Will AT&T Bring Tethering to the Next iPhone?

Mac|Life has discovered a feature in the newest iPhone Beta that may be revealing AT&T’s plans to enable tethering. With the next Android update posed to allow Wi-Fi tethering built in (no more rooting), it’d be smart for Apple to do the same. While we don’t know what networks will allow tethering (or whether they’ll charge extra for it) on the Android side of things, AT&T’s reputation would be substantially improved if they set the standard by giving us free tethering. I do have dreams ya know.

[via Mac|Life]

iPad apps: Get Ready for the Second Wave

Andy Ihnatko over at Macworld:

“The iPad has been available for a few weeks now and I’m disappointed to find that one of my predictions seems to be coming true: the iPad won’t truly be “out” for another few months, when developers have finally had enough time with a real iPad in their hands to design true iPad-focused apps. Most of the freshman class seem to be either embiggened editions of iPhone hits or apps that bear the fingerprints of mouse-and-keyboard user interface design.

The brilliance of the iPad is the understanding that many notebook features aren’t relevant in a slate computer. I’m likely to use external hard drives and printers with a notebook. Not so with a slate. So why bother cutting three USB ports into it, and adding all kinds of troublesome third-party device drivers to the OS? And why bother adding all kinds of features to an app that will only be used 1% of the time, and which ruin the clean lines of the interface every time the app is launched?”

The iPhone is More Awesome than Space Travel.

I think people are gradually getting bored with the notion of space travel. It was cool to think about how we could populate Mars in the 1960s, but now it’s just a pipe dream that’s certainly not going to be accomplished in our lifetimes. So of course the iPhone is more important than space travel - it gets stuff done. Unlike space travel, which really hasn’t gone anywhere.

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iPhone Sales Up 112% in First Quarter of 2010

Who says the iPhone market is dying? Amongst all the Android hubbub, Apple is gaining new footholds in the UK, China, and South Korea, leading to a 8.4 million units sold. In only a year, Apple has gone from a market share of 1.5 percent to 2.7 percent, and they aren’t slowing down any time soon. With the impending release of next iPhone in only a matter of months, and the possible addition of new carriers in the US, Apple’s sales are expected to substantially increase, but can they surpass companies like Nokia and Samsung in world market share?

[via The Loop]