AT&T Relents, Allows iPhone Tethering In OS 4.0?
In the biggest iPhone OS news since Apple unveiled the fourth iteration of the phone’s OS — and as a possible result of the rumored, forthcoming pitched battle between AT&T and Verizon for the souls of iPhone users — it looks as though the iPhone will now gain the ability to tether.
The screencaps above, which floated up in a developer’s forum, are clear evidence that Internet tethering through the iPhone will likely now be supported with the release of OS 4.0.
Of course, if you’re reading this and you’re in any place but the U.S. (or you’re one of those enterprising sorts who’ve already jailbroken your iPhone), tethering is old news to you. But here in the U.S., AT&T has maintained a constricting, Vader-like grip on iPhone features — a grip that only began to relax earlier this year, leading to the sudden and welcome appearance of 3G VoIP apps, and then later to the announcement that OS 4.0 would support background VoIP.
When he was eight, Eli Milchman came home from frolicking in the Veld one day and was given an Atari 400. Since then, his fascination with technology has made him an intrepid early adopter of whatever charming new contraption crosses his path — which explains why he's Cult of Mac's test editor-at-large. He calls San Francisco home, where he works as a journalist and photographer. Eli has contributed to the pages of 
