Primero que nada, tu iPhone debe de estar “Jailbroken”. Vas a necesitar una aplicación de SSH en tu Mac como Cyberduck y la aplicación Netshare en tu iPhone.

Hay que hacer unos cambios en la computadora. Lo primero es crear un “Adhoc Network”. Vas a ir a el icono de Airport en la barra del menú y seleccionar “Create Network…”. Ahora tienes que crear un nombre para tu conexión y hasta le puedes crear una contraseña (recuerda que todos lo verán y se podrán conectar si no tiene contraseña). Debe de ser una secuencia de números de 10 digitos. Puedes usar tu numero de teléfono, por ejemplo.

Una vez creado el Adhoc network, lo siguiente es crear un nuevo “Network Location”. Esto se hace para no tener que cambiar la configuración cada vez que vayamos a usar Netshare. Crea un nuevo location y dale un nombre como Netshare. Ahora, selecciona la interfase wireless y dale click al boton de “Advanced…” Ahora vamos a crear un IP estático para la interfase wireless.

La aplicación de Netshare recomienda usar 192.168.10.2 pues eso es lo que vamos a usar. El Subnet Mask deberá ser 255.255.255.0 y el Router 192.168.10.1. Una vez completado este paso, nos movemos al panel de Proxies. Selecciona la opción Manually y haz un click en SOCKS Proxy. La dirección que vamos a usar aquí es 192.168.10.1 en el puerto 1080.

Ahora, usando tu iPhone te vas a conectar al Adhock Network que creamos en el anteriormente. Le vamos a configurar el IP estático tambien. El IP debe ser 192.168.10.1 y la mascara 255.255.255.0. El resto de queda en blanco.

Ahora tenemos que copiar la aplicación Netshare en el iPhone. Para hacer download, haz click aqui.

Usando Cyberduck, vamos a la sección de “Bonjour” y se supone que veas el teléfono listado. Entra tu username y password (debe de ser root y alpine si no lo haz cambiado) y navega al directorio de las aplicaciones y haz un “drag and drop” de la aplicación a la lista. Una vez copiado hay que dar permisos de “Execute”, esto se hace dando un click derecho encima de Netshare.app y seleccionando “Info”. En ese menú hay que darle click a las tres casillas de “Execute”, dando así el permiso. De lo contratio lo puedes hacer por consola con el comando cmod 755 /Applications/Netshare.app.

Después, apaga y prende tu teléfono y deberás ver un icono nuevo, el de Netshare. Conéctate el al network de tu Mac, después verifica que tengas Internet en tu teléfono, si todo anda bien, abre Netshare y AL FIN deberás tener Internet en tu Mac! La aplicacion enseña la velocidad en que baja la data en ese momento.

Cuando termines de usar Netshare, te puedes conectar a un Access Point, asi borrando el Adhoc Network o simplemente apagar el wireless en el menú. También necesitas cambiar el Network Location a Automatic nuevamate.

Para usar Firefox, tienes que configurar el Proxy en las preferencias de Firefox en Preferences \ Advanced \ Network y nuego cambiarlo a No Proxy cuando termines de usar Netshare. Safari usa el proxy del sistema y no hay que cambiarlo. iChat tambien requiere que se cambie el Proxy, en /Prefereces / Accounts /Server Settings.

Luego hare otro post de cómo automatizar el proceso un poco. No he encontrado a Netshare en Cydia. Voy a crear un repositorio para que sea mas facil de instalar por Cydia.

According to Gizmodo, it seems that AT&T has given the promise of GPRS Tethering to the iPhone “soon”. What would this mean for the once alive application NetShare? Would Apple perhaps include an option in settings. Could this be a feature reserved for the final build of 2.2? No one can really be sure with Apple. But if AT&T was the only thing stopping Apple from including tethering, well, it’s about time.

When NetShare first came out, I did not download it because … bah, I do not remember why not.  However, once it was pulled off the app store, I really wish I did.

I do not need tethering that often, in fact, I only rememeber wishing I had it once, but in the jailbreak world, once is enough.

So here you go folks.  Go and get it.  I’ve already downloaded and will be mucking with it tomorrow. Remember, jailbreak ( pwn’ers ) only.

Link to PDAnet

As I continue pimping my jailbroken iPhone, I fired up cydia tonight to find out that pdaNet now has an app to assist me with tethering my 3G AT&T service to my mac.

