Mobile hotspots: AT&T, Sprint and Verizon compete on price, features, speed
Brian Nadel, Computer World, 6/17/2011 Which carrier’s mobile hotspot packs the most punch? You’re sitting in your hotel room and you need to connect your laptop to the Internet to get some work done. But while many hotels offer free Internet access, you’re staying in one that thinks of it as comparable to the room’s [...]
In: Blackberry, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Bluetooth, Hotspot, MiFi, Samsung, Sprint, Tether, Verizon, WiFi
Verizon Gets Hit With FCC Complaint Over 4G LTE Tethering
Jordan Crook, Mobile Crunch, 6/7/2011 Verizon Wireless got hit with an FCC complaint this morning by an organization called Free Press, over the restrictions placed on Verizon’s 4G LTE smartphones. The group claims that Verizon’s rules don’t necessarily jive with the regulatory policies of the Federal Communications Commission when it comes to tethering to Verizon’s [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, FCC, LTE, Tether, Verizon
Free Android tethering apps blocked by most carriers
Matt Hamblen, Computerworld, 5/3/2011 Free Android phone tethering apps found in Android Market are reportedly being blocked by AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile. Sprint continues to support the tethering apps, possibly because it continues to offer offers unlimited, voice text and data plans. The other carriers charge $15 to $20 per month to use a [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, T-Mobile, Tether, Verizon
Use Bluetooth to tether your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad
Glenn Fleishman, Macworld.com, 4/18/2011 Any device running iOS 4.3 supports Bluetooth tethering—here’s how to make it work You should know by now that an iPhone of the right vintage can be turned into a mobile hotspot—a portable router that pumps out a Wi-Fi signal on one side and talks to a mobile 3G broadband network [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, Bluetooth, GSM, Hotspot, Tether, Verizon, WiFi
Using the Personal Hotspot on your AT&T iPhone
Glenn Fleishman, Macworld.com, 3/15/2011 Throw away your MiFi! Forego the heartbreak of tethering! Give up the struggle of Internet Sharing from a mobile broadband modem through your laptop! The iOS 4.3 Personal Hotspot feature can slice (through your mobile bill), dice (up your cables), and make pounds and pounds of Wi-Fi devices connect to the [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Bluetooth, CDMA, GPS, GSM, Hotspot, MiFi, Tether, Verizon, WiFi
AT&T to offer Wi-Fi tethering for iPhone
Gregg Keizer, Computer World, 2/3/2011 Announces 2GB allowance, multi-device Wi-Fi tethering for Android, says ‘working on bringing it to the iPhone’ AT&T said on Wednesday that it will allow tethering of multiple devices to Apple’s iPhone, and add a 2GB data allowance to the $20-per-month service. The carrier declined to spell out a timetable for [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Bluetooth, CDMA, Hotspot, HTC, Tether, Verizon, WiFi
Report: All iPhones with OS 4.3 to get mobile hot spots
Matt Hickey, CNET news, 1/12/2011 Verizon (finally) announced that it is getting the iPhone for its wireless network. It wasn’t much of a surprise–the rumors have been around for years and really came to a head in the last couple of weeks. But a revelation that wasn’t widely expected was that the Verizon iPhone could [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Bluetooth, GSM, Hotspot, T-Mobile, Tether, Verizon
Verizon iPhone First Take
Kent German, CNET news, 1/11/2011 After almost four years of endless gossip, analyst forecasts, and so-called leaks, the Verizon iPhone is a reality. We’re thrilled, to be honest, if only because we never have to write another rumor story again. The iPhone 4′s arrival on a second U.S. network is significant, of course, but the [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP), WinPhone · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Bluetooth, CDMA, GPS, GSM, LTE, Sprint, Tether, Verizon, WiFi
T-Mobile rolls out new tiered data pricing, offers tethering
Phil Goldstein, FierceWireless, 11/1/2010 Putting the rumors to rest, T-Mobile USA will offer a tiered data pricing structure this holiday season as well as a tethering option for smartphone customers. The carrier is offering, for a limited time, a 200 MB data plan in addition to its existing $30 plan for unlimited data. The 200 [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, HSPA, Sprint, T-Mobile, Tether, Verizon
RIM Releases Java Plug-In for Eclipse on Mac OS X
Matt Cameron, BlackBerryCool, 9/29/2010 Yesterday, RIM released a Java plug-in for Eclipse for Mac OS X enabling developers to develop Java apps for the BlackBerry on a Mac. BlackBerry Java development on the Macintosh has been absent and developers have been asking for a solution for a long time. The initial beta will focus on [...]
In: Blackberry, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Tether