As we’ve reported earlier, AT&T continues to clamp down on
, which is one of the main reasons users
.
There has been a lot of debate and speculation on how AT&T detects the unofficial iPhone tethering. Android Police has provided some insight into how AT&T is able to identify users who are using the unofficial tethering option.
Jailbroken iPhones typically use the same tethering technique as a standard iPhone , the one that’s already present (more…)

and using the tethering option unofficially have received a reminder message from AT&T this morning, informing them that they’re planning to update their plan to a tethering plan ($45/mo, incl. 4GB).
Back in March,
To recap, AT&T had started
for $20 per month in June 2010, almost a year after the feature was introduced in
by Apple .
Due to the delay, developers had released
that enabled tethering for a one-time fee, which are very popular.
(more…)

.
“records show that you use [tethering] but are not subscribed to our tethering plan.”
for $20 per month in June 2010, almost a year after the feature was introduced in
by Apple .
Due to the delay,
developers had released apps that enabled tethering for a one-time fee, which are very popular. MyWi also allows users to convert their
released last week. It is also one of major reasons users jailbreak their iPhone .
Customers are being notified (more…)

AT&T has just announced that it will be increasing the monthly data limits from 2GB to 4GB from February 13th for users on a smartphone tethering plan at no additional cost. It has also announced the launch of AT&T Mobile hotspot application for HTC Inspire 4G users, which comes with 4GB of data.
, a feature that will be available to
customers. AT&T hasn’t clarified if it will offer the mobile hotspot feature for 
users.
AT&T today announced (more…)

The excitement surrounding this discovery however appears to be short-lived. We are now hearing from developers that Apple may have scrapped this tethering functionality as it is no longer available in iOS 4.2 beta 3
It is not clear why Apple has removed the feature. It is being speculated that the company could offer tethering quite selectively on a few carriers thereby hiding the feature on iPads serviced by other carriers. It is worth noting (more…)

Programmer Paul Grave discovered the new tethering options in the settings after upgrading to iOS 4.2 beta 2 on his iPad 3G.
9to5Mac reports that the options appear onlyon European carriers and do not appear on iPad 3Gs running on AT&T’s network.
As you can see from the screenshot below, users can enter the APN network settings to tether iPad’s 3G data connection to a laptop.
It will be interesting to see if this feature makes it to the (more…)

The process of tethering allows your laptop to use your iPhone 's data connection to surf the internet.
TetherMe dynamically enables native tethering for iOS 3.x and iOS 4.x+ devices. This should work on any carrier without the need for customized bundles or preferences.
TetherMe also bypasses signature checking and allows you to edit your carrier bundle manually if you so desire. This is required to enable MMS functionality on T-Mobile. TetherMe (more…)

Lee has posted the following YouTube video, which demonstrates how to enable the hidden feature.
Folks at AppShopper have followed the instructions provided in the video and have confirmed that tethering works as expected.
was the first iPhone app to briefly bring tethering to the iPhone , basically turning your iPhone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot, thus enabling your laptop or any Wi-Fi enabled device to surf the internet using your iPhone 's (more…)

Ironically though, the new tethering option will not allow users to tether their iPhone with the iPad. According to reports on
, AT&T has noted the absence of a USB port as one of the primary reasons why tethering is not supported on the
. However, Apple 's documentation notes that the new tethering functionality can also be activated over the device's over Bluetooth.
This has led several observers to question AT&T's motive behind (more…)

AT&T will be introducing two new data plans from June 7. They are as follows:
200MB of data for $15 per month. AT&T says this will be enough data to meet the needs of 65% of its smartphone users. If you go over the 200MB cap, AT&T will charge you $15 per 200MB if you go over the limit.
2GB of data for $25 per month. According to AT&T, only 2% of its smartphone customers manage to consume more than 2GB of data per month. AT&T will charge you $10 (more…)