After installing the app I had to restart my iPhone to enable pdaNet wireless rounter option. As you can see in the screenshot.

This is about the fourth tethering app for the iPhone, first was netshare, then it was iPhonemodem.com , iPhonemodem.de and a few other web instructions how to share your connection with your computer.

I have not tested pdaNet with my macbook yet but when I do, I’ll let you know. But one thing is for sure I’m not a fan of the little IE logo on my iPhone. lol

Also this is my first post with the blogpress iPhone app. At least it tells me it going to add a line of code to my post unlike iblogger in the previous post.

Let see how the picture layout works. After embeding a few picture from my library, I really like how it wraps the photos around the text. Now let’s see if I can find tags.

— Post From My iPhone

Anyone remember PodCaster? Probably not as Apple banned it because it let people download podcasts directly to their iPhone without going through iTunes – from the App Store!

What about NetShare? Maybe not because that application allowed the iPhone to be tethered (used as a wireless modem), encouraging some users to jailbreak (enable unofficial application installations) their phones and install the easy-to-use iPhoneModem tethering tool. Guess what… Apple banned that one too!

Well, they’ve done it again! Yet another useful app has been banned, this time because it is too similar to the built in iPhone Mail app.

MailWrangler, by Angelo DiNardi, allows users to add and access multiple Gmail accounts, simply directly loading and showing Gmail inside of an application. MailWrangler also lets users see threaded views and Google contacts, archive (quickly), star messages and get more functionality missing from Apple’s Mail app.

As an iPhone user, I am annoyed that I cannot get the best applications for my iPhone, just the ones developed by Apple (unless it turns your iPhone into a glowstick – really useful!!!).

What do you think about this?

Después del chasco tras la retirada del NetShare desde la AppStore, era cosa de tiempo para que surgiera -vía algún repositorio no oficial- una nueva aplicación para que el iPhone repitiera la señal 3G hasta tu notebook.

Mas información despues del salto.

iPhone Modem es una aplicación que configura todos los parámetros necesarios para tenerte compartiendo el tráfico ilimitado de datos de tu plan móvil en menos de 10 segundos.

Está compuesto de dos partes;la primera, un programa que permite al ordenador crear la conexión con el iPhone; mientras que la segunda, claro está, es la aplicación para el teléfono.

La aplicación puedes encontrarla gratis en Cydia, aunque por unos 7€ podrás deshacerte de algunos molestos avisos que cada cierto lapso de tiempo te “recomiendan” pagar.

Las capturas no son mias ya que no tengo un iPhone 3G (de momento). Si algún alma caritativa desea cedermelo en pro de la web,  no tiene mas que decirlo

Visto en wayerless

［iPhone Tethering | Lifehacker］

iPhone テザリング［iPhone Tethering：iPhone をワイヤレスモデムとして使う］の可能性が出てきた。AT&T と交渉中だと Steve Jobs がいっている・・・

Gizmodo: “Rumor: Apple and AT&T Developing iPhone Tethering Plan” by Mark Wilson: 28 August 2008

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Steve Jobs のＥメール

我々の読者から一見ホンモノ風のＥメールスレッドが送られてきた。この読者が、App Store から NetShare が削除されて以来、牢破り（jailbreaking）しない限り iPhone ではラップトップのテザリングが不可能になったと苦情をいったところ、Steve Jobs から返事が返ってきたというのだ。

According to a pretty legitimate-looking email thread from one of our readers, Steve Jobs may have responded to complaints that, since the pulling of NetShare from the App Store, iPhone-to-laptop tethering is impossible without jailbreaking one’s phone.

バカげてる

我々の読者から Steve に宛てたもの：

From our reader to Steve:

「AT&T は、テザリングを含むデータプランを BlackBerry については提供している。月額 30 ドルの追加料金だ。BlackBerry とテザリングを合計すると月額 60 ドルになる。」

AT&T offers data plans for BlackBerry that include tethering for an additional $30 per month (a total of $60 per month for the BlackBerry+tethering plan).

「iPhone で同じことができないなんてバカげてる。現行のデータプランにテザリングを含めたくないという気持ちは理解できるが、もしテザリングができるなら私は追加料金を払ってもいい。iPhone は先進的なデバイスなのに、そうできないのはどうして？」

It seems ludicrous that the same thing is not offered with the iPhone. I understand the desire to prevent tethering with the current data plan, but I am willing to pay more money to allow tethering! With such an advanced device, why can I not do so?

