There has been speculation for quite some time now about the release of a true Wifi tethering application for the T-Mobile G1 to link it to your PC/laptop for web browsing, on such forums as Brighthand, AndroidCommunity and TMONews. Much (if not all) of these rumours mention a company called June Fabrics PDA Technology Inc.
June Fabrics are a first-tier partner of Palm Inc. and have a strong reputation for the quality, service and technical support provided to their customers. The company already has a range of true tethering apps available for most PalmOS handhelds, Windows Mobile based Smartphones and even one for the Apple iPhone.
I contacted the company with regards to the rumours and received a reply on 4th March stating they WILL release a beta build of the application around early April. This app. should be much better than manual tethering via USB, and will not require nearly as much effort to install, just download and install the program from the App. Market -- simple as that. A full and detailed review of this app. will be posted as soon as it’s available.
For those of you who can’t wait to use the web from a tethered G1, you can follow my guide to USB tethering in an earlier post, or there’s a method to linking your G1 Ad-Hoc detailed on AndroidActivity.com.
T-Mobile already enforce a 1GB soft cap on their ‘unlimited’ internet service in the UK and when you reach this limit your access will be ‘throttled’ down to about the same speed as a 56k modem. You will then receive a phone call from T-Mobile suggesting that you upgrade your tariff as you are conflicting their Fair Use Policy.
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