Sorry to break it to you, but in every product Apple has ever released, they have always held back on technology they could have implemented. The users have always found deficiencies, the iPhone is no different. The isight camera has been the same for how long?! You think they can't put something better than a VGA (hello, 90's?!) quality camera in those MBP's? If you think Apple is chasing the carriers.... come on mate.
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Tether Launches HTML5-Based iPhone Tethering Solution
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Exactly. This offers further proof that an iPad is NOT a laptop replacement yet. (but it's getting closer)
Good solution but AT&T is throttling my unlimited 3G plan so this would be useless to me. Besides, I can't justify the 30 additional dollars per year for the service especially when past solutions were simply a one time fee.
As much as I despise AT&T, lets be accurate.
As of now they don't "charge you twice" for the same data.
They make tethering available on a 5 GB for $50 plan.
They simply disallow it on any lower plan.
Not charging you twice at all. Simply micromanaging how you use your data, therefor forcing you buy more data, even if you need less, to get access to tethering.
How much past solutions cost has nothing to do with whether you can justify spending $30 for it now.
What?
You cannot afford 0.08 cents a day to use the internet on a laptop whenever you want, already paid for by your iPhone plan?
Really?
Remind me again how much you are paying for your iPhone and plan?
Just bought a copy from tether.com. Extremely clever. Not quite as convenient as the built-in iPhone hotspot capability (tether.com is only a one-to-one connection, not a one-to-many hotspot). But, it works and you don't have to pay the rediculous pricing the carriers charge.
AT&T and Verizon still get paid for this: you still are downloading data which means either you will run through your current plan faster or have to buy a larger plan if you use it much.
It is a shame that the carriers don't spend a little more time trying to provide a convenient service to their customers. There is SO much hatred between consumers and carriers. I've never seen an industry like this.
If they just listened to their customers and came up with innovative (instead of dasterdly) ways to meet them, they would have happy campers that paid lots of money and WANTED to be loyal.
Verizon is raising the bar in a good way with their new iPad plan: allowing free tethering at all data plan levels. They still make money and will sign more customers because of it. Too bad AT&T is still huddled in the boardroom trying to figure a way to get dispraportionate amounts of money from us with tethering.
Hear hear for Tether.com for creating a product that does what we want and still fits the spirit (too kind) of revenue generation for the carriers.
Jim
AT&T and Verizon still get paid for this: you still are downloading data which means either you will run through your current plan faster or have to buy a larger plan if you use it much.
It is a shame that the carriers don't spend a little more time trying to provide a convenient service to their customers. There is SO much hatred between consumers and carriers. I've never seen an industry like this.
If they just listened to their customers and came up with innovative (instead of dasterdly) ways to meet them, they would have happy campers that paid lots of money and WANTED to be loyal.
Verizon is raising the bar in a good way with their new iPad plan: allowing free tethering at all data plan levels. They still make money and will sign more customers because of it. Too bad AT&T is still huddled in the boardroom trying to figure a way to get dispraportionate amounts of money from us with tethering.
Hear hear for Tether.com for creating a product that does what we want and still fits the spirit (too kind) of revenue generation for the carriers.
Jim
For all those thinking you have to have a jailbroken phone... The Tether guy said in the video that this would work whether your iPhone was jailbroken or not.
But on the other hand, you don't need a third-party app here, it's built into the OS (Settings > General > Network > Portable Hotspot).
Somehow make this work with my iPhone to iPad and I will be sold!
Then I can give up my MIFI & plan, which I use for universal connection for both iPad and Macbook.
Great App though.
EDIT: Eh not App.....(Apple pulled it), web program html5 thingy..
Then I can give up my MIFI & plan, which I use for universal connection for both iPad and Macbook.
Great App though.
EDIT: Eh not App.....(Apple pulled it), web program html5 thingy..
So, I just bought this software. It is quite awesome! Surprisingly, it is blazing fast and very easy to use. Just start the program and it works. (Speed probably has to do with verizon being top notch over AT&T, but I digress...)
Only problem I have is restarting a connection once I completely exit the program. I have to restart my laptop in order to start completely fresh. Might just be something I'm doing, but who knows....
Anyway, I just thought I would give my two cents. Oh, and it uses AdHoc, so no WiFi iPad usage, but multiple people with the tether application can join if they have the AdHoc network key
Only problem I have is restarting a connection once I completely exit the program. I have to restart my laptop in order to start completely fresh. Might just be something I'm doing, but who knows....
Anyway, I just thought I would give my two cents. Oh, and it uses AdHoc, so no WiFi iPad usage, but multiple people with the tether application can join if they have the AdHoc network key
While true. Apple's blocking the use of installing non Apple Approved Apps is an issue. While for example the Google Play market will not show you any of tethering Apps if you are on one of the carriers (aka US) that want it blocked you can still install them either by going into Airplane mode and then wifi or just getting them from dev directly/another App store.
I also would not be surprised if Apple patches iOS to block these feature from working. I do not think it would be that hard for Apple do that.
I'm still enjoying Handy Light
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I got Handylight as well and it still works like a charm.
I tethered my iPhone to my mac for a month while waiting on Fios to be installed. No yearly fee either.Now if the iPad could only generate an ad hoc network--since that's how all these tether apps work. How likely is that?
Cool
I like their innovation, or adaptation, whichever. I am still reeling over the fact that the carriers have people convinced that charging for tethering is ok. That somehow it's different data. Sure, teens with game and movie fetishes eat up bandwidth, but normal folks should not have to suffer. Oh well, it'll happen, eventually people will smarten up and fly straight.
I like their innovation, or adaptation, whichever. I am still reeling over the fact that the carriers have people convinced that charging for tethering is ok. That somehow it's different data. Sure, teens with game and movie fetishes eat up bandwidth, but normal folks should not have to suffer. Oh well, it'll happen, eventually people will smarten up and fly straight.
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Dear carriers,
Suck a fatty.
Sincerely,
Every subscriber.
Dear carriers,
Suck a fatty.
Sincerely,
Every subscriber.
No, your comment was moronic. They can use the tethering on their phone... thus only having 1 data plan, instead of paying evil AT&T for two.
Or if they have Sprint with really unlimited data, they're really ahead of the curve.
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Edit, okay, so I see that it doesn't work that way, but you're still a jerk. Maybe instead of calling someone a moron, you might have explained why that wouldn't work so well. I too made the assumption. I'd educate someone before being a rude troll. It's not about being right or wrong. People generally come to these forums to learn something.
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