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9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence: iPhone Tethering en route... luv Steve (sent from my iPhone)
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News: Major Grains of Salt: Apple and AT&T Developing iPhone Tethering Plan
MacDailyNews: RUMOR: Apple and AT&T prepping iPhone tethering plan
Phones Review: Does Steve Jobs email mean future iPhone tethering?
AppleInsider: Apple may be working with AT&T on iPhone tethering plan
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sfsooz I hope they really do this, but this recent spate of "might actually be from Steve Jobs himself, srsly!" emails are dubious, highly dubious. That said, there's money to be made here, AT&T, sheesh.-
louismg I don't know that this one is true, and as you mention, the e-mail sounds silly, but I hope Apple helps introduce enough apps that the talk of jail-breaking goes away, period.
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iPhone Tethering en route... luv Steve (sent from my iPhone)
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... Some screenshots would be nice (especially with header information), but apparantly a Gizmodo reader got a message from Stevo's iPhone saying the following: ...
Major Grains of Salt: Apple and AT&T Developing iPhone Tethering Plan
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... “We’re not sure—that “Sent from my iPhone” kicker either makes this email completely legitimate or illegitimate, but it’s not a bad little rumor to start your holiday weekend early,” Gizmodo explains. ...
RUMOR: Apple and AT&T prepping iPhone tethering plan
MacDailyNews —
... pulling of NetShare from the App Store, iPhone-to-laptop tethering is impossible without jailbreaking one's phone," Mark Wilson reports for Gizmodo. According to the rumor, an iPhone user sent Apple an email stating that hsine AT offers data plans for BlackBerry that include tethering for an additional $30 per month, he'd be willing to pay for such a service for his iPhone. And, supposedly, Steve Jobs responded via email, "We agree, and are discussing it with ATT." Full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Bill" for the heads up.] MacDailyNews Take: Roger's ...
Does Steve Jobs email mean future iPhone tethering?
Phones Review —
... money to allow tethering! With such an advanced device, why can I not do so?”
To which the apparent email reply was as below.
From “Steve” to our reader:
We agree, and are discussing it with ATT.
Steve
Sent from my iPhone
So there it is, you can make up your own mind, but would you pay Apple and AT&T extra to tether your iPhone to a laptop?
Source – gizmodo via macdailynews
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Apple may be working with AT&T on iPhone tethering plan
AppleInsider —
... from iPhone software developer NullRiver briefly enabled this functionality earlier this month but was subsequently plucked from the App Store by Apple after AT expressed its disapproval. In an email to Apple chief executive Steve Jobs on August 4th, shortly after NetShare's disappearance, one iPhone owner argued that it's "ludicrous" that a tethering option is not offered alongside "such an advanced device." The owner pointed out that AT offers this option to users of Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphones for an additional $30 per month, and said he'd be willing ...
Rumor: Apple Considers iPhone Tethering Option
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Gizmodo received an e-mail from a reader, who claims Steve Jobs
responded to his plea for a tethering option through AT&T. The
reader pointed out that AT&T offers tethering options for
BlackBerry phones for an additional cost, and he would be willing to pay
extra to have that service for iPhone. ...
Tethering coming soon to iPhone 3G?
CNET News - Apple —
... Apple CEO Steve Jobs seems very responsive to customer e-mail these days.
Gizmodo has obtained another e-mail supposedly sent from Jobs' iPhone claiming that Apple and AT&T ...
iPhone tethering rumored
The Apple Core —
... the Dare in June 2008). A Gimodo reader sent a squawk to Steve Jobs complaining that AT&T offers tethering for their 3G Blackberry handsets (granted, at a spendy US$30 premium per month) but yet it’s not available on Apple’s “advanced” device.“Steve” (likely, one of his minions) replied: We agree, and are discussing it with ATT. Steve If anything, this new iPhone tethering rumor confirms that Apple pulled NetShare from the App Store at the behest of AT&T who is trying to protect a huge potential revenue stream. One request Steve: Don’t insult us by requiring the stupid, ...
Rumor: Apple and AT&T working on tethering deal
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... But now the rumor mill says that last one might just have been removed because Apple is planning a tether solution of their own. Gizmodo claims that one of their readers is corresponding with His Steveness himself (a fact we find obviously dubious, but hey it's Friday of Labor Day weekend, so we'll give 'em a pass). You'd think that Steve Jobs would reveal the fact that AT&T and Apple were trying to offer a tether solution through a slightly better venue than a quickly jotted "Sent from my iPhone" email, but remember ...
