Last week a story made its way around the blogosphere that Steve Jobs answered an email. Our pals at TiPb covered the iPad tethering question, originally from 9to5Mac:
First, the question from Jezper Söderlund:
Will the wifi-only version [of the iPad] somehow support tethering thru my iPhone?
And the answer?
No.
Sent from my iPhone
We thought it might be appropriate to send another email:
Dear Steve:
Will the wifi-only version [of the iPad] somehow support tethering through Mobile Hotspot on the Palm Pre Plus? Wait, don’t answer that, we already know that it will.
Love, PreCentral
…of course, we’ll be paying $40 per month for the privilege, but hey, it’s there. While we’re on the subject, we’ll note that webOS 1.4 seems to have busted up the hack to get the Verizon-only Mobile Hotspot app working on Sprint – the hackery required now is epic, to say the least. Win some, lose some – but for Verizon Palm Pre Plus owners thinking about the iPad, we’ll chalk it up as a win.