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AT&T says iPhone 3G tethering coming “soon”
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Confirmed: 3G Tethering Coming to iPhone [IPhone]
Gizmodo —
... . Laptop tethering is coming to the iPhone. At the Web 2.0 Summit today, AT&T; Mobility President/CEO Ralph De La Vega has said that wireless modem tethering will be available "soon." That's all we know for now, but more details as they come in, of course. [Technologizer] ...
AT&T CEO: iPhone To Get Tethering App 'Soon'
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... , Nov 6, 2008 01:59 PM [image] Using a 3G-enabled smartphone to serve as the wireless modem between the network and a laptop should be offered by every carrier and every smartphone. Alas, only a handful of phones can do this. According to AT 's CEO, the iPhone will soon be one of them. That's the answer straight from the horse's mouth. At the Web 2.0 Summit, AT Mobility President and CEO Ralph De La Vega responded to a question on whether or not AT was ever going to offer a tethering service for the iPhone. De La Vega told the reporter, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington, that ...
AT&T Confirms Tethering For iPhone 3G
iPhone Savior —
... solution. It appears the rumors are true. I'm confident that both Apple and AT&T understand demand for iPhone tethering has remained extremely high for users. Of course the part that's still unclear are the monthly fees AT&T intends to charge for the convenience of tethering. The AT&T service has been rumored to cost between $20-$30 extra per month but that's still unconfirmed. We're expecting word on an official launch date to surface shortly. [Technologizer]
AT&T wireless chief: iPhone to get laptop tethering, at last
Yahoo! Tech Advisors —
... that the iPhone 3G might get a laptop-tethering plan on AT (carriers overseas already offer tethering plans), both Apple and AT —on the record, at least—have been silent on the subject. Until now, that is. According to Technologizer , AT Mobility President and CEO Ralph De La Vega just told a reporter that an iPhone 3G tethering plan is coming … "soon." De La Vega didn't go into any further details about how soon he means by "soon," or how much iPhone 3G tethering might cost per month. An existing (non-iPhone) AT "PDA Personal" data bundle for laptop tethering costs $60 ...
AT&T CEO: 3G Tethering coming to Apple iPhone ‘soon’
MacDailyNews —
... Web 2.0 Summit: AT Mobility President and CEO Ralph De La Vega just told interviewer Michael Arrington that the company is working with Apple to let the iPhone serve as a tethered wireless modem for laptops soon. And he says it’ll be available 'soon,'" Harry McCracken reports for Technologizer. "Even if AT wants more money for a tethering plan–and I’m assuming it will charge something like $50 or $60 a month–I think a lot of people will sign up," McCracken opines. Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: We're on board as soon as it's offered. NetShare works, but we expect ...
iPhone Getting Tethering Functionality
Gearlog —
... AT&T; Mobility President and CEO Ralph De La Vega today announced that the wireless carrier and Apple have been working together to provide tethering functionality for the iPhone. The announcement came as De La Vega was being interviewed by TechCrunch's Michael Arrington during the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. ...
AT&T: Tethering Plan for iPhone on the Horizon
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... , AT&T's mobility president Ralph De La Vega told interviewer Michael Arrington that the company is working with Apple to offer an official tethering plan, according to Technologizer. On average, such plans typically cost handset owners at least $50 a month. ...
AT&T exec confirms iPhone tethering on the way
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... How's this for a telephone game: Technologizer's Harry McCracken reports that AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph De La Vega told Michael Arrington that the iPhone will be allowed to work as a tethered wireless modem for notebooks. It will be available "soon." Allegedly. ...
Report Indicates iPhone Tethering Coming Soon
The Mac Lawyer —
... Source: "AT&T: Tethering Coming to the iPhone Soon" by Harry McCracken, published at Technologizer. ...
Use your iPhone as a 3G modem... but maybe Stateside-only
Tech Digest —
... some software to enable this functionality on the device. There has previously been two options for using your iPhone as a 3G modem, but one was removed from the App store and the other only works on jailbroken iPhones. It'll almost certainly cost users more money, and the connection won't be fast enough to do much more than load a few websites, but it's a nice feature addition to the device, for US users. I wonder if O2 has anything similar in the works over here. AT&T; (via Technologizer) Related posts: Skypephone S2 offers this functionality out of ...
iPhone tethering coming soon according to AT&T
Obsessable News Feed —
... According to Harry McCracken of Technoligizer, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph De La Vega reportedly told Michael Arrington that the iPhone will be allowed to work as a modem for your notebook soon via wireless tethering over a Bluetooth connection. Michael Arrington's MobileCrunch site, one of the sites in the TechCrunch network, ...
