iPhone TIPS: iOS 4.3 Features WIFI Access Point over 3G

Have an iPad without 3G and like to surf the web with it anytime anyplace? Well lucky you! The next iOS update allows you to create a wireless access point with your iPhone 3G data connection. Q: How do you know this? A: This feature is unveiled on the Verizon CDMA iPhone 4 announcement today by Apple. Techcrunch posted their hands-on HERE with the Verizon CDMA iOS 4.2.5

iOS 4.3 is the name we guess it will be called for the, let say gsm devices. However, iOS 4.2.2 or 4.25 is also an option. We will see. The feature will be called Personal Hotspot and it will support up to 5 WIFIdevices. Besides WIFI it will support bluetooth. As you might expect from Apple, it’s super simple to set up and use. So switch the iPhone Personal Hotspot to ON. Connect with your iPad (or Laptop, Macbook, iPod touch) to this Personal Hotspot and here you go! Surf the internet on your iPad over wifi connection via the 3G connection of your iPhone.

Personal Hotspot option is very similar with the tethering screen

Tethering was already supported in earlier iOS versions but it supported only one device, which was connected via USB or bluetooth. With Personal Hotspot it will support up to 5 devices.

NOTE: As like tethering, the Personal Hotspot feature only works if your telco provider also supports it. The telco distributes the so called Carrier Settings via iTunes and contains a policy that allow or disallow you to use the tethering feature. See Tethering Post HERE. I guess this mechanism will be applied to the new Personal Hotspot feature.
photo: techcrunch

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