もっともだ・・・

ほんものらしき「Steve」から我が読者あて：

“Steve” to our reader:

もっともだ。ATT と話をしている。

Steve

私の iPhone から・・・

We agree, and are discussing it with ATT.

Steve

Sent from my iPhone

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この話題を取り上げた AppleInsider が、メールが本物かどうかチェックしている。

AppleInsider: “Apple may be working with AT&T on iPhone tethering plan” by Sam Oliver: 29 August 2008

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どうやらメールは本物らしい

アップルの共同設立者から Gizmodo に送られたと称するＥメールがホンモノかどうか、AppleInsider では調べてみた。このメールは確かに Apple I.P. から発信され、本物の Jobs の返信メールと同じ D クラスを経由して送信されたことが確認できた。

AppleInsider has worked to verify the authenticity of the email passed on to gadget site Gizmodo, as it does with others alleged to have come from the Apple co-founder. It can confirm that the transmission originated from an Apple I.P. and via the same D-class as other responses from Jobs known to be authentic.

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iPhone テザリングが実現したら、よろこぶひとがいっぱいいるのではないか・・・

★ →［原文を見る］

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［参考］

・Gizmodo: “Rumor: Apple and AT&T Developing iPhone Tethering Plan” by Mark Wilson: 28 August 2008
・AppleInsider: “Apple may be working with AT&T on iPhone tethering plan” by Sam Oliver: 29 August 2008
・Mac Rumors: “Apple and AT&T Discussing Official Tethering Option for iPhone?” by Arnold Kim: 29 August 2008
・Ars Technica: “Tethering possibly coming to an iPhone near you, says Steve” by Jacqui Cheng: 29 August 2008
・GoGo! Machead!: “スティーブ・ジョブズが「私もそう思っており、AT&Tと交渉している」と返事“: 30 August 2008
・TechCrunch Japanese: “iPhoneテザリング、App Storeに復活” by Jason Kincaid: 02 August 2008［satomi 訳］
・TechCrunch Japanese: “あの便利な“テザリング”がiPhoneに一瞬登場、興奮のうちに消える” by Jason Kincaid: 01 August 2008［satomi 訳］
・TechCrunch Japanese: “［CG］iPhone 3Gをワイヤレスモデムとして使うオプションは無し” by Doug Aamoth: 17 June 2008［shiro 訳］
・Lifehacker: “Feature: Use Your iPhone’s Internet Connection On Your Laptop” by Adam Pash: 29 November 2007

Technorati Tags: Apple, iPhone, iPhone 3G, Steve Jobs, Tethering

Well time fly’s when your having fun and I have now had my iPhone for a month. I still love it and it has wedged itself into my lifestyle permanently. Below are some of my experiences with the phone.

SMS / Keyboard Lag
Well after having a bit of trouble at first, I have gotten used to the onscreen keyboard and can smash out emails and text messages quite fast either one handed with my index finder or two handed with my thumbs. The predictive dictionary needed a bit of encouraging to say the F bomb instead of duck but that was resolved by typing it 3 times in notes and pressing the x on duck As reported around the internets I have experienced the keyboard lag, which seemed to appear quite random. Was quite hard to type a message while drunk with the keyboard lagging more than my brain . Even after installing the 2.0.1 software update that was meant to resolve that issue.

MMS – No big loss.
Everyone seems to still be complaining of the lack of MMS. I have not missed it one bit! Optus have a web based MMS service. Although it does not work on the iPhone browser, if someone sends me a MMS I get a SMS notification so that’s no big deal. Also a little known fact with Australian MMS, is that people with MMS enabled phones can send the MMS as an email for the same cost as sending it to another phone. So you can always tell your friends to email you the MMS! Problem solved!

Google Maps / GPS
This feature of the iPhone is awesome! I used it when I was visiting a client in Melbourne. Needed to park the car, so I typed Parking in Google Maps and all the car parks in the CBD were highlighted for me to choose. The AGPS seems to get a more accurate lock on me where I live when it drops back to 2G mode. This may be due to the 2G tower being closer to my house. All it needs now is street view.

