iPhone-as-modem app gone again
UPDATE 2: The app is gone... again.
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UPDATE: NetShare has now been re-posted to the AppStore, and is available in the United States. Instructions are built into the application.
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Apple has yanked a briefly approved tethering application for the iPhone from its AppStore, surprising the tool's developer. Dubbed NetShare, the application was developed by NullRiver and allows use of the iPhone (including the iPhone 3G) as a wireless modem for laptop or desktop computers.
NetShare was briefly available for $9.99 Thursday evening, meaning it passed Apple's initial approval, but later disappeared.
A message posted to NullRiver's site reads:
"We're not quite sure why Apple took down the NetShare application yet, we've received no communication from Apple thus far. NetShare did not violate any of the Developer or AppStore agreements. We're hoping we'll get some feedback from Apple today. Sorry to all the folks that couldn't get it in time. We'll do our best to try to get the application back onto the AppStore if at all possible. At the very least, we hope Apple will allow it to be used in countries where the provider does permit tethering."
AT&T allows tethering, officially dubbed Phone-As-Modem (PAM), on many of its handsets, but not the iPhone. That hasn't stopped enterprising users from developing a solution unofficially, however, and jailbroken iPhones can be tethered.
UPDATE: We've now received word from AT&T, which states:
"Apple manages the App Store. We have no comment."
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You got that right. Try as I might to impress friends even with the new 2.0 software, their smart phones on other networks (Verizon particularly) blow AT&T away. Fewer dropped calls? You bet. Because here in the Midwest at least, you can send them or receive them to begin with. We don't have 3G and Edge is so bad I won't even TRY to use the web. To top it all off, since the 2.0 update, I can no longer access wi-fi. But I won't blame AT&T for that.
Doesn't Apples contract with AT&T as the exclusive carrier end next year? I sure hope so. AT&T will lose customers in droves.
This is essentially what happened to Verizon customers too. Also if you do tether your gear make sure you turn off data roaming. I'd rather loose my signal by not being on AT&T's edge than to pay a premium on a premium to mistakenly use someone elses network. That's tantamount to paying a $3 service fee to withdraw $20 from an ATM other than one owned by your Bank.
I keep getting "Can't be found......" messages from the iTunes App Store.
I don't intend on misusing the privilege of Mobile Broadband via NetShare in hope other users do the same so Apple and O2 don't band this app indefinitely.
I'm very interested to hear what Apple's official response is going to be!
Terminal speed is twice as fast as Netshare.
Netshare lets you surf with both Safari and Firefox if set up correctly on the Macbook Pro in OS Tiger, while Terminal only allows Firefox.
I use which ever I am in the mood for and I love it. I bought the iPhone 3G hoping this would happen it has both thru jailbreak and Apple. I could kiss Jobs. I don't even mind the slowing operating system of the iPhone. I know they'll eventually improve it. This is the closest thing to the perfect phone there is IMHO. Such great potential with such a big screen.
- by klam008 February 24, 2010 10:22 AM PST
- PDANet is fine wireless modem software for ihpone:
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