Were you thinking of tethering iPad with your iPhone? If Yes, then stop dreaming. We are not saying it. Steve Jobs himself has confirmed this. A Swedish person named Jezper questioned Jobs about this possibility via e-mail and got a straightforward No in reply.
Unfortunately, the email is not a fake one, as confirmed by 9 to 5 Mac. Here is Jezper’s email to Steve Jobs:
I’ll keep it short.
I’m Jezper from Sweden, a long time Apple fan, currently about to replace the very last computer at home with a brand spanking new iMac i7. I’m also awaiting the release of the iPad. However, I have one question:
Will the wifi-only version somehow support tethering thru my iPhone?
Two devices, based on the same OS, with already built-in technology to share one data plan suggests a secondary contract could possibly be redundant.
From the look of your keynote, where the iPad sits well between my MacBook Pro and my iPhone, I was hoping the three of them could interact as seamless as possible.
All the best,
Jezper Söderlund[a famous DJ in his own right]
Here is how the Apple CEO replied
No.
Well, now all our hopes rest upon the trustworthy shoulders of the jailbreaker geeks. Let us see if they will be able to amaze us once again?
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