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  • Android 2.2 ‘Froyo’ to include USB tethering, WiFi hotspot functionality

    Android 2.2 ‘Froyo’ to include USB tethering, WiFi hotspot functionality

    Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
    And the good Froyo news just keep flowing in. TechCrunch have flexed their exclusive muscle this morning in revealing their discovery that Android 2.2 will come with built-in tethering and WiFi hotspot support. That means you'll be able to use your phone's 3G internet connection to hook your laptop up to the worldwide webosphere, with a choice of wired or wireless methods. Of course, this dreamy scenario will be subject to the big bad network operators permitting -- or at least not forbidding -- you to do such awesome things with your hardware, but at least we know the goods are being baked into this forthcoming release from Google. Frozen yogurt for all!

    Android 2.2 'Froyo' to include USB tethering, WiFi hotspot functionality originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 May 2010 05:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • AT&T to offer ‘incentives’ to customers willing to limit data usage

    AT&T to offer ‘incentives’ to customers willing to limit data usage

    Posted on December 17, 2009 | No Comments
    AT&T exec #1: You know, our network's really getting slammed with all these people using their unlimited data plans to download things and do stuff online all the time. Any ideas how we can fix it?

    AT&T exec #2:     We could put out more WiFi hotspots. People seem to use those. Sometimes.

    AT&T exec #1: Sure, but that's not going to make a dent in places like New York City. I mean, have you used an iPhone there?

    AT&T exec #2: We have these things called MicroCells that people can use at home, if they live in North Carolina. Maybe more people could use those?

    AT&T exec #1: Yeah, that's good. But people like to use their cellphones outside their house too. What happens then?

    AT&T exec #2: Well, what if we offered customers incentives to use less data?

    AT&T exec #1: Now you're talking! What sort of incentives could get them to do that?

    AT&T exec #2: Hmm....

    Well, readers, are there any incentives that would get you to use less data? Feel free to offer your suggestions for AT&T in the comments below. And don't worry about actually paying more for data (yet, anyway), as AT&T 's Ralph de la Vega is now saying that "we have not made any decision to implement tiered pricing," which is a slight backtrack from previous hints to the contrary.

    AT&T to offer 'incentives' to customers willing to limit data usage originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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