With the release of iOS 4.3, the new "personal hotspot" feature made it very attractive to switch from my grandfathered "unlimited data" plan to the slightly higher-priced new data plan. My only concern was hitting the new 4GB monthly limit.
I checked my past data usage and over the past year I've never even used 1GB in any given month. If I recall correctly, I hit 1GB once about 2 years ago. That said, I wasn't using that connection for anything other than content on the phone. The data usage will almost certainly increase once I start actually using this new feature. I'll have to keep an eye on it, since once the monthly usage exceeds 4GB, the overage fee is $10 per GB.
So I pulled the trigger and switched. I think it'll be useful to have a WiFi connection virtually anywhere. Stay tuned.
NOTE: I know I could've used this feature without an additional cost by jailbreaking the phone, but since I rely on the phone for business every day, I don't want to take the (admittedly minimal) risk.
UPDATE: Apparently AT&T has begun "cracking down" on unauthorized tethering...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Three tech things today
1. Sorry, Linux... We won't be friends after all.
After extensive "playing around" with the new netbook, I've decided that Ubuntu (both 8.04 and 9.04) are not for me. Too many things didn't quite work, and too many things needed command line work (sudo judo) to function. It may be good for some, but not me.
2. Hello Hackintosh.
So once I decided that I didn't want Linux on the netbook, the question remained - what to install?
Rather than putting XP on the netbook, I decided to follow the 20 or so steps clearly documented on the web to install OSX 10.5.7 on the netbook. And yes, I stuck a small Apple sticker on it. I've gotten it working quite well, and faster than I'd ever imagined. I even got bluetooth working properly (took a little extra work), which leads me to...
3. BLUETOOTH INTERNET TETHERING
Now this is pretty damn cool. Basically, on either the "real" mac or the "hackintosh", I have gotten the iPhone 3GS's new "Internet Tethering" to work. This will allow me to "borrow" the phone's 3G connection via bluetooth and use it on either computer. And no, that's not a stock shot - that's my phone's home screen.
UPDATE - Apparently it also works on Windows machines connected via USB.
After extensive "playing around" with the new netbook, I've decided that Ubuntu (both 8.04 and 9.04) are not for me. Too many things didn't quite work, and too many things needed command line work (sudo judo) to function. It may be good for some, but not me.
2. Hello Hackintosh.
So once I decided that I didn't want Linux on the netbook, the question remained - what to install?Rather than putting XP on the netbook, I decided to follow the 20 or so steps clearly documented on the web to install OSX 10.5.7 on the netbook. And yes, I stuck a small Apple sticker on it. I've gotten it working quite well, and faster than I'd ever imagined. I even got bluetooth working properly (took a little extra work), which leads me to...
3. BLUETOOTH INTERNET TETHERING
Now this is pretty damn cool. Basically, on either the "real" mac or the "hackintosh", I have gotten the iPhone 3GS's new "Internet Tethering" to work. This will allow me to "borrow" the phone's 3G connection via bluetooth and use it on either computer. And no, that's not a stock shot - that's my phone's home screen.UPDATE - Apparently it also works on Windows machines connected via USB.
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