Tethering Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

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 ...

AT&T axes unlimited data, unveils tethering price

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 2nd, 2010)

It's been a little over four months since the initial data plans for the iPad were announced, and slightly more than a month since the 3G iPad's been available. So, why the rapid about-face? It probably has something to do with the more than 2 million iPads sold to date, and the iPhone's increasing ...

Seven ways PC World is wrong about the iPhone-Android matchup

by Chris Rawson (May 22nd, 2010)

Android's new features in the upcoming version 2.2 (aka "Froyo," announced this week at Google I/O) are certainly intriguing, but some sections of the press have gone off the deep end in their analysis of what this means for the iPhone and the smartphone market in general. PC World's piece, "7 ...

iPhone OS 4.0 to finally allow tethering

by Mike Schramm (May 19th, 2010)

It turns out that the long-awaited tethering option on the iPhone (in the US anyway) is just around the corner. MacRumors discovered that there is a new configuration page for setting up Internet tethering via the iPhone inside of the latest beta of iPhone OS 4.0. The feature isn't actually enabled ...

Rogers offering $20 for iPad add-on to existing iPhone customers?

by TJ Luoma (May 10th, 2010)

The Apple Store for Canada is currently showing the above rates for iPad data plans, but before you get too excited, note a few things. First, Rogers' official iPad page does not yet show any rate plan information. Second, BoyGeniusReport updated their article on this to say that "Apple has ...

Rogers customers get to keep free tethering and get offered a paid nav app

by Mel Martin (Apr 6th, 2010)

Our Canadian friends have a couple of new products to look at if they have an iPhone. The first is Rogers Navigator, powered by TeleNav. For $4.99 a month Rogers' iPhone customers get a full featured turn-by-turn solution with spoken instructions. The app includes real time traffic alerts and ...

Ask TUAW: Shopping for new Macs, iPhone home screens, home folder on external disk, and more

by Mat Lu (Feb 26th, 2010)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we have questions about whether to buy a 27" iMac or a MacBook Pro, increasing the number of iPhone home screens, moving your home folder to an external disk, and more. As always, your suggestions and questions are ...

Ask TUAW: Key remapping in Boot Camp, iPad tethering, file-sharing with a media extender, and more

by Mat Lu (Feb 19th, 2010)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we deal with some technical issues on our production Mac before turning to questions about Windows key remapping in Boot Camp, sharing files with a LaCie media extender, downloading images in Safari, recovering from a ...

An ode to iPhone tethering

by Chris Rawson (Feb 10th, 2010)

Sometimes I feel sorry for you poor iPhone users in the US. Sure, the telecommunications landscape in New Zealand isn't exactly perfect, but our small nation has the US beat on at least one very significant point: unlike AT&T, our wireless providers let us tether our iPhones as much as we want ...

Two broken promises from AT&T and Apple as 2009 comes to a close

by TJ Luoma (Dec 30th, 2009)

As I sit by the light of the Christmas tree in my mother's house with the vestiges of presents all around, it occurs to me that no matter how good Santa might have been to you, both Apple and AT&T left us lumps of coal for the end of 2009. You might remember this promise from Apple a few ...

Tethering for the holiday traveler

by Josh Carr (Dec 22nd, 2009)

I know that many of our readers will be traveling during the holiday season, so I wanted to share a walk-through that will help keep your MacBook of choice connected on the go. This is an article intended for those using iPhones on carriers that do not officially support tethering. TUAW would like ...

AT&T remains elusive on official date for iPhone tethering

by TJ Luoma (Oct 14th, 2009)

iPhone users have been waiting for tethering for a long time. More specifically, AT&T customers are still waiting for it. Since the WWDC 2009 Keynote Address, where it was announced that iPhone OS 3.0 would support tethering, AT&T has said they would support it... sometime. Appmodo.com is ...

TUAW Sunday snacks: Some tasty tidbits of random information

by Steven Sande (Sep 13th, 2009)

In between watching those Sunday NFL games, we're hoping that you're snacking on some TUAW goodness. For your munching pleasure I thought I'd cook up some of the interesting tidbits that have accumulated in our inbox this morning and present them to you for consumption. First, from TUAW reader Tom, ...

Best iPhone cellular plan... ever?

by Kevin Harter (Aug 9th, 2009)

I like to joke that "Iowa is a great place to live, but I wouldn't want to visit." Residents often complain that there's nothing to do (other than milk cows and shuck corn). One can only stand so much antiquing. But we do have a few things going for us: clean air, relatively light traffic, lots of ...

Damage control: AT&T denies $55 tethering charge rumor

by Chris Rawson (Jun 19th, 2009)

While it was rumored that AT&T would charge an additional $55 to enable U.S. customers to use internet tethering on the iPhone, the company has scrambled to deny that claim by posting an update on its Facebook page: "There are a lot of reports out there, but wanted you guys to know that ...