September iPhone update 2.1 ... all about bug fixes
Seth H. Weintraub's blog —
... . Steve Jobs wrote a Gizmodo user saying that Apple was working with AT&T and presumably the other international carriers on this functionality but no more details were forthcoming. ...
September iPhone update 2.1..all about bug fixes
Seth H. Weintraub's blog —
... . Steve Jobs wrote a Gizmodo user saying that Apple was working with AT&T and presumably the other international carriers on this functionality but no more details were forthcoming. ...
Apple and AT&T Play Tether Ball
Mac|Life all RSS Feed —
... , and the tethering cost would be an additional $10 for the service. Netshare was available for a brief time within the iTunes App Store, but was pulled from the roster due to protests from AT&T, which already provides this kind of service for Blackberry users. One disgruntled iPhone user , upset over the absence of a tethering app, emailed Steve Jobs about the importance of expanding the iPhone's capabilities. Jobs replied to the email, apparently via iPhone, confirming that he was in talks with AT&T. At least that's what the guy claims. ...
Is Steve Jobs Moonlighting In Customer Service? (AAPL)
Silicon Alley Insider —
... The most recent: Last week, Jobs allegedly told a Gizmodo reader that Apple (AAPL) and AT&T; (T) were "discussing" how to offer a "tethering" option for iPhone subscribers. This would allow someone to use their iPhone's 3G Internet access on a laptop, either over wifi or Bluetooth, if they couldn't get to a wifi hotspot. From "Steve"... ...
Is Steve Jobs Really E-Mailing Apple Customers? Grammatical Analysis Raises Doubts
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... starting today, MobileMe.
Unnecessary Commas
The MacRumors email also includes a comma after the word "shipped." Though this is not an absolute mistake, it's an informal and unnecessary comma
that only exists to create a pause in the sentence. The sentence would
be grammatically stronger had it used the word "we" before "hope."
An unnecessary comma also appears in the customer-reported e-mail on Gizmodo after the word "agree." It says: "We agree, and ...
iPhone Tethering Plan: Sources Say Problematic Delays Caused by AT&T Network
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... Back in August, Gizmodo reported about a legitimate looking e-mail thread being sent to them from one of their readers. In the email, Apple CEO Steve Jobs responded to complaints about the lack of tethering options from AT&T, for the iPhone. Jobs responded to the email by saying he agrees with the absurdity of the missing functionality, and that Apple and AT&T were indeed working on it. ...
iPhone 3G Tethering Plan (Finally) Confirmed by AT&T
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... that the rumored iPhone/AT&T tethering plan was actually in development, only being delayed by a lack of confidence and stability in AT&T’s cellular network. After Gizmodo initially reported of an official looking Steve Jobs email, we did some research and found out the following: ...
AT&T iPhone Tethering Plan Specifics, No Unlimited Plan?
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... for MacBlogz, that AT&T was developing an iPhone tethering plan, and that it wasn’t being released due to “problematic issues caused by AT&T’s cellular network, coupled with extreme caution being practiced by AT&T.” ...
AT&T’s iPhone Tethering Plan, Some More Information
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... Apple has been leaning on AT&T with the service. That is a fact. What we don’t know is how much of an impact it’s having, if any at all. The first email thread that Gizmodo broke back in August, was a simple one liner from Apple CEO Steve Jobs. In response to a customer’s question over the lack of tethering options for the iPhone, Jobs replied in an email, “We agree, and are discussing it with ATT.” However, the specifications under which both companies must come to an arrangement have not been made very clear. When AT&T rolls out ...
AT&T: Tethering is probably going to be a 2010 thing
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... Where did you see that? We promised MMS by end of summer and ended up being a few days late for that…
We don't have much to add, nor did he follow up on that statment, but by the look of it, we'd say those who hope for tethering by Christmas might be getting some coal in their stockings. We could have sworn we heard that AT&T Wireless CEO, Ralph de la Vega had promised it by year end. Here's why:
In August 2008, SJobs sent a note to a inquisitive customer saying [regarding tethering on the iPhone being important]: ...
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