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Ok so I went ahead and bought the service. Here's what I found out: You'll have to keep the tether client application running on your Mac or PC. So not gonna wo
by angkec 15y ago
Ok so I went ahead and bought the service. Here's what I found out:
You'll have to keep the tether client application running on your Mac or PC. So not gonna work for wifi-only iPads. Then you will need to keep the html5 webpage open in order to receive data. They instruct you to set iPhone's screen lock to "never" so it doesn't automatically shuts the web page down in 1 minute or so. So I imagine you can't take phone calls when tethering as the webpage will go offline.
Pricing wise, the first year costs $15 and will be $30 from second year on. They set my paypal up for recurring payment.
Performance wise it's pretty fast on my iPhone 4. Setting up took about 2~3 min, very easy to do. The html5 app needs to connect to both the tether website and the client computer. Took me a few tries to connect to both but once they are connected the speed is pretty comparable to tetherme in jailbroken iPhones.
- moonchrome 15y ago>So not gonna work for wifi-only iPads Excuse my ignorance of Apple products but how can tethering work on a device without a internet connection ? You want to go trough a iPad proxy to get to a WiFi connection ? Why not just connect to WiFi with the PC ?
- Wilya 15y agoYou could want to use the iPad as the client. Ie use an iPhone to give internet connection to the iPad. (I guess that what the GP meant)
- moonchrome 15y agoOh I see, that makes sense :)
- shankinson 15y agoYeah, we almost have this working an know there is a huge demand for it. Still a few technical hurdles to solve though.
- lucaspiller 15y agoInteresting that iOS shuts down the connection when the browser is closed or the phone locked. Is is the same with SocketIO? On Android the connection remains open as long as the browser has the tab open.