Android 2.2 Does USB Tethering, Wi-Fi Hot Spot

[anamaniac]

USB tethering?
Now that's cool. Bluetooth is too low bandwidth.

 

[irtehyar]

*happy dance*

now I have to wait for it to release, then for it to release on Verizon....

*stumble, trip*

 

[figgus]

[citation][nom]palladin9479[/nom]Umm the people thinking about Verizon "blocking" tethering need to realize Android doesn't play well with locks. And while you need to wait for your phone producer to roll out an "official" Android 2.2 upgrade, you can always root / flash one of the many custom kit's out there. Since Android is open source many custom kit makers will roll it up into their distribution. About the only thing you loose with custom kitting is any special apps your phone producer made themselves.[/citation]
That doesn't mean Verizon won't block it for stock units. My phone with Verizon is running a completely different OS than it started with and it is all unlocked. You can jailbreak almost anything, but they certainly won't sell it that way.

 

[lathe26]

[citation][nom]anamaniac[/nom]USB tethering?Now that's cool. Bluetooth is too low bandwidth.[/citation]

At least for AT&T on the West coast, Bluetooth isn't the bottleneck. The real-world performance of their 3G network is.

I'd expect future improvements to cell networks to surpass Bluetooth 2.1 speeds but then again hopefully we'll have more equipment with Bluetooth 3.0 speeds by then.

 

[cybot_x1024]

[citation][nom]Igot1forya[/nom]Does anyone else have the urge to pronounce the codename as Frodo or is that just me?[/citation]

now i cant stop calling it Frodo 😀