Sunday, March 7, 2010

Does iPad support iPhone Tethering...

CEO APPLE : iPhone tethering is not supported by iPad

Launching of iPad is just at the corner and issues and controversies of iPad with iPhone and other apple devices is a hot cake in market. Many people including me are wondering about the connectivity of iPad with iPhone and other devices. How they will connect and will it support or not? Next month in April, iPad is firing up in the market with two different models, Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G. The price for Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G starting from 499$ and 628$ respectively. "Not one to mince words, Steve Jobs squashed all hope of the iPad supporting iPhone tethering for wireless internet access with one word — “No.”"

According to Groove " The bottom line is that those of you who were hoping to buy the cheaper WiFi version of the iPad and tether your iPhone for 3G Internet access (and avoid the additional 3G hardware costs and AT&T subscription plan) are out of luck.

From a consumer perspective, the news is quite disappointing. One would hope that the costly iPhone data plan would be applicable to the iPad. The idea of paying a per device monthly wireless Internet fee is one that won’t sit well with most consumers. The decision doesn’t exactly come as a surprise though. We already know that AT&T is facing network challenges, which they blame on heavy iPhone users, so it wouldn’t make sense for them to encourage or support additional bandwidth without additional fees." more

I would say, people who don't have iPhone are lucky enough not to loose money and mean while they can buy normal (Wi-Fi) iPad instead of getting the other one and paying the extra cost for 3G. Both of them are fine, it just depends what are you after and what are your requirements and needs. But its true that iPad is not supporting iPhone tethering.

Thanks to Mashable team

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