On The Scene: Apple Keynote Pictures : OS 3.0 Tethering, etc.

By Rachel Rosmarin , published on June 8, 2009 at 10:30 PM
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Many people were eager to hear whether Apple would announce the ability to tether—that is, the ability to use the iPhone's Internet connection to get another device onto the Internet via USB or Bluetooth. Well, the good news is that Apple will support tethering in OS 3.0. The bad news is that this feature requires carrier support, and Apple did not release any news about AT&T's willingness to support it. Other carriers around the world, however, have already expressed a commitment to support tethering. Instead, Apple offered up other as of yet unknown features to OS 3.0: iTunes movies, TV shows and audiobooks can be purchased directly from the iPhone; parental controls have been tweaked to allow the prevention of children accessing media at certain rating levels, or age-inappropriate applications from the app store. Also, the iPhone's keyboard will support many more languages, and the mobile Safari browser will be able to pick an appropriate data connection speed depending on whether the browser detects Edge, 3G data, or Wifi.

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Darkk 06/09/2009 1:00 PM
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Awesome new phone. Just wish Apple didn't signed an exclusive deal with AT&T otherwise I'd buy one. I know you can jailbreak the phones but that's something we shouldn't have to deal with.

mitzz 06/10/2009 2:41 AM
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Darkk :
Awesome new phone. Just wish Apple didn't signed an exclusive deal with AT&T otherwise I'd buy one. I know you can jailbreak the phones but that's something we shouldn't have to deal with.


I agree if they had opened it up the iPhone would be dominating the whole market. But that's just my thoughts on it.

Anonymous 06/10/2009 6:37 PM
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"The battery will last for 100 recharge cycles, and won't diminish its charge capacity for five years".... I think that's 1000 recharges.

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