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Jobs Says No Tethering iPad To iPhone

Posted by kdawson on from the wi-fi-should-be-good-enough-for-anyone dept.

tugfoigel writes "Anyone who currently owns an iPhone and was hoping they would be able to use it as a mobile Web access point for a Wi-Fi iPad just got some bad news. Reportedly, Steve Jobs has said this will not happen. Swedish blog Slashat.se claims they e-mailed Jobs directly to ask him whether or not you'd be able to tether your iPad and iPhone and received a terse 'No' in reply. According to the report, the email headers made it plausible that the reply had come from Jobs's iPhone."

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  1. Re:Forged Headers? by Mistlefoot · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not to mention, to ask Steve Jobs a question via his direct email address and then get a reply means either:

    1) someone is hacking Steve Jobs incoming email and read the question and replied
    2) someone guessed that Steve Jobs was asked this questions and then coincidentally spoofed an answer to person they correctly guessed asked it
    3) Steve Jobs replied.

    number 1 is big news - Steve Jobs email is not secure!!!!
    number 2 is conspiracy theory material
    number 3 confirms what Steve Jobs said in a pcmag article 2 days ago and seems the logically obvious choice.