Tag Archive | "tethering"

Tethering app makes appearance in iTunes App Store before getting pulled by Apple

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

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For a brief period starting on Monday, iPhone users were able to download an app called iTether for $14.99. As the name implies, the app enabled users to tether their iOS devices to their computers via a USB connection and share their cellular-based Internet connection. It’s a pretty useful feature if you happen to be [...]

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AT&T adds 2GB to DataPro tethering plan

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

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AT&T has begun offering users signed up for their DataPro plan an extra 2GB of tethering data on the house. As it stands now, AT&T’s DataPro plan remains priced at $25/month while 4GB of tethering (as opposed to 2) is now available for $20 more. via 9to5Mac

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A quick caveat about iPhone tethering and AT&T’s unlimited plan

Friday, June 4, 2010

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While people continue to debate the merits of AT&T’s new data capped plans, current iPhone owners with an insatiable appetite for bandwidth will still be able to keep their $30/month unlimited plan if they so choose. Tethering, however, will only be available to iPhone owners who sign up for AT&T’s $25 Data Pro plan which [...]

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AT&T officially announces iPhone tethering for extra $20/month

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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As part of its new data plan offerings for smartphone users, AT&T is at long last letting iPhone users in on the action with a tethering option. Here’s how it works.

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iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 4 shows evidence of AT&T Tethering support

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

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Well I’ll be damned. Apple released iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 4 earlier today and it wasn’t long before developers found the strongest evidence yet that tethering for US based iPhone customers may very well happen sooner than later. Tethering, of course, isn’t new to the iPhone OS and was first introduced back when Apple released [...]

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Steve Jobs responds to user email about iPhone tethering on the iPad

Sunday, March 7, 2010

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The notoriously private Steve Jobs has made quite a name for himself with his terse email responses to users. Most recently, Jobs responded to an email regarding whether or not iPhone users would be able to tether their device to the wi-fi model iPad to get on the Web. After all, if you have 2 [...]

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Midday Link Roundup

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

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How I Ended My Affair With BlackBerry And Eloped With The iPhone – Business Insider Seeking Fame in Apple’s Sea of Apps – WSJ Big game publishers muscle in on iPhone’s upstarts – Reuters 10 Mac Apps that make Windows users Drool – Fast Company The MacBook Air is Doomed – The Apple Blog The [...]

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Report: iPhone MMS delayed, will arrive in September along with Tethering option for $55/mo

Friday, July 10, 2009

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When Scott Forstall took the stage at Apple’s WWDC a few weeks back, the audience was none too thrilled when he all but stated that MMS and tethering for the iPhone would not be supported by AT&T in time for the iPhone 3GS launch.  At the time, Forstall noted that MMS would make its way [...]

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Wednesday Night Linkfest

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

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Check out these links if a days worth of Apple news just isn’t enough for ya..

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Average iPhone user consumes 400MB of data every month

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

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With the new iPhone OS 3.0 now available for download, AT&T support for MMS and data-tethering remains conspicuously absent.  While some might attribute this to greed or laziness on AT&T’s part, the reality is that AT&T’s network still isn’t capable of supporting millions of iPhone users sending large volumes of video and photo MMS messages.  [...]

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Overview of the cooler features in iPhone OS 3.0, for users

Thursday, June 11, 2009

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Here’s a quick rundown of the more intriguing features users can look forward to in the upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 update, which is scheduled to drop on June 17. Cut, Copy, and Paste The next iPhone software will bring with it over 100 new features, chief among them the long awaited arrival of cut, copy, [...]

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Is AT&T stalling on MMS and tethering because it knows the iPhone won’t stay exclusive for long?

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

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At yesterday’s keynote, Scott Forstall discussed many of the cool features in the upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 update, chief among them support for MMS and data tethering.  Support for those 2 technologies, however, are wholly dependant on carrier approval, and noticeably absent from the list of cooperating carriers was AT&T. AT&T recently stated that MMS [...]

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Rumor: MMS and Tethering to be included in iPhone OS 3.0 update?

Thursday, March 12, 2009

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BoyGeniusReport, citing unnamed sources, reports that the upcoming iPhone 3.0 update will introduce MMS and tethering capabilities. MMS has long been a desired feature for iPhone users, and as any critic will readily tell you, it’s even a standard feature on phones that are over 6 years old.  Some have speculated that Apple initially nixed MMS [...]

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iPhone tethering to only cost $10 a month?

Saturday, January 10, 2009

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MacBlogz is reporting that iPhone tethering might only cost 10 bucks a month. The biggest piece of information we learned was that AT&T is playing around with a $10 price-point. This made my eyes light up and I asked them how they could get away with charging a third of what was initially reported, here’s [...]

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Pre Macworld Rumor Roundup: iTunes to go DRM Free? iPhone Tethering?

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

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CNET is reporting that Apple has struck a deal with Sony, Warner, and Universal to add DRM-free tracks from their catalogues to iTunes.  Currently, EMI is the only major record label that offers DRM free songs on the iTunes Store – those songs cost $1.29 and are available via iTunes Plus.  According to the report, [...]

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Rumor: iPhone tethering plan details

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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Macblogz purportedly has received some inside info as to what the iPhone tethering plan will look like when finally released. • 5GB Data Cap (just like Blackberry users) – AT&T will automatically turn off your tethering connection if you use too much bandwidth. Of note, the 5GB cap might get sliced for all users, not [...]

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