Apple iPhone 3G tethering: blink and you missed it

by Julian Prokaza
on Fri 01 Aug 2008 2 Comments

For a fleeting moment one of the iPhone’s most-wanted features – tethering to a PC to function as a wireless modem – was a reality.

At some point yesterday a program called NetShare pitched up in the App Store. Published by Nullriver, a few folks coughed up the $9.99 asking price, downloaded NetShare and found that they were able to turn their iPhones into a mobile hotspot. Big w00ts all round.

Well, for about 30 minutes – before Apple saw fit to pull NetShare from the App Store. According to MacRumours, the reason for its removal is a complete mystery to the developer. Nullriver’s quote is pasted after the cut.

Here’s what Nullriver told MacRumours on Apple’s decision to remove its NetShare iPhone-tethering tool from the App Store after just a few minutes’ of availability:

We're not quite sure why Apple took down the 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 tomorrow. 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, I would hope Apple will allow it in countries where the provider does permit tethering.

[via MacRumours]

Originally published on www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk, now incorporated into Broadband Genie
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    by at 20:47 on 1 Aug 2008Report abuse

    Netshare is back on App Store. I just downloaded it a few minutes ago...

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    by at 20:49 on 1 Aug 2008Report abuse

    Netshare is back on Apps Store. I just downloaded it a few minutes ago - Friday ~3:30pm.

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