The Gadget Blog » teflon http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog Gadget News - Gadget Reviews - Gadget Tech Specs Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:20:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 AT&T Finally Allows iPhone to Work as Modem, Proves Apple’s Teflon Rep http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/att-finally-allows-iphone-to-work-as-modem-proves-apples-teflon-rep/ http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/att-finally-allows-iphone-to-work-as-modem-proves-apples-teflon-rep/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:30:13 +0000 Rico Mossesgeld http://www.thegadgetblog.com/2008/11/11/att-finally-allows-iphone-to-work-as-modem-proves-apples-teflon-rep/ Post from: The Gadget Blog

]]> steve_jobs.jpgThe 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)

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