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Here's to hoping AT&T allows mobile hot spotting, since it will be one less thing that I'll need to jailbreak my phone for. Ever since the iPhone came out, Apple's updates to iOS and the iPhone have slowly checked off things I've been jailbreaking my phone for:
- Third party applications
- Custom ringtones
- Video recording
- Multitasking
- Themes / backgrounds (okay, iOS only allows custom backgrounds right now)
Providing mobile hotspot comes to AT&T, the only thing left that *really* bothers me about iOS is its notification handling. If they can fix this in iOS 5, it's going to be hard for me (at least for my use case) to find a reason to jailbreak!
Major things still left:
- Notifications management (please, oh, please)
- Custom text / alert tones
- More apps in folders (see Infinifolders in Cydia)
(I will say, there are a few reasons I might still do it, but aren't totally critical for me: terminal, ssh, SB Settings app makes it really easy to toggle key settings, Infinifolders for ridiculous number of apps that I have, My3G allows things like Skype and large application downloads to work over a 3G connection).
* That might not be entirely true. If the hotspot fees are outrageous, then MyWi still remains a pretty useful tool (plus, it can better manage power / battery use).
Discussion about
Mobile hot spot -- another thing we'll no longer need to jailbreak for!
just like with tethering, AT&T will withhold it from their customers for as long as they possibly can, then charge you an additional monthly fee on top of the $20 they already shake us down for tethering.
tethering surcharges need to be illegal based on net neutrality... data is data, and especially since their data plans are now capped/paid bundles, it's not an additional strain on the network. the pipes dont change if you're viewing the web on the phone or on a computer you're tethered to making the tethering charge a pure violation of net neutrality.
tethering surcharges need to be illegal based on net neutrality... data is data, and especially since their data plans are now capped/paid bundles, it's not an additional strain on the network. the pipes dont change if you're viewing the web on the phone or on a computer you're tethered to making the tethering charge a pure violation of net neutrality.
Jailbreaking is really useful. you have to PAY extra for the mobile hotspot. (note: PAY) also infinifolders is probably never going to come to iOS depending on whether or not Apple thinks its a good idea. By the way, have you checked out quickreply? SO much better than navigating to the messages app every time. Also, check out my blog for some popular jailbreaking topics: everythingontech.blogspot.com/
We may not not need to jailbreak for it anymore, but that doesn't mean AT&T is going to just give it up. Looking at how they handled tethering it stands to reason they're going to try to charge something totally unreasonable (i.e. something more than $0) for yet another way to access the rickety, barely usable data network they seem unwilling to invest in.
