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Tether Launches HTML5-Based iPhone Tethering Solution

AppleMark said:
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..
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MiFi? Are you on Three UK with your phone? If you are then they allow tethering for free :3
 
iMikeT said:
I live in the USA where the economic and employment conditions are the worst they have ever been since the Great Depression of the 1930s. At this point, every penny counts.
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Really?

You own an Apple Computer and an iPhone (probably other Apple bit's and bob's) and you are lamenting that you cannot justify $30 a year (0.08 cents a day!), because you feel that you personally are in the grip of a depression?

Then I am sorry. I did not know you were one of those unfortunate individuals, struggling to make ends meet. :rolleyes:

You do know that you have just insulted people in real financial difficulty right now? Those in real difficulty often do not have a phone or computer, let alone able to choose *probably the best on the market.

Wake up..

(*Probably is based on the views of the poster and subject to opinion, not a reflection of market share or adoption rate. Trolls need not abuse or point out that their Samsung has more ram / bigger screen etc...:))
 
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ANinjaPeanut said:
MiFi? Are you on Three UK with your phone? If you are then they allow tethering for free :3
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Thanks for the heads up.

My iPhones on o2. They charge for everything...

However I tried to move to Vodafone and that was a big mistake. Poor coverage in my area (of London...) and no visual voicemail. 3UK also fairs badly in comparison, which is a shame.
 
The Real Story - Carrier Unlocked still restricted in US

This application is really for the following:

1 - US users who are grandfathered on AT&T's Unlimited data plan
2 - Other users who don't have the Personal Hotspot option

FYI - I live in Denmark and purchased my iPhone in Europe. Out of the box, it was unlocked. The carrier in Denmark allows my phone to 'Teather' with a personal hotspot.

When I travel to the US (Which I do every month), I use my AT&T sim card in my iPhone. I have had an AT&T account for 10 years or so, (Cingular et. al) and was fortunate to have the Unlimited data plan. When I swap my sim cards from my Danish Sim to my US sim, the 'Personal Hotspot' option disappears from my Network Options. Therefore, it is the carrier that determines the functionality, not Apple.

my 2 cents.
 
kuaiyouming said:
Am I missing something or can we all already tether our Macs to our phones via wireless OS X internet sharing? As long as the computer (MBP for example) has an internet connection (ethernet, wireless, etc.), you can turn on internet sharing from System Preferences to create an ad hoc wireless network that your iPhone can connect to like any WiFi network.
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1. There is no technical problem involved with tethering.

2. Your carrier most likely wants you to sign on for a more expensive data plan if you want to use tethering. Without that more expensive data plan, tethering is a breach of your contract.

3. Apple's built-in iPhone tethering won't work if you haven't signed up for a data plan that allows tethering. Apple refuses to sell an app on their store whose only purpose is to let you use tethering in breach of your contract.

4. And that's what this application does: Enable you to do something that you could do anyway if you paid your carrier.


AppleMark said:
you personally[/U] are in the grip of a depression?
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I'm depressed about the maths here. 0.08 cents times 365 is 29.2 cents or about $0.29.
 
gnasher729 said:
I'm depressed about the maths here. 0.08 cents times 365 is 29.2 cents or about $0.29.
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:D You got me!

"Put your hands up and step away from the calculator!!!"

We will just mentally move the decimal point and forget it ever happened..., as I don't do editing of my own bloopers.


itickings said:
That's perfectly legitimate Verizon Math. Get with the times! :D
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I knew I had seen that way of calculating math's before.... :)
 
Gooberton said:
then sell your computer and phone and stop bothering us with your whining
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Ok. How much would you offer me for a 2011 27" iMac with a 3.4GHz quad-core Core i7, 2GB AMD Radeon, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD, and a 32GB iPhone 4?


AppleMark said:
Really?

You own an Apple Computer and an iPhone (probably other Apple bit's and bob's) and you are lamenting that you cannot justify $30 a year (0.08 cents a day!), because you feel that you personally are in the grip of a depression?

Then I am sorry. I did not know you were one of those unfortunate individuals, struggling to make ends meet. :rolleyes:

You do know that you have just insulted people in real financial difficulty right now? Those in real difficulty often do not have a phone or computer, let alone able to choose *probably the best on the market.

Wake up..
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The next time you insult people, including myself, can you please find a way to type out the insults in an English accent? I enjoy being insulted by people with an English accent.
 
topmike said:
This application is really for the following:

1 - US users who are grandfathered on AT&T's Unlimited data plan
2 - Other users who don't have the Personal Hotspot option

FYI - I live in Denmark and purchased my iPhone in Europe. Out of the box, it was unlocked. The carrier in Denmark allows my phone to 'Teather' with a personal hotspot.

