We suspected this when Apple didn’t mention tethering and AT&T told us after repeated prodding that all device features were up to the manufacturer–i.e., the tethering ball is in Apple’s court–but iPhone Atlas says they’ve learned that there won’t be any tethering for the iPhone 3G.
As we mention in our ultimate iPhone 3G FAQ, written by the esteemed author of How to Do Everything With Your iPhone, they didn’t allow tethering with the first iPhone either (not that EDGE would’ve been a wild ride anyway). This just seems to make it more of a lock–at least without some hackage. If Apple winds up allowing tethering, AT&T will probably come up with a plan, or simply apply its standard smartphone tethering plan, but either way, we’ll let you know if we hear different. [iPhone Atlas via TUAW]
Ryan
Monday, June 16, 2008 at 12:24 PMUnfortunately this is a deal breaker for me. When you create a device that is hyped to be the Jesus phone and it can’t perform such a useful function like this then sorry… I’m not going there.
Jobs touted how many functions people were using on the iPhone in comparison to other devices.. I can think of one more thing to add to the list of stuff that should have been in V1 that’s not in V2 and will hopefully make it into V3.. possibly through a software update.
sfnox
Monday, June 16, 2008 at 5:54 PMThe iPhone 3g is apparently supporting Vodaphone in Australia. I hope it will work with ALL Vodaphone plans, both pre-paid and pay-by-the-month.