Full Story

Samsung Focus and Omnia 7 Support USB Tethering

, Nov 11th 2010 Discuss [3]

Here's an interesting development, part of a story that many would have believed closed. If you've been keeping up with Windows Phone 7, and how Microsoft admitted that tethering won't be supported by the mobile platform right off the bat, then the above title should seem pretty confusing. Or exciting. If you managed to get your hands on a Samsung Focus (for AT&T, here in the States), or the Omnia 7 (internationally), and you've been aching to use your device as a 3G modem, you can actually do it. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone 7 Doesn’t Support Tethering, Microsoft Says

, Sep 24th 2010 Discuss [2]

Despite the fact that Brandon Watson, in an interview on TWiT podcast Windows Weekly, said that Windows Phone 7 would indeed support tethering, and that the usage of the feature would be completely up to the wireless carriers offering the mobile Operating System, it seems that Microsoft has another thing in mind entirely. It looks like it won't be up to the carriers at all, because the system doesn't support it. Read The Full Story

Rooted EVO 4G users can get WiFi/Bluetooth tether with new app

, Jun 7th 2010 Discuss [0]

The HTC EVO 4G launched Friday on the Sprint network and destroyed the sales records for past Sprint handsets. It didn’t take long at all after the handset was launched for it to get cracked with a root solution in only a few hours post launch using the su tool. Read The Full Story

No iPhone tethering for your iPad

, Jun 4th 2010 Discuss [1]

We talked this week about the new data plan changes that AT&T has made and the fact that it will finally allow us to tether our iPhones for data access. I guess AT&T liked the idea of giving us all the chances we need to run into those massive data overage charges. One of the things I had hoped we could do was use the iPhone for data access on the iPad. Read The Full Story

AT&T rework data plans, kill “unlimited” iPad tariff & promise iPhone OS 4 tethering support

, Jun 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

AT&T have announced sweeping changes to their mobile data plans, billed by the company as a way to make selecting a plan more straightforward to consumers, but also killing off "unlimited" packages.  The carrier has also confirmed that it will be offering iPhone tethering, which will arrive alongside the Apple iPhone OS 4 update later this year, and that its "unlimited" iPad data plan will no longer be available for new users.  Full details of all the packages after the cut. Read The Full Story

WiFi tethering spotted in Android 2.2 Froyo

, May 13th 2010 Discuss [0]

If we weren't already excited by the prospect of a faster smartphone experience when Android 2.2 Froyo arrives, the news that the updated OS packs native tethering support would be enough to get us chomping at the bit.  According to TechCrunch, Android 2.2 will deliver not only USB tethering - allowing for a wired hook-up from your phone to a netbook, notebook or other device - but WiFi hotspot functionality, basically turning your device into a MiFi-style mobile router. Read The Full Story

Motorola Droid hacked – Wi-Fi tethering within reach

, Dec 24th 2009 Discuss [0]

The recently released Motorola Droid is a jack of many trades but unfortunately stops short at the art of wireless tethering.  An online tutorial over at DroidForums has incidentally appeared and evidently reveals how to enable the Wi-Fi tethering functionality on the smartphone. Read The Full Story

Vodafone to sell iPhone in January 2010

, Dec 21st 2009 Discuss [0]

Starting January 14th, Vodafone will start selling iPhone in UK. With two years contract and wireless plan that cost £35-a-month, a customer would be able to pickup an iPhone 3G for free. Those who wants the iPhone 3GS, would have to signup for a wireless plan that cost £45-a-month for the 16GB, and £75 a month for the 32GB; same contract length required. Vodafone limits monthly data transfer to 1GB each month, however it provides unlimited WIFI for its customers. As for users who want to tether their iPhone, Vodafone will charge £5 a month for 500MB data transfer. [via reghardware]

Verizon confirm tethering for Motorola DROID in early 2010

, Nov 4th 2009 Discuss [2]

Verizon's apparent intention to show up AT&T and the iPhone at every turn continues, with the latest snook to be cocked being confirmed tethering for the Verizon DROID by Motorola.  According to the CDMA carrier, early 2010 will see the Verizon Broadband Access Connect plan arrive on the Android slider, likely priced at the usual $15 per month on top of your regular data contract. Read The Full Story

iPhone OS 3.1 blocks tethering on all unlocked handsets

, Sep 14th 2009 Discuss [5]

Apple's latest iPhone OS, version 3.1, may bring along with it Genius recommendations for applications and ringtone downloads, but it also takes away tethering functionality with non-Apple-partner carriers.  While that may not come as a great surprise, given Apple's dislike of jailbroken and unofficially unlocked iPhones, the new firmware also blocks tethering for those using "official" unlocked handsets. Read The Full Story
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