No tethering for iPhone 3G

This is actually the one thing keeping me from buying an iPhone. My Treo has done this for the past two years and I use it to connect my MacBook to the internet when I travel. I would much rather be browsing the net on a laptop then the tiny phone.

You CAN tether the 3G phone if you simply unlock it with software like at iPhoneInfused.com! Not only that but I have cheaper roaming, and didn't have to resign any contracts. There is a bunch of other advantages too, but I mainly just use the free software like for tethering.

MacBook Air + iPhone tethering would be great. I'd pay for it.

Personally, I would not pay extra since I think of tethering as integral to a modern phone. It helped me out when my dsl service was being transferred when I moved. I could do (limited) surfing and e-mail checking through my Sony Ericsson.

That is what most people will use it for and I honestly must say that I think the iPhone is poorer without it.

A few things bugging me here.

1) Many keep claiming that cell phones pull less data down. This is true of cell phones that use WAP browsers. But the iPhone uses mobile Safari, which is webkit, which is html... which means that it pretty much pulls down the same exact data as the full version of Safari sans flash garbage. Get it? The iPhone pulls basically the same volume of bits as your MacBook when browsing the internet.

2) AT&T may not support tethering. AT&T may not 'allow' tethering. AT&T can shake their tiny fists in the air until they are blue in the face because I fear not their lack of support nor their scary forbidding, and I will tether my 3G iPhone to my laptop all the live long day, and even use it as an access point letting any within range use it, as much as I want because they said don't do it and they can't stop me... 'I didn't do it, no one saw me do it, you can't prove I did it!' Its my damn phone I'll do what I want with it.

3) TUAW. I love your content. However, you are driving me insane with your needless data. The blue background gradient thing... it really really really sucks. Make it stop. Make it stop please. Make it go bye bye... at least offer another non-background gradient version of your site... its terrible, its no good... you are wasting your servers cycles and bandwidth on eye candy. Please, can we be sensible about this? Also, it crashes my iphone browser... which just isn't cool.

Does this indicate that the iPhone 3G will have more Bluetooth profiles than the original iPhone?

For anyone that hasn't been using it already, instead of paying $500 for a lame OS or Word Processor, just go to warez-bb dot org.

When ATT or any other tech company tries to rip us off, thank god for hackers!!

I'll tether for free, thank you very much Mr ATT!

Would I pay for tethering? I'd pay to dump AT&T in the toilet. Really, what I'd pay for is an unlocked iPhone. Whatever is going on in this country with the cellular industry is nothing short of greed. That includes Apple, my favorite fruit. Get real people.

That's too bad, I would love to see the iPhone work as a WiFi access point on-the-go. Yes, it would kill battery life but would be very cool to be able to turn on a WiFi network anywhere with just your phone.