An alleged email from Apple CEO Steve Jobs sent to an iPhone customer seems to hint that Apple and AT&T are working on a way to tether iPhones to computers. This option is available for other smart phones as a $30 a month option. Tethering lets users connect their laptops to the internet via their mobile phones.
The email from the iPhone customers:
AT&T offers data plans for BlackBerry that include tethering for an additional $30 per month (a total of $60 per month for the BlackBerry+tethering plan). It seems ludicrous that the same thing is not offered with the iPhone. I understand the desire to prevent tethering with the current data plan, but I am willing to pay more money to allow tethering! With such an advanced device, why can I not do so?
From Steve Jobs:
We agree, and are discussing it with ATT.
Steve
Sent from my iPhone
-Ray
[Source: macrumors]
August 29, 2008
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