One of the most highly touted features of iOS 4.3 is Personal Hotspot. Although Verizon iPhone owners have had access to the feature since iOS 4.2.6, the latest iOS update will bring Personal Hotspot to AT&T iPhone users as well, allowing up to three other devices to connect to it at once.
Interestingly, BGR is reporting that Apple may have made concessions to the carriers to get this feature out the door: they say that Personal Hotspot can technically support up to five connect devices, but that Apple agreed to give carriers the power to specify the maximum number of simultaneous connections. Boo. Expect this to become just one more bartering chip in AT&T and Verizon’s war to get your business.
In other news, BGR is also reporting that they think iOS 4.3 will be released at 10AM PT this morning. That seems unlikely to us: Apple themselves said it would land on March 11th, and Apple generally doesn’t release a new iOS version before the hardware meant to be debuting it. Still, I guess we’ll all know in just a few hours.
