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Tethering Is Exhilarating (With the Nexus One)

Posted by kdawson on from the free-to-roam dept.

timothy found this link (hat-tip to Tim O'Reilly) to a paean to the joys of tethering. "In a short post, Steve Souders explores the current state of tethering 3G connections via iPhone (on which he basically gives up, for the perfectly decent reason of not wanting to jailbreak his iPhone) and the Nexus One, with which he has great success. His writeup serves as a micro-tutorial ('use PdaNet's Android app') as well as an endorsement."

3 of 211 comments (clear)

  1. Apple lock in tastes like crap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Justify it any way you want, fanbois, but Apple is the kings of lock in.

  2. Re:Not Surprising by duane534 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is that the reason you use to justify the iPad not being able to multitask? AT&T's flagship phone has been, is, and always will be the BlackBerry Bold.

  3. Also exhilarating with iPhone ... by gig · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ... and has been for the past 6 months.

    Yes, AT&T has fucked up iPhone tethering, but that is only applicable to the US. Elsewhere you just flip a switch and go. And if you are in the US, there is an easy hack you apply to turn it on, which millions of people are using. Many more than own a Nexus One.

    So get over yourselves. iPhone was late to the tethering party. To come along 6 months later and act like Nexus One has invented it is just ridiculous.