AT&T Finally Allows iPhone to Work as Modem, Proves Apple’s Teflon Rep
November 11, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones
The word is that AT&T “is working on a new service that would let Apple iPhone owners use their devices as a modem for their laptop computers.” And of course, there will be a charge for this functionality, which of course is doable on other phones, running on other service providers’ networks.
Look, I totally understand that AT&T has to make money. After all, putting up all that infrastructure isn’t cheap. But charging for phone-as-modem functionality is like charging users for using Bluetooth. Why ask people to pay for a feature that’s already built into the phone?
Even worse, Apple manages to get off without even so much as a complaint, if the comments on the source article are any indication. This is a manufacturer that decided to play along with a service provider’s unreasonable scheme people!
(image by sfgate.com)
