Tethering Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me share my iPhone data to my iPad

by Erica Sadun (Feb 9th, 2012)

Dear Aunt TUAW, I find myself in an interesting position. I am going to be traveling for several weeks within the US. I have my iPhone on a grandfathered unlimited data plan and a wifi iPad 2. I would like to be able to use my iPad while away not only for FaceTime but also general use and even ...

Sprint caps mobile tethering plans to 5 GB per month starting October 2

by Chris Rawson (Sep 22nd, 2011)

In yet another move highly suggestive of a major product announcement pending at Sprint (gee, what could it be), insider sources at the company have told Sprintfeed that Sprint plans to cap its tethering plans to 5 GB of data per month starting October 2. Mobile data that goes straight to the ...

Verizon now cracking down on jailbreak tethering and apps

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 10th, 2011)

Verizon is now blocking customers from tethering for free on their data plan. For years, savvy smartphone owners have used hacks and software to connect their laptop or tablet to their phone's mobile broadband connection without paying the additional US$20 monthly charge for tethering. Until ...

iPhone 4 Personal Hotspot put to the test

by Steven Sande (Mar 29th, 2011)

It's a good thing that I decided to sign up for AT&T's implementation of the iOS 4.3 Personal Hotspot feature while I was standing in line for my iPad 2 a couple of weeks ago. I'm accompanying my wife on a conference trip this week, using the time away from my consulting clients to get some ...

UK cell operator O2 changes tariffs, offers free tethering

by Richard Gaywood (Mar 29th, 2011)

Here in the UK, O2 was Apple's partner operator for several years, and it remains the default choice for a lot of us iPhone users. With the new emphasis on tethering in iOS 4.3 via Personal Hotspot, many of us O2 users (particularly those of us with Wi-Fi iPads) have been clamoring for better ...

AT&T aggressively moving against unauthorized tethering

by Richard Gaywood (Mar 18th, 2011)

AT&T is ruining a lot of people's days with a customer mailshot explaining that its "records show that you use [tethering] but are not subscribed to our tethering plan." iOS, of course, will disable the built-in tethering facility if you do not have an appropriate carrier plan. There are a ...

iOS 4.3 spotlight: Personal Hotspot

by Mike Schramm (Mar 9th, 2011)

Perhaps the biggest feature available in the iOS 4.3 update today is the Personal Hotspot -- Verizon iPhone users have had access to the feature before now, but as of iOS 4.3, AT&T users can find the hotspot feature under the Network tab, inside the General Settings app on the iPhone. Note ...

iPhone 4 + Personal Hotspot + Wi-Fi-only iPad: Possible, but with drawbacks

by Chris Rawson (Mar 6th, 2011)

Once Apple announced Personal Hotspot, the new iPhone 4-only feature, a lot of potential iPad buyers started asking the same question. "Can I use this feature with a Wi-Fi-only iPad and avoid paying extra for a 3G-enabled iPad, plus another monthly data plan for it?" Indeed you can. With ...

iOS 4.3 brings a handful of new features and new headaches

by Chris Rawson (Mar 4th, 2011)

iOS 4.3 doesn't bring nearly as many changes to the table as iOS 4.2 did last November. The release of iOS 4.2 was a watershed moment for the iPad, bringing features like multitasking and folders that made it a far more useful device than before. The iPhone got fewer new features in iOS 4.2, ...

AP photographer uses MyWi to cover Bahrain protests

by Dana Franklin (Feb 17th, 2011)

James Lawler Duggan, a photojournalist from Washington, D.C., used his jailbroken iPhone 3GS and MyWi 4.0 tethering software to transmit photos from Bahrain (warning: photos are graphic in nature). This week, police locked down the capital of this small Persian Gulf kingdom as demonstrators prepared ...

AT&T increases tethering plan by 2 GB, still charges way too much

by Chris Rawson (Feb 3rd, 2011)

In what can be interpreted as an attempt to stanch a possibly hemorrhagic flow of customers flocking to the Verizon iPhone, AT&T has added an extra 2 GB per month to its phone tethering plan for the same US$20/month rate as the previous plan, which came with no extra data at all. Note that ...

Tether your iPhone with the Nexaria BC2 router

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Nov 23rd, 2010)

The Nexaria BC2 router is a rather ugly 802.11b/g/n router that will allow tethering on the iPhone 3, 3GS and 4. Unfortunately, you must plug the thing into an outlet to power it up, providing somewhat limited use. Typical use case for tethering is using your phone as a modem and connecting to ...

How to use your iPhone's volume buttons for shutter control in Camera+

by Richard Gaywood (Aug 10th, 2010)

If you use Camera+ -- and you should; we love it -- you might have been excited by the recent talk of using the volume control buttons on the side of your iPhone to take pictures with. We've all found fumbling with the touchscreen button a little fiddly from time to time, right? I've come worryingly ...

Spin your plates, it's time for TUAW TV Live

by Steven Sande (Jul 21st, 2010)

In keeping with my earlier theme about today's TUAW TV Live being like an old TV variety show, I submit this awesome shot of people spinning plates on sticks. Yes, that was the sum total of TV entertainment when I was growing up. Today on TUAW TV Live, I won't be spinning plates on sticks except ...

Apple won't support iPhone to iPad tethering

by David Winograd (Jun 4th, 2010)

If you thought that when iPhone OS 4.0 gets released and you can buy the 2GB "Datapro" plan for $25, along with an additional $20 per month to tether your iPhone's WiFi connection to your iPad, think again. It's just not going to happen. This is consistent with Steve Jobs' answer to an email asking ...