Linkpost | 11.7.2009
TechBlog —
... Project only works with a handful of phones, though. • AT&T: Tethering Coming to the iPhone Soon - But as sluggish as AT&T's 3G is, will you be willing to pay a lot extra per month for it? • ...
iPhone 3G Tethering Confirmed
GEARFUSE —
... CEO Ralph De la Vega has confirmed that both AT&T and Apple will officially offer the capability to use the iPhone 3G as a modem. How well Apple’s iPhone 3G will perform as a modem remains to be seen as does its availability. If you’re one of the 3G users who’ve been patiently waiting for a first party tethering service as opposed to using alternatives such as iModem , then the wait will soon be over. There has never been a better time to be an iPhone owner. Link [ via ]
AT&T CEO says iPhone tethering plan is coming soon
iPhone Buzz —
... to talk about the broadband limits regarding the iPhone 3G and the economy’s effect on AT&T. From what he said, they are ready to take on larger broadband limits. ...
AT&T - 3G Tethering Coming to iPhone
COGADGET —
... capability will be built into the 2.2 firmware.
Tethering is an option by which your iPhone will serve as a 3G Modem for your Laptops. With tethering you can connect to internet or share data.
Currently two tethered options exist for iPhone- Netshare and iModem. But Apple removed the Netshare option from Apple’s iPhone App Store while iModem works only in Jailbroken phones. Both these options violate AT&T Terms and Conditions.
[Via MacRumors and Technologizer]
AT&T Confirms iPhone Tethering is on its Way
Touch Podium —
... Harry McCracken of Technologizer reports that AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph De La Vega told Michael Arrington that the iPhone will be allowed to work as a tethered wireless modem for notebooks. It will be available “soon.” Allegedly. ...
AT&T CEO says iPhone tethering plan is coming soon
Top iPhone News —
... to talk about the broadband limits regarding the iPhone 3G and the economy’s effect on AT&T. From what he said, they are ready to take on larger broadband limits. ...
Technologizer’s Ten Most Popular Stories of November
Technologizer —
... : Ed Oswald’s story from back in September on a not-so-well-known auction site is the Cal Ripken, Jr. of Technologizer posts–every single day, an amazing number of people find it and join the conversation on whether the site’s business model is good for consumers or a very bad idea. 3. AT&T: Tethering Coming to the iPhone Soon : At the Web 2.0 conference, I happened to be sitting in the audience when AT&T’s wireless head said that you’d soon be able to use an iPhone as a wireless modem for a laptop. I blogged it. Lots and lots of people are apparently salivating at the idea ...
Will the iPhone 3.0 Upgrade Be Available Next Week?
Technologizer —
... I don’t want to start any wild rumors, but here’s an intriguing comment that just got added to the post I wrote way back in early November when AT&T Wireless’s CEO said that iPhone users would “soon” be able to tether their phones to their laptops as wireless modems: ...
WWDC’s Big Loser: AT&T
Technologizer —
... Next, we heard about 3.0’s eagerly-anticipated support for tethering as a wireless modem. The logos of 22 carriers who are ready to go appeared on-screen. The audience scanned them for the AT&T logo, and when Ma Bell wasn”t even mentioned, it knew that the company wasn’t among them. Despite the fact that it said tethering was coming “soon” seven months ago. ...
iPhone Tethering: Soon Is in the Eye of the Beholder
Technologizer —
... On November 6th of last year at the Web 2.0 conference, AT&T Mobility President and CEO Ralph De La Vega told the audience that the company would soon let AT&T customers tether their iPhones to laptops as a wireless modem. I blogged about it and called it cheery news. And waited. In June of this year, Apple announced that the iPhone OS 3.0 software would enable tethering, and that a bunch of carriers would offer it immediately– ...
iPhone Tethering on AT&T: One Year and Counting
Technologizer —
... Exactly one year ago, on November 6th, 2008, I was siting in the audience at the Web 2.0 Summit when AT&T Mobility President Ralph De La Vega shared good news from the stage: The company would “soon” be permitting iPhone users to tether their phones for use. I assumed he was a reliable source and blogged the glad tidings. ...
