The Complete Guide to Tethering From Your Phone or Tablet When You Don't Have Wifi
Here’s how to do it, simply and painlessly, for both Android and iOS.
Here’s how to do it, simply and painlessly, for both Android and iOS.
Just because it’s a hotspot doesn’t mean the rules of data uses don’t apply. Here’s how you can enjoy all the perks of a mobile hotspot without wrecking your wallet.
Available to customers on both contract handsets and SIM-only plans.
Good news Lumia owners -- you’ll soon be able to tether your Lumia 800 or 710 for a bit of mobile broadband on-the-go, if the networks don’t crush it of course. Nokia’s announced that it’s bringing the personal hotspot capability that’s baked into most smartphones these days as an update to its current line, while its new Lumia 900 flagship will launch with it.
Need an iPhone tethering app? For £1.49 (and likely a very limited time only), you can download QuasiDisk, a file viewing app that can also share a connection over a proxy. TheNextWeb says it takes a fair amount of tweaking to get it working, but it does work. [iTunes via TheNextWeb; Image via Preetam Rai
Your network trying to charge you for tethering your iPhone? Not so keen on paying another fee to use that data allowance you've already paid for? There's an app for that, and you don't even need to jailbreak.