Mobile Broadband options for WiFi

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Quad, have you thought about jailbreaking your iphone so you can use it as a wifi hotspot?

Not to mention, AT&T has been getting pretty heavy handed with people who use this method.  Especially if you have unlimited plans.  They will come down and force you to take the 4GB + Tethering plan. 

King

[QuadShot]

AHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOO!

[KingIsaacLinksr]

AHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOO!

lol dont worry about it.  Your not jailbreaking your phone are you?  You'll be fine :).

King

[QuadShot]

King, nope. I personally think jailbreaking is wrong and should be punished harshly. In my humble opinion, it's those folks who like to "skirt" the law or perhaps take advantage of certain situations that sometimes force companies into raising prices, or other insane measures to protect their product.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

King, nope. I personally think jailbreaking is wrong and should be punished harshly. In my humble opinion, it's those folks who like to "skirt" the law or perhaps take advantage of certain situations that sometimes force companies into raising prices, or other insane measures to protect their product.

Jailbreaking actually (imo) is ok.  Unless you decide you need it to pirate apps -_-.  Which is absurd considering how cheap the apps are.  The whole tethering thing should actually be free.  There is NO reason AT&T should even legally be charging us for a feature that does nothing but link our devices together and use the same data except in a slightly different way.  Its $20 that's an OS feature, not a 3G feature.  But I digress...

And really, all jailbreaking is really used for to change some of the design of the OS and the look of it.  Nothing really all that wrong, it just gives us more creative users the ability to change it to our own design.  All your doing is making the iPhone look the way you want.  Its not like your pirating anything (unless your actually pirating apps which unfortunately you can do that....)

FYI: I have not jailbroken my phone. 

King

[X]

King, nope. I personally think jailbreaking is wrong and should be punished harshly. In my humble opinion, it's those folks who like to "skirt" the law or perhaps take advantage of certain situations that sometimes force companies into raising prices, or other insane measures to protect their product.

Actually, they said in a ruling a few months back that jailbreaking is totally legal.

[QuadShot]

X really? Wow. Ok. I"m still against it though because it voids most warranties, but again, my choice. :)

[X]

X really? Wow. Ok. I"m still against it though because it voids most warranties, but again, my choice. :)

Yeah they ruled that it's completely legal for someone to put apps on their phone that they want and shouldn't have to have itunes approve their personal content. Or something to that effect. If you buy a product, you should have the ability to install whatever software you want to put on it provided that the software isn't illegal (ie pirated).

It actually makes a lot of sense. Having the ability to buy directly from bob app maker without having to cut iTunes in does avoid a monopoly in a lot of ways.

It was then that Apple decided that it voided the warranty because they aren't getting a cut of every transaction anymore, even though the break doesn't manipulate the hardware in any way and can be instantly reversed with a systems update.

I think the warranty tactic is a fear tactic to keep Apple in a monopoly on iOS deployment.

[X]

http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/26/technology/iphone_jailbreaking/

[QuadShot]

X, you do make sence out of this. They've done their job well though. Many of us, me included, are paranoid that the very expensive device we've purchased will be voided!! By the way, out of curiosity, why is it called jailbreaking?

[billybob476]

Personally I don't feel the need to do it. My phone does everything I need it to. Fine, I can't tether it, but I haven't come across a situation where I've needed to.

[QuadShot]

Billybob, if you ever find yourself out on the water somewhere next to a dock, and don't want to lose your phone, you'll want to tether it for sure! :) LOL

[X]

X, you do make sence out of this. They've done their job well though. Many of us, me included, are paranoid that the very expensive device we've purchased will be voided!! By the way, out of curiosity, why is it called jailbreaking?

They call it jail breaking because you are forced into a little tiny box of having only the options that Apple says you can have. The same with cell companies telling you what things you are allowed to have on something you own. It's kind of like being in jail and then you break out and have the freedom to do what you want with your property.