Saturday, August 2, 2008

Apple kills iPhone as a modem option, then resurrects it and then kills it again!



Source:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10005292-16.html

"Apple has apparently put the blocks on an iPhone application that turns the device into a modem for a PC. Macrumours reports that Canadian software company Nullriver Inc. released the application, called NetShare, yesterday through Apple's iTunes store, but it was withdrawn within hours."

And then it was available again! And then it disappeared again. Nice yo-yo!

According to the developer Nullriver's website:

"Update 2: Apple has taken it down again, with no explanation yet again. Update: NetShare is now back up and available from the AppStore! We're not quite sure why Apple took down the NetShare application yet, we've received no communication from Apple thus far. NetShare did not violate any of the Developer or AppStore agreements. We're hoping we'll get some feedback from Apple today. Sorry to all the folks that couldn't get it in time. We'll do our best to try to get the application back onto the AppStore if at all possible. At the very least, we hope Apple will allow it to be used in countries where the provider does permit tethering."

Here is Nullriver's NetShare direct download link on iTunes:
And here is a tutorial on setting phone as a modem with iPhone and NetShare for those that grabbed it before Apple removed it from their store:

Here's how Sprint can entice those disgruntled iPhone customers - why not officially allow Instinct to be used for Phone as a modem option (5GB monthly limit) with all plans costing $99 per month or more including simply everything plan and talk/message/data share plans?

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