Reception and 3G
Although I have not experienced any call dropouts, I have noticed at home my phone will revert back to Optus 2G when I am inside my house. This is something that has not phased me too much as the phone will connect to my home WiFi to access the internets.
Don’t get me started on the winging about the phone’s signal bars! Read this http://www.dansdata.com/gz084.htm.
Good, now you know that your Nokia is only telling you what your mobile carrier wants you to see. The difference here is that the firmware for the iPhone is fully managed by Apple. There are no carrier customised versions (e.g Telstra, AT&T, Vodafone)! This isn’t helped by their being no standard in measuring phone signal either!
Now there does appear to be an issue with it dropping back to 2G when there is good 3G around. It appears that Apple are working on a fix for this. Be patient, remember you did get the iPhone early in its release cycle, I’m sure you were expecting bugs.

App Store
So we have seen a couple of App’s come and go from the store. The most useful of the two Netshare was pulled, put back and pulled again! That really was a pity as that would have deterred a lot of people from jailbreaking their iPhone’s to achieve this. Why should the rest of the world suffer from AT&T sucking!
There have been quite a few simple free fun games appear. My favourite one would have to be Cube Runner. Such a good addictive game and its also free which makes it even better. I am annoyed with the fact that some app’s are available in the US iTunes store but not the Australian one. One example being WinAdmin, but there are quite a few more. I hope in particular that app gets to the Australian store.

Exchange Active Sync
Well the reason I have an iPhone. I have been extremely pleased with the implementation of Active Sync on the iPhone although there are a couple of things on my wish list!

• Ability to invite people to meeting requests
• Colours from the Outlook Calendar
• Ability to customise the folder syncs
• Ability to collapse folders

iPod
Having a Pioneer head unit in my car, I decided to purchase the iPod kit for it so I could control my iPhone from the head unit. The iPhone works great in this. Only problem is the obvious one with the FireWire charge pins. I’m hoping to get my hands on one of the adaptors to fix that once they are available. The sound with this dock in the car is awesome and is way better than using the headphone jack.
I also use the iPhone at the gym replacing my Sony HD Walkman. The sound quality of the iPod is the same if not better than my old Walkman. I love the fact that I have one device that can do so many things.

Conclusion
I think my iPhone has faired well for its first month of use. I still love using it and although there are a few things that still have room for improvement, I am not too fussed as this was expected with any new product.

Hey you all,

Here are the steps to freedom

http://gatsome.com/2008/08/04/how-to-configure-netshare-for-iphone-on-windows-vista/

Nullriver, l'azienda che produce Netshare

Domani anche io me ne andrò qualche giorno in ferie, quello che lascio in sospeso:

Né la Nullriver né la Apple, hanno rilasciato comunicati riguardo Netshare, il programma per la condivisione del traffico web dall’iPhone verso il proprio computer. E’ una buona notizia solo perché non è una notizia. Il sito web della Nullriver recita:

 We’ve finally gotten in contact with Apple. Looks like the lack of communication was due to automated e-mail systems being employed on both ends, which resulted in e-mails being lost in transit. We’re working with Apple to get NetShare back up on the AppStore.

E’ già qualcosa. Innanzitutto non è un no. Penso che per settembre gli ansiosi del tethering per iPhone saranno soddisfatti. Se non fosse stato fattibile, suppongo, ce l’avrebbero già detto.

Apple non ha pubblicato il firmware 2.1, quello per cui si diceva che il gps avrebbe avuto rilevanti novità. Eppoi è stato smentito. Partirò con iPhone e TomTom One, un apparecchio in più di cui avrei potuto fare a meno.

Nessuno si è ancora inventato un’applicazione (forse non è permesso) per prepararsi delle mappe di google maps da scaricare e poi farle usare all’iPhone (per l’estero, quando il roaming costa parecchio).

Questi sono i miei due punti sospesi.

Le tariffe di roaming dati di Vodafone e TIM fanno ridere (ok, ne vogliamo sempre di più, non ci accontentiamo mai, e soprattutto già è tanto avere tariffe minimamente decenti per iPhone, lo so), soprattutto perché trovo pazzesco che nel 2008, con Schengen etc etc si consideri ancora “particolare” che uno faccia avanti e indietro con un dato paese, per lavoro o per affetto, con tutto lo scambio di schede necessario per evitare di trovarsi senza un soldo. Lo so, è un po’ una scemenza o almeno suona tale, ma mi vien da dire che l’Europa unita è anche questo, smettere di considerarsi stati separati, anche per la telefonia cellulare (no, davvero, suona troppo come una cazzata, ma non lo è, pensiamoci bene, non vorrei avere l’impressione di uscire dalla mia nazione passato il confine con la Francia o l’Austria).

