Today however, there may be hope of using the iPhone for tethering purposes once again. Apple chief executive Steve Jobs reportedly responded to a customer request asking for the functionality by saying the following:
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Steve
Sent from my iPhone
Now, obviously anyone could have sent that email, or it could be a lie all together, but the gadget blog Gizmodo (which handles a lot of Apple news) claims that it’s “pretty legitimate-looking.” Jobs has been known to send out brief email responses like this. (Though I don’t think he normally does so from his iPhone, which adds a nice layer to this.)
Specifically, the customers asked for an AT&T data plan similar to the one it offers BlackBerry users that allows for tethering. AT&T charges an extra $30 a month for the privilege, but that easily beats the price of buying a stand-alone data streaming plan from them, which is at least double that.
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