AT&T Relents, Allows iPhone Tethering In OS 4.0?

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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.

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