Palm Pre Does Not Get US Tethering Either

fermion writes "The Register is reporting that Palm has sent a note to the Pre Dev Wiki asking it to stop discussing tethering. Palm is worried that its US carrier partner, Sprint, is none too eager to have users tether the game-changing tetherable smart phone. While the communication was informal, not legal, the development forum is evidently eager to avoid any possibility of lawsuits, so has rapidly agreed. Perhaps, like the iPhone, the Pre is going have a vigorous underground. What is interesting is that the Pre, like the iPhone (allegedly), can be tethered outside of the US; but even those customers are being denied apparently lawful information to satisfy the US exclusive agents."

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Re:My VZW Blackberry can tether, what's the proble

[Fantom42]

People seem to forget realities like this, just like the morons who expected a discount on the new Iphone a year into their contract.

Morons? Let's see. Right now us morons have one year left on our contract. This means we've paid for about half of our phone. Now we want a new one. Most of us morons would accept starting over our 2-year contract if it meant we could get a discount. Given that our existing phone will be "paid off" in 1 year, that leaves an entire year of payments that could be applied to the new phone. If I didn't have a plan, and wanted a contract, I could get one for $200. If I wanted no contract, it would be $600. This means the contract subsidizes the phone at a rate of about $200/year. So, if I can extend for a year, why shouldn't that roughly split the middle and allow me to get an upgrade for $400, if I wanted one?*

*Yes, this doesn't discount future payments, but for the sake of argument the point is still valid.