Detto questo, dato uno sguardo alle statistiche del blog (c’è stato un momento che si cresceva parecchio, ma tutti cercavano tethering per iPhone, è durata solo un giorno), direi che ci si legge dopo il 20 agosto. Buone vacanze!!

Misterfool

I recently wrote Null River to inquire where the iPhone application NetShare went (For those of you not familar with the NetShare story: NetShare is an iPhone tethering application that allows users to use their iPhone’s internet connection on their personal computer. It was originally posted in the application store on August 1st, was removed by Apple without warning, was readded later that day, then a few hours later it was removed and never seen again). Here is the response I received:

Hello,

Thank you for your inquiry, a lot of users are wondering what’s going on with NetShare.

As of writing it is not available in any country on Apple’s AppStore — Apple has removed it from sale temporarily. Apple is working with us to get NetShare back onto the store as soon as possible. We will be posting updates on this at our web site: http://www.nullriver.com

If you use an RSS Reader such as Apple Safari or Apple Mail you can also keep subscribe to our RSS News feed here: feed://www.nullriver.com/rss

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NetShare can be used with any software that supports SOCKS 5 Proxies. This includes Mac, Windows XP, Vista, Linux and many other operating systems and devices. We are working on guides to help setup with common configurations. In general however, most configurations are already covered online.

For help with Windows XP:
http://falaris.com/?p=154
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-connect-netshare-to-win-xp-to-use-your-iphone-s-3g-web-225037/

For help with Vista:
http://www.shahine.com/omar/HowToTetherYourIPhoneToVistaIn5EasySteps.aspx

And for Mac OSX Users Apple Insider have put together a 10 step guide:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/01/ten_step_guide_to_sharing_your_iphones_connection_with_netshare.html

We have a support section on our website which we hope to expand to cover more issues in future:
http://www.nullriver.com/support/contact/faqs?supportProductId=netshare

Based on NetShare’s answer it is fairly obvious that AT&T simply does not want users to have the ability to tether their phones. I’m sure in the next few weeks the app will make a re-apperance, and all users will have to pay AT&T some exuberant fee to be able to use the tethering feature (AT&T users who have other model phones that support the tethering ability have to pay an extra $30 a month to be able to use it).

NetShare’s story brings up a few interesting points including Apple’s ability to completely control which applications users can and cannot use on their phones (whether or not the application violates Apple’s & AT&T’s terms of use as NetShare DID NOT). Not only can Apple remove applications without warning from the store, but they can also remotely disable apps that are already installed on your phone. If anyone was able to snag NetShare before it was pulled, I’d love to know:

1. If it still works
2. If it does not work, did you get reimbursed?

Compare e scompare dal sito Apple Store l’applicazione Netshare, applicazione che permette di utilizzare il proprio iPhone 3G come modem, sfruttando la rete 3G/UMTS.

L’applicazione apparsa sull’Apple Store al prezzo di 7.90 €, è stata ritirata e pubblicata ben due volte, e ora non è ancora riapparsa.

Sembra che l’applicazione, secondo Nullriver, sviluppatore congiunto insieme ad Apple, debba ancora essere perfezionata, per questo è stata ritirata dallo Store.

Ma potrebbe esserci lo zampino delle compagnie telefoniche, non disposte ad offrire una così ampia banda dati in modo incontrollato, perdendo guadagni.

Potranno gli utenti Apple, sfruttare appieno il proprio gioiello tecnologico fino in fondo?

After the MobileMe debacle and the iPhone 3G in-store activation fiasco, now Apple is giving iPhone Apps developers the silent treatment……

Come on Apple, what gives???

For a long time Apple supporter and dare I say it, Fanboy, I am starting to get a sick feeling in my gut about the direction Apple seems to be going.

We have all had run-ins with Apple’s “customer service”. I personally spent three days on the phone trying to exchange an 24″ iMac after two previous ones were defective. (I gave up and got a MacPro)

But what is going on now? This behavior is not the Apple that I know, or thought I knew. Apple has made lots of mistakes in the past along with lots of amazing products, software and hardware. When something went wrong, they eventually took the blame and corrected the problem, at their expense.(usually)

In the last few months, it seems Apple is hiding behind their huge wall of cash, oblivious to what we, the consumers, are going through.

