Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
What kind of a multitasking device is the iPhone if I can’t talk and surf at the same time? I can do it on the N95, checking up some fact in IMDB while chatting with a friend – but on the iPhone it’s a no go.
The only reason we can’t officially use the iPhone as a tethered modem is because Apple won’t let us, pure and simple.
Being able to ascertain whether the iPhone is being used as a tethered modem, and then being charged at a different rate or through a reasonably priced (unlike Telstra) monthly plan, over and above what I already pay, should be something the iPhone could figure out in software, and then report back to the telco.
If that’s not possible (and why not?) then there should be another way.
When the iPhone goes 3G, using it as a tethered modem should not be possible only through some jailbreak hack. It should be a standard feature of the iPhone. If carriers want to charge more and users accept the charges, that’s between the carrier and the user.
Apple should just get out of the way. Stop limiting us, Apple. Maybe the SDK launch on March 6, with the vaunted ‘enterprise features’, will see this feature enabled, or promised for a future 3G iPhone.
But given Apple’s controlling stance thus far, I won’t be holding my breath, although I expect the hackers will ‘make it so’ whether you like it, or not.
David Bass
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