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USB Tethering Working On iPhone 3.0 Through Hack

Posted by samzenpus on from the make-it-work dept.

eviltangerine writes "Twitter user stroughtonsmith was dickering around with the carrier bundle files for his developer version of the iPhone 3.0 OS and enabled the USB tethering options. Apparently he has even been able to use his laptop to access the internet over the USB tether. MacRumors comments that while Apple has announced the availability of tethering, it hasn't hashed out the details with the mobile carriers (probably so they can charge more in fees). No word on connection speed, but here are some pictures of his phone while tethering."

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  1. Re:Grrrrrrr by mdwh2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    (Hint to mods, flamebait is the one that starts the flamewar.)

    And another hint to mods, talking about the topic:

    But now that Apple have finally entered the 21st Century, and joined the sub-£50 low end market with features such as video and MMS, I predict that no longer will we hear "Why would I need that?", instead, they'll be touted as great features.

    Consider, if it was really true that the Iphone was better off by lacking these features (as some claimed), doesn't this mean the Iphone is now worse? They can't have it both ways. But they'll try to, anyway.

    Is not off-topic.

    This is why I always have to browse at -1 on Apple stories, because the moderation simply does not work.