When I travel to the US (Which I do every month), I use my AT&T sim card in my iPhone. I have had an AT&T account for 10 years or so, (Cingular et. al) and was fortunate to have the Unlimited data plan. When I swap my sim cards from my Danish Sim to my US sim, the 'Personal Hotspot' option disappears from my Network Options. Therefore, it is the carrier that determines the functionality, not Apple.

my 2 cents.
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This is EXACTLY why AT&T has a clause in their contract to throttle of discontinue use of their bandwidth. If you are using your phone for an unintended purpose, AT&T does not have the obligation to give you free internet for all your devices.
 
Doings

w00master said:
Again... explain how this is Apple's fault?

Normally, I'm with many on Apple's restrictions in the App store, but in this instance it's entirely the carrier's doing.

w00master
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This is not the carriers doing, it as Apple providing a mechanism by which the carrier can tell when you using data of the phone or through the tether...

Before the iPhone I had been data tethering 3G mobile phones (Nokia, Sony etc), using bluetooth, for years.... the phone worked transparently and the carrier didn't know what I was doing, the only issue would have been if I had gone over my data allowance which I never did...

Apple Provided a tether switch that the carrier can read, for Apple to keep sweet with the carriers, so the doings! are duplicitous.

:rolleyes:
 
Daveoc64 said:
Apple has always bowed to the carriers!

Until a few days ago you couldn't download an App bigger than 20MB over the Cellular network (now it's 50MB).

Why would Apple care about that?

Why no Facetime on 3G?

Why does no other smartphone manufacturer have the same tethering restrictions that Apple does?

Why does the iPhone feature the "Carrier Settings" file concept (which carriers can use to restrict how people use iPhones on their network).

Apple does things that benefit the carriers and not their users.
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A lot of eyes are on Apple from them, of course, I think the issue is Apple can't have a phone without them so they need to do that. However, they've used some leg room to defy some carrier plans. Enter iMessage as a prime example.
 
This is quite cool, though a bit annoying to set up… I wish one day you could just have free WiFi all over the world!
 
It works!

A terrific bargain! It works in Japan with the latest iOS and Lion! There has never before been tethering in Japan. This rocks!!!!!!!
 
princigalli said:
switch to android... Like most iPhone users I know. Problem solved.
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But then you have to use android and why would I want to do that... Getting better but for the most part it sucks.

I've have 6 phones and tablets for testing purposes and well... nothing works well together. you have to design apps for almost every device which is stupid and even then because the carriers and the manufacturers can screw around with them - you are never guaranteed for anything to work. Downloaded the same well used app on to 6 droid devices the other day. 2 worked. 1 worked but crashed once in a while the others won't install despite all having the same version of Android. Pointless. At the moment it's worse than Windows in the 90's - install one thing.. breaks something else.

I love how people bleat on about being in a closed eco system for hours and hours, then they go and turn on their Xbox or PS3. Oh look... they just work too ( RROD PSnet hack - blah blah )
 
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Waste money for Tether fee. I have MyWi and tetherMe on my jailbroken iPhone 4. Tether can't be compatible with iPad WiFi from iPhone. MyWi and TetherMe working fine to tether iPad. Not worth for Tether.
 
Akarin said:
This whole thing has nothing to do with Apple but with US carriers, I would think. I'm in Switzerland where my carrier doesn't restrict the way I use my unlimited data plan and to tether, I can simply use the personal hotspot built-in iOS by Apple from my iPhone to surf from my iPad or laptop without the need to buy some 3rd party software or service.
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True. When I travel to Switzerland I use a local SIM there and for 4 Euro per day I have unlimited data plus tethering on my 4S with great coverage and pretty good speed.

When I'm back in the US I pay 30 bucks per month for 2GB of lousy coverage and slow data speed. Thanks ATT.
 
RobertMartens said:
Oh so now you're Carrie Fisher and Tim Cook is Tarkin?

The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.
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Don't underestimate the power of the dark side.

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Device Maker or Carrier control of device tethering?

Can Apple make an iPhone that just tethers.
(No on/off).
And let the carriers deal with that.

It seems like Apple might have given the carriers too much control over the devices. I think I would like to be in control of the switches on my device.

In other words do the carriers need to use "Apple's device controls" to turn on tethering? ... like the tether app that was removed.

If so one can lay some blame on the maker of the device for allowing the carriers to control the functionality.

For Profit.!



Could car makers change the Fuel fill on a car to only allow the more expensive fuels and get kickbacks from Exxon. I hope they are not reading this.
 
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