RE: ipad and tethering
Thanks, but it appears from the research that I have done on the web that to use an ipad connected to a phone service for data, you must buy the sim enabled ipad or jailbreak your iphone? There is no way to use the iphone like you can with a laptop? Is this correct? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of cm Sent: Wednesday, 19 January 2011 12:57 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: ipad and tethering Hi Hugh, The as yet unreleased version of iOS, version 4.3, has a new personal hotspot feature. This will allow one to turn their iPhone into a five node wifi hub with password security. The new feature may or may not be blocked by your service provider, and may incur an extra charge. You would with this hotspot be able to access the Internet from your iPad using your iPhone as a wireless hub — or vise-versa. I just ten minutes ago, as a paid-up iOS developer, downloaded and installed a beta version of iOS 4.3. I want to avoid an extra charge from Vodafone, but the temptation to try the new feature may just be too great. Sort of like a chocolate in the bar-fridge of a hotel room. :-) Cheers, Carlo Sent from my iPad On 19/01/2011, at 12:38, Hugh Griffiths hgriffi...@lgc.commailto:hgriffi...@lgc.com wrote: Hi, I have used my iphone to connect my laptop to the internet where I don’t have wireless access, is it possible to do this also with an ipad? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: ipad and tethering
Hi Hugh, I would not recommend jail breaking to anyone. Turning your iPhone (or 3G enabled iPad) into a hotspot will be a standard feature of the soon to be released iOS 4.3. See, for instance, the Personal Hotspot section of this article: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/13/first_look_new_sms_alert_settings_multitouch_ipad_gestures_in_apples_ios_4_3.html I will be trying the feature over the next few days and I will let the group know how it goes. Cheers, Carlo Sent from my iPad On 19/01/2011, at 19:51, Hugh Griffiths hgriffi...@lgc.com wrote: Thanks, but it appears from the research that I have done on the web that to use an ipad connected to a phone service for data, you must buy the sim enabled ipad or jailbreak your iphone? There is no way to use the iphone like you can with a laptop? Is this correct? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of cm Sent: Wednesday, 19 January 2011 12:57 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: ipad and tethering Hi Hugh, The as yet unreleased version of iOS, version 4.3, has a new personal hotspot feature. This will allow one to turn their iPhone into a five node wifi hub with password security. The new feature may or may not be blocked by your service provider, and may incur an extra charge. You would with this hotspot be able to access the Internet from your iPad using your iPhone as a wireless hub — or vise-versa. I just ten minutes ago, as a paid-up iOS developer, downloaded and installed a beta version of iOS 4.3. I want to avoid an extra charge from Vodafone, but the temptation to try the new feature may just be too great. Sort of like a chocolate in the bar-fridge of a hotel room. :-) Cheers, Carlo Sent from my iPad On 19/01/2011, at 12:38, Hugh Griffiths hgriffi...@lgc.com wrote: Hi, I have used my iphone to connect my laptop to the internet where I don’t have wireless access, is it possible to do this also with an ipad? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: ipad and tethering
Hi Hugh, Just a final update on this question. I just completed a quick test on the Personal Hotspot feature of the upcoming iOS 4.3. It turns out that the personal hotspot works via Bluetooth. In the test I connected an iPad and a MacBook Pro to the Internet using a hotspot set up from an iPhone. Here is what I did: 1) Wifi on the iPad and MacBook were turned off to ensure that the connection would be solely via the hotspot. 2) I turned on the Personal Hotspot feature in the Settings app of the iPhone. 3) In the Settings app of the iPad, I turned on Bluetooth and selected the network name of the iPhone. I was prompted to pair to the iPhone and had to confirm on both the iPhone and iPad. 4) I did a similar thing in the Bluetooth settings of the MacBook Pro. And that's it! The iPhone displayed a blue flashing title bar indicating that I was operating the hotspot. Internet performance on the iPad and MacBook Pro was quite slow and web page loading was very ordinary, but this would depend on the signal strength of the iPhone as it does when one is browsing the web on the iPhone itself. I checked my email and ran the iPad weather app to get the forecast just for the fun of it. Overall, I think the feature is most useful. I always have my iPhone with me and have quite a generous data plan. I have always been able to tether my MacBook Pro, but now I will also be able to tether my iPad without the need of a separate 3G data plan. A quick check of my Vodafone account showed no extra charge as yet. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-01-19, at 12:38, Hugh Griffiths wrote: Hi, I have used my iphone to connect my laptop to the internet where I don’t have wireless access, is it possible to do this also with an ipad? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
ipad and tethering
Hi, I have used my iphone to connect my laptop to the internet where I don't have wireless access, is it possible to do this also with an ipad? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. -- This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: ipad and tethering
Hi Hugh, The as yet unreleased version of iOS, version 4.3, has a new personal hotspot feature. This will allow one to turn their iPhone into a five node wifi hub with password security. The new feature may or may not be blocked by your service provider, and may incur an extra charge. You would with this hotspot be able to access the Internet from your iPad using your iPhone as a wireless hub — or vise-versa. I just ten minutes ago, as a paid-up iOS developer, downloaded and installed a beta version of iOS 4.3. I want to avoid an extra charge from Vodafone, but the temptation to try the new feature may just be too great. Sort of like a chocolate in the bar-fridge of a hotel room. :-) Cheers, Carlo Sent from my iPad On 19/01/2011, at 12:38, Hugh Griffiths hgriffi...@lgc.com wrote: Hi, I have used my iphone to connect my laptop to the internet where I don’t have wireless access, is it possible to do this also with an ipad? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
