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Jan 06, 09 - 10:30 am Comment from: CYxodus

I hope it's possible to connect my DS and PSP to an iPhone. That would be cool.

Jan 06, 09 - 10:30 am Comment from: MacintoshSoftwareList.com

Didn't we hear this two months ago?

Jan 06, 09 - 10:32 am Comment from: MacintoshSoftwareList.com

We already pay for data, I WILL NOT PAY MORE FOR THE SAME THING>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I won't pay them another dollar. I already pay for unlimited data.

Free market and all, so AT&T;could charge for the number of times you swipe to unlock the phone. But. I think charging for tethering is double-dipping.

Jan 06, 09 - 10:55 am Comment from: Macintosh

I'm so bummed I didn't get Nullriver's Netshare app when it came out. Procrastination got the best of me on that one.

Does anyone know if it still works?

Jan 06, 09 - 10:55 am Comment from: Predrag

We will need to wait and see how popular this will be. I'm sure some business executives will pay without blinking (it's only company money anyway), but I bet AT&T's expectations are higher than that.

As MacintoshSoftwareList and Cheap B'Stard have already said, the first $30 dollars of every iPhone plan is ALREADY for unlimited data. With all other cellphones, I could see how they would want a bit more if one were to tether that cellphone. After all, how much data do these other phones use when not tethered.

However, with iPhone, I'm doubtful there'll be any meaningful difference between data trafic on the iPhone and that on a tethered computer. Vast majority of tethering users are mainly doing web and e-mail, which is virtually the same on the iPhone. Ironically, tethering plans for ordinary phones are cheaper, yet the difference in data usage is greater. Apparently, AT&T is charging the exorbitant iPod tax.

AT&T is clearly showing immense greed here. Apple should have put their foot down on this, since they'll be found greedy as well, by association.

Coming, as this rumor does, in the middle of a rolling AT&T;data network outage here on the east coast, I must snicker. These clowns are NOT keeping up. Here's praying the exclusivity deal is done and we can move to another carrier SOON!

MW: Methods, as in I had no methods for checking my email all morning.

Jan 06, 09 - 11:56 am Comment from: jocknerd

@PC Apologist,

What carrier do you want to go with? They all suck big time. As long as the FCC allows the owners of the "lines" to be the service providers, consumers will lose. Until the FCC allows real competition the way we had back in the 90's with ISP's over dial-up, nothing will get better.

I have Netshare - and yes it still works. I wish I could've gotten an update, though, as I'm sure there was room for improvement. My 1st Gen iPhone gets very hot after only several minutes of use. I won't be paying AT&T;'s exorbitant tethering fees.