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iPhone 4 Beta Shows AT&T Tethering

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the dear-god-yes dept.

An anonymous reader found news that will strike fear into the hearts of every 3G user in NYC. "Apple released iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 4 on Tuesday evening and it wasn't long before developers found the strongest evidence yet that tethering for US-based iPhone customers may happen sooner than later."

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  1. Re:For a price of course by Thanshin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Which is why this:

    tethering for US-based iPhone customers may happen sooner than later."

    makes no sense.

    It's already "later".

    "sooner" was the release day of the first IPhone. It's been later ever since.

  2. Re:iPhone or AT&T? by jo_ham · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's *already* in the iPhone OS - my 3G tethers out of the box here in the UK - no jailbreaking or extra software. This is entirely an AT&T limitation in the US.

  3. Re:Why? by jo_ham · · Score: 5, Informative

    Talk to AT&T about that - in the rest of the world, the iPhone has tethering as a basic non-jailbreak feature. The lack of tethering on the iPhone is the US is *entirely* AT&T's limitation, which is strange since they allow it on other phones on their network (of course, those phones are not as popular).

    I didn't have to hack my iPhone to get tethering.

  4. Re:For a price of course by Wiarumas · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My biggest complaint is the market's price fixing on text messages. There is no way in hell that unlimited texting warrants a $30 price tag when the iPhone comes with a $30 unlimited data plan. Yes, you can play FPS, stream music, videos, browse the web, etc, but those 8 digit text messages are somehow made separate and charged at the same price?

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    I will bend like a reed in the wind.