Enough of my rant, here is what nullriver is going through – Posted on their site today:

“NETSHARE STATUS REPORT:

We still haven’t gotten any answer from Apple as to why NetShare was removed from the App Store. Calls to ADC yield wait times of a few hours and we’re forced to give up. E-mails to various contacts at Apple and the developer program have also given us no response. Is this acceptable business practice? We don’t think so. When an application fails to be approved or even more importantly so, when an application gets removed from sale, Apple should be required to provide a valid reason.”

I agree with Giles Turnbull from tuaw, He writes: “What makes this more extraordinary is that developers of App Store products are not just developers; they are an income stream. Thirty per cent of the money we pay for every app goes directly to Apple, that’s how the App Store works.

It’s a deal, and deals work in two directions. Both sides get something. In this case, Apple gets software to offer to users of its exciting new platform. And the developers get access to a secure online distribution system, including payment processing, hosting, everything they need to sell their work.

Deals make partnerships, and partnerships (even unequal 30/70 ones) ought to work both ways. Apple expects (and has a right to expect) developers to behave themselves and act within the rules it has laid down. But in return, developers expect (and have every right to expect) Apple to be a responsible, indeed responsive store owner. At the very least, they have the right to know whether or not Apple considers their work suitable for sale in the Store, and to be told why it has been withdrawn. Then reinstated. Then withdrawn again. And so on.”

A deal is a deal! Come on Apple you are better than that!

Picture Credit:
Tara Douglas

In rete c’è incazzatura. E’ dovuta al fatto che l’iPhone non manda gli mms e non fa da modem (tethering). 

È palpabile il nervoso per questo tipo di cose: gli utenti sono incazzati. Sugli mms non mi esprimerò (usati 4 volte e sarebbe stato meglio evitare), ma sul tethering due cose vorrei dirle.

È di oggi, in verità di qualche giorno fa ma anche di oggi, la notizia dell’apparizione sull’App Store dell’applicazione Netshare, applicazione che appunto permette di condividere via wifi la connessione 3g o 2g dell’iPhone affinché vi si possa connettere altri dispositivi, come computer. L’applicazione va su e giù dall’App Store, nel senso che appare e scompare, non si sa perché. Forse non riescono a limitarla territorialmente. Sostanzialmente per motivi commerciali è più o meno ovvio che escluderanno gli USA dalla commercializzazione. 

Allora qual è il punto? il punto è che si vuole sempre di più. Per gli utenti italiani incazzati l’enorme sforzo operato da Apple (o meglio l’enorme capacità di avere potere contrattuale che gli ha permesso di stabilire i termini e le condizioni con gli operatori di telefonia mobile) per farci avere allegato al telefono un piano telefonico adeguato non è compreso. Di dispositivi always on sulla rete era già pieno il mercato, ma solo l’iPhone è stato in grado di chiedere agli operatori pacchetti dati obbligatori sulle tariffe iPhone, e abbastanza, il più possibile, di manica larga. In USA AT&T offre accesso illimitato a internet. In Italia ci destreggiamo tra i 600 mega e il giga al mese (osservazione: quanto cazzo vuoi consumare dall’iPhone al mese? Diciamo che fai 70-80 mega al giorno – ed è duretta assai, ve lo dice uno che l’ha usato e lo sta usando intensamente da una settimana, è dura soprattutto perché la batteria muore prima di arrivarci, a 80 mega – nessuno avrebbe superato i 2 giga. E per il pazzo che supera i 2 giga ogni mese ce ne sono il doppio che non superano i 5 mega al giorno ossia 150 mega al mese, ve lo dico io, quindi carissimi operatori non avreste fatto miglior figura a dare accesso illimitato anche voi??). Non è roba da poco. L’iPhone è stato disegnato per il mercato USA e sarebbe stato assurdo proporre ad AT&T di presentare in partnership un telefono con accesso illimitato a internet e con la funzione di modem bella spiattellata in home page. Sarebbe stato un danno economico per AT&T non indifferente. Quindi la funzione modem viene inibita. Casino in tutto il mondo. Effettivamente da noi, con i dati contati, un accesso possibile via modem non farebbe schifo, per quando l’iPhone non ti basta. Si snatura un po’ il device, eh (io non sento la mancanza del computer quando navigo dall’iPhone, la sento solo perché mi manca MacSoup per leggere i newsgroup), ma in casi di emergenza può far comodo. Ed ecco comparire quest’applicazione che fa su e giù dall’App Store. 

