Some wireless carriers in the US charge customers $15 or more per month for the ability to share a smartphone’s internet connection with a computer. In other words, if you pay for 5GB of data per month, you still have to pay another $15 per month if you want to use your phone as a […]
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Should you tether your tablet to your phone, or just get a 3G tablet?
Anyone planning to buy an internet tablet has to ask one question. It’s not whether to choose a iPad or Android, and it’s not whether you want a 7 inch or 10 inch screen. It’s this: 3G or WiFi? While a 3G or 4G model might be more flexible, it also comes at a far […]
Time to root your T-Mobile phone, $14.99 tethering fee kicks in this weekend
As expected, T-Mobile is about to start charging $14.99 per month for the ability to tether your smartphone to your laptop so that you can surf the web with a computer using your phone as a modem. Some T-Mobile customers have been doing this for free since Google rolled out USB tethering and WiFi hotspot […]
T-Mobile announces $14.99 per month fee for tethering
When Google packed USB and WiFi tethering capabilities into Android 2.2 earlier this year, phone companies had to decide whether to allow customers to actually use the service to share a data connection between their phone and a laptop or other computer. While some companies simply started charging for access to tethering capabilities, T-Mobile let […]