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Apple and AT&T working on official iPhone tethering plan
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... was curt and to the point: "We agree [with all of your points] and are discussing it with ATT."
My guess is AT&T; isn't going to sneeze at an extra $30 or so a month to charge their tethered iPhone customers, but AT&T; is having enough of a headache keeping their 3G smooth without having to deal with Joe Poopsock's iPhone-tethered World of Warcraft raids. When the 3G issues for regular iPhone customers are fixed, they'll turn their attention to tethering.
Rumor: Apple and AT&T; developing iPhone tethering plan [Gizmodo] ...
Does Steve Jobs email mean future iPhone tethering?
Phones Review —
... money to allow tethering! With such an advanced device, why can I not do so?”
To which the apparent email reply was as below.
From “Steve” to our reader:
We agree, and are discussing it with ATT.
Steve
Sent from my iPhone
So there it is, you can make up your own mind, but would you pay Apple and AT&T extra to tether your iPhone to a laptop?
Source – gizmodo via macdailynews
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Apple may be working with AT&T on iPhone tethering plan
AppleInsider —
... from iPhone software developer NullRiver briefly enabled this functionality earlier this month but was subsequently plucked from the App Store by Apple after AT expressed its disapproval. In an email to Apple chief executive Steve Jobs on August 4th, shortly after NetShare's disappearance, one iPhone owner argued that it's "ludicrous" that a tethering option is not offered alongside "such an advanced device." The owner pointed out that AT offers this option to users of Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphones for an additional $30 per month, and said he'd be willing ...
Apple podría permitir usar el iPhone como modem
Celularis —
... Hay ciertas versiones que indican que AT&T y Apple están estudiando la posibilidad de permitir a los usuarios de iPhone usar al equipo como modem, algo que hasta hoy estaba vedada (…a menos que hubieras usado el ...
AT&T iPhone 3G data tethering plan could be in the works
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... and technical know-how. But, without an official, point-and-click solution, many iPhone users will be left in want of a tethering plan.
The alleged email from Steve Jobs looks to be legit, but hasn’t been confirmed as authentic. Still, the launch of an iPhone tethering plan makes sense. It would allow AT&T to cash in on mobile road warriors with iPhone 3G’s in tow, and would allow Apple to appease the iPhone 3G-toting masses with a tethering option.
[Via: Gizmodo]
--- Related Articles at IntoMobile: AT&T launches ...
Apple e AT&T podem estar trabalhando em plano especial com tethering para iPhone
MacMagazine —
... É estranho a mesma coisa não ser oferecida ainda para iPhones, mesmo que também seja cobrada uma taxa adicional — algo normal.
Diz o suposto CEO da Apple:
We agree, and are discussing it with ATT.
Steve
Sent from my iPhone
Difícil dizer alguma coisa sobre a veracidade do email, por isso este artigo está na categoria “Rumores”. Mesmo assim, a coisa faz bastante sentido.
[Via: Gizmodo.] ...
Tethering Deal Between Apple and AT&T Rumored
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech —
Is Steve Jobs Really E-Mailing Apple Customers? Grammatical Analysis Raises Doubts
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... starting today, MobileMe.
Unnecessary Commas
The MacRumors email also includes a comma after the word "shipped." Though this is not an absolute mistake, it's an informal and unnecessary comma
that only exists to create a pause in the sentence. The sentence would
be grammatically stronger had it used the word "we" before "hope."
An unnecessary comma also appears in the customer-reported e-mail on Gizmodo after the word "agree." It says: "We agree, and ...
Scandal: A rash of fake Steve Jobs e-mails, maybe
CrunchGear —
... posted by a MacRumors user, which addresses iPhone 3G connectivity issues; one sent to Gizmodo addressing possible iPhone tethering options; and ...
AT&T Working On iPhone 3G Plan
High Tech Lounge —
... hotspot using NetShare, but that application has long since been pulled (and returned then pulled again) from the Apple App Store. People still want a way to use their iPhones as modems though. The alternative is a jailbroken iPhone with homebrew software. Naturally, if AT&T and Apple can come to terms with a tethering plan, it will come at a premium over the regular $30 iPhone 3G data plan, just like how AT&T does with their BlackBerry devices. AT&T Working On iPhone 3G Plan Source: gizmodo.com