Lo dico subito: se la pubblicheranno un’altra volta vedrò di essere pronto davanti al Mac per acquistarla, lo ammetto. Sebbene io non consideri la funzione di tethering dell’iPhone inibita un gran dramma, anzi.

Ma la vera limitazione che mi sta sul cazzo di questo cellulare che per il resto adoro è una limitazione veramente imbecille che somiglia più ad una ancor più stupida dimenticanza che altro: non posso inviare né ricevere le vcard. Il che significa che quella comodissima funzione “invia contatto via sms” non c’è.  E continua a non esserci il copia e incolla per cui teoricamente per mandare un numero a un collega o a un amico dovrei ricordarmeli a memoria. Io spero di sbagliarmi, magari c’è e non la vedo, ma non la riesco a trovare.

Peraltro m’è stato detto che non li riceve nemmeno i biglietti da visita. Bella cazzata, e incomprensibile visto che Apple ha strutturato sulle vcard più che standard il sistema della rubrica indirizzi su Os X, e chi ha avuto un nokia con symbian lo sa, visto che le sincronizzazioni della rubrica non toppavano mai.

Ecco, questa funzione dimenticata o non inserita a bella posta è spiacevole assai.

Sul modem mi sembra invece di riscontrare la solita insoddisfazione degli utenti che sparano a zero apple di qua apple di là senza rendersi conto di che cos’è un prodotto, che si progetta, che si vende, in considerazione del mercato dove andrà a finire e tutto il resto. E quindi, poi, si finisce per sparare cazzate.

NetShare vuelve a estar disponible en la AppStore. Toda una gran noticia que nos alegra por las posibilidades que ofrece para cuando podemos hacer uso de nuestro equipo en lugar del iPhone. Ahora toca informarse si las operadoras pueden llegar a sancionarnos por ello. Cosa que dudo pero hasta no tener una confirmación no afirmaré.

Copio y pego | Applesfera

Vía | MacRumors

Okay, now this is just plain weird. Nullriver’s NetShare utility for tethering iPhones to computers as a wireless modem appeared on Apple’s App Store, then disappeared–and then resurfaced. That was odd enough. But now…it’s gone again.

Nullriver says that Apple pulled it again, without explanation. I suppose it’s possible that it’ll mysteriously return again, but at this point I think it’s more likely that it’ll remain an application non grata until and unless AT&T formalizes tethering as a legitimate iPhone use. Which, as I keep saying, I hope they’ll do–and it doesn’t seem unthinkable that they will, since other AT&T phones get that option.

Meanwhile, judging from the copy of NetShare that I managed to buy during one of its windows of availability, I’m not heartbroken that this particular iPhone tethering app keeps coming and going…

Curiouser and curiouser. Yesterday, a $10 iPhone utility from Nullriver called NetShare showed up in Apple’s App Store. It promised to let you share your iPhone’s wireless data service with a computer via the computer’s Wi-Fi connection, giving you the potential to get online in places where you can’t find a hotspot. Shortly after it appeared in the App Store, it disappeared; that was less surprising than the fact it was there in the first place, since AT&T offers no official sanction for using your iPhone as a modem.

Today? NetShare is back in the App Store. I’ve seen no official word from Apple, AT&T, or Nullriver about what’s going on here, and whether using NetShare is okay, not okay, or in some fuzzy area in between. I’ve pined for the ability to tether my notebook to my phone’s modem ever since I dumped my AT&T Tilt phone for an iPhone 3G, though, so I downloaded, configured, and tried NetShare as fast as I could.

I’ve given it only a quick try so far, not an extensive trial. For a few minutes I was up and running, using Safari to surf the Web (including YouTube) at decent speed and chatting on iChat. That was a kick. But other than that, NetShare has been kind of a pain–it’s safe to say it’s not the seamless iPhone tethering solution I’ve been looking for and would happily pay for.

NetShare works by setting up a peer-to-peer Wi-Fi network between your Mac (Windows support is promised soon) and the iPhone, then using proxy access to let your Mac piggyback on the iPhone’s internet connection. This requires some futzing around with network settings on both the iPhone and the Mac; Nullriver provides instructions, but they’re confusing in some places and simply wrong in others, and they’re far from complete. They also don’t mention the fact that they only get you as far as making Safari and iChat work; I had to reconfigure Flock to use NetShare’s proxy myself.

