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Jobs Says No Tethering iPad To iPhone
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."
Jobs, or AT&T?
Apple as of late has really rekindled my appreciation for Windows on my personal computers. Sell me the hardware and then let me do what the f**k I want. I'm just waiting for the next major version of OSX brings in the wonderful strangle hold of the app store too...
Dear Apple,
I am a homosexual. I bought an iPod because of its well-earned reputation for being
"the" gay smart phone. Since I have become an Apple owner, I have been exposed to a
whole new world of gay friends. It is really a pleasure to meet and text with
other homos such as myself. I plan on using my new iPod as a way to entice
and recruit young schoolboys into the homosexual lifestyle; it would be so helpful if
you could produce more software which would appeal to young boys. Thanks in advance.
With much gayness,
Father Randy "Pudge" O'Day, S.J.
Rob Malda's tranny died under mysterious circumstances
New details about Rob Malda's past may come out in the divorce proceedings with his wife of 8 years, Kathleen. Page 6 speculates that she may fight the prenup, citing Malda’s infidelity with various street trannies.
In 2007, Malda was caught by Dexter police with a transvestite hooker in his car. He told his wife that he “stopped to help a person crying.” Several other hookers sold tales of Malda’s solicitation to the tabloids, and all of them were convinced to recant, with one exception:
Paul Barresi, a private detective who claims he was hired for damage control by Malda when the scandal broke, tells Page Six: “I called [Malda attorney] Marty ‘Bull Dog’ Singer and told him I could round up all the transsexuals alleging sexual dalliances with Malda.” And they would all recant their stories.
“In less than 10 days,” Barresi says, “I got them all to sign sworn, videotaped depositions, stating it wasn’t Malda himself, but rather a look-alike, who they’d encountered - with the exception of Suiuli.” In 2008, she fell to her death from her Dexter roof.
Atisone Suiuli was the tranny found in Malda’s car in 2007. After being caught by police, she had proof that she was with Malda and wouldn’t change her story. How convenient for him that she died soon afterwards.
I'm not trying to troll you or anything here, but in what ways was the Apple II so open that the current Macs aren't? And just to be clear, we're talking about computers, not the "appliances" like iPods or iPhones.
Steve Jobs is an industrial design geek. He sees the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad as appliances, not full-blown computers, so to him they don't need to be open and hackable. In fact, to Jobs, as appliances it's desirable to limit them and lock them down -- it's less likely to confuse novice users and they can't break things as easily. Despite what some foolish pundits say, Macintosh computers aren't going to be locked down in the same way. But what we will see in the future is more and more "appliances" being sold, which will supplant traditional computers. Eventually, only the hardcore geeks and tinkerers will be using "computers" as we know them.
Jobs can not confirm iPad to iPhone tethering officially because AT&T does not allow tethering the iPhone at all. When this changes, the story will change. This is not news, this is Apple trying not to get sued for promising a feature they are well aware that user contracts forbid clearly and openly.
Its possible there's an underlying dock-dock connection physical incompatibility, and that is is in fact not possible to crossover connect to device as such, but bluetooth tethering should still be completely feasible.
I can only see the ISP as the intervening authority here, not Apple.
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