Tethering the G1 as a modem for my laptop is one of the main things that I have been looking for. T-Mobile's CEO said "that while the company didn't encourage the practice, they wouldn't lock down the OS or update the software to break those applications."
The article is here, and barely over a month old: http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/t-mobiles-cto-on-g1-unlocking-and-tethering-plus-a-few-detai/ On Nov 1, 3:20 pm, "Michael Stella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not that this is anything related to Android - it's T-Mobile that does the > locking. > > On Nov 1, 2008 2:51 PM, "sgbirch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 31, 11:38 pm, "Amir Noble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it the > drive or just a matter o... > You would think that would be a natural use of the phone. But > yesterday I was told by a T-Mobile sales guy that it would violate the > terms and conditions of the phone. At least in the UK, you are only > permitted to access the internet via the phone itself. > > I have no idea about the US situation since that appears to be a > different company. It seems that a G1 bought in the UK cannot be used > with a USA T-Mobile SIMM. A T-Mobile(UK) phone is locked to the UK > and cannot be used with a a T-Mobile(US) SIMM. Grrrr. > > You cannot begin to understand how disappointed I am with Android. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this > message because you are... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