(Side note: A forum member over at MacRumors has provided instructions for using NetShare that are much better than Nullriver’s.)

Every time my iPhone went into sleep mode, my network connection died. I reconnected only by randomly fiddling with network settings and never figured out what I did that would get the connection working again. And when I was done testing and wanted to get back on my Wi-Fi network, I had to undo some of the settings that NetShare required me to change.

In short, if you’re a geek with a need for a way to connect a Mac via iPhone for emergency use, NetShare might fit the bill. But I found it way too much of a hassle to contemplate using it very often, even if AT&T were to give NetShare its blessings.

The good news: NetShare proves that there’s no technical reason why an iPhone can’t double as a modem, and the fact that it’s on the App Store would seem to suggest that it’s not unthinkable that a more polished tethering application along the lines of June Fabrics’ PdaNet couldn’t be approved by Apple and at least grudgingly accepted by AT&T.

But I say it again: If a future upgrade to the iPhone OS had some sort of official “Tether to Computer” option, as my Tilt did, I’d cheerfully fork over money to AT&T.

And I’d love to learn exactly what the deal is with NetShare’s appearance, disappearance, and reappearance, and whether Apple is really selling a piece of software that AT&T doesn’t want you to run…

One of the groundbreaking differences between the iPhone and all other cellular phones is the App Store. You can bet that RIM, Nokia, et al are hard at work on a similar system.

Here’s the app’s I’ve got loaded today:

1. Flashlight – Turns out to be fairly useful when lost in the dark.
2. Bloomberg – more detailed stock info than the built-in app.
3. Monkeyball – Fun, but the motion sensing is not well done. These guys should talk to the Labyrinth guys to see how to do motion sensing properly.
4. Shazam – This is just cool.
5. Weatherbug – OK app. Better weather forcasts than the built-in weather app.
6. WordPress – cool – but it would be pretty difficult to type a REAL blog entry here.
7. WritingPad – Interesting to see people inventing new input paradigms. This one is so so.
8. Remote – Cool, but it would be great if it worked with FrontRow on my TV’s Mac Mini.
9. Jott – Jott is a very cool service, and this app is well done.
10. AirMe – I LOVE what this app SHOULD do, if ONLY it did it reliably. I’m hoping they release a new version soon.
11. Labyrinth – THE COOLEST APP. This is what I show people when they wonder what the fuss is about.
12. TouchCalc – OK.
13. SpeakEasy – Nice audio recorder but doesn’t upload yet – which is functionality I’d love.
14. Tuner – Nice to have a radio in your phone.
15. AccuFuel – Bit of a pain to enter the fuel info, and a pain to configure. Km’s vs Miles vs liters per km, etc.
16. ezimba – Interesting. The basic need I had was to crop photos, and I couldn’t find it after quite a bit of searching. I know it MUST be there…
17. eReader – I had an account already so this was a no-brainer. I WISH I could override the motion sensor so I could read while lying in bed…
18. VNC – Cool just because you can.
19. Enigmo – Nicely done app. Another showcase app.
20. Holdem – I’m not into poker enough to appreciate this app.
21. Dice Bag – This app sucks. I was hoping for a nice simulation of dice rolling. All it does is display a number in the corner of the screen. TRY HARDER GUYS.
22. Crash Cart – Cool. My kids love this app – but the motions sensing is not as nice as I’d like to see.
23. OneTap – Very nice movie finder. Lots of nice features.
24. Remember The Milk – Not strictly an iPhone app, but SO WELL DONE that I’m including it. Nice.
25. Scrabble – I play this more than anything. The first version sucked HUGELY and crashed EVERY TIME you used it. The recent update is much improved. Also, they’ve improved the load time – but it’s still spending WAY TOO LONG showing me logos and startup screens.
26. Audio Rec. Guitar Toolkit – Nice app.
27. WeightTrack – Nice enough – but my phone isn’t near my scale.
28. NetShare – I’m AMAZED this is allowed, and that this works. I downloaded it immediately, before it’s deleted from the App Store. Hopefully Rogers can’t detect that I’m using this (of course, I never do.)
29. Exposure – Nice app – I wish I could upload from the phone to Flickr using this.
30. Sketches – It would be nice to be able to have larger drawing surfaces. Nicely done.

NetShare has mysteriously reappeared in the iTunes App Store.  It’s now back on the App Store and is once again available for download.  Currently, it’s only available via direct link here - NetShare – App Store.