[ale] OT: Apple developer agreement makes Microsoft look modest

[Jim Kinney]

pdanet will only tether a windoze or smack system to the droid. Those of us
that would rather use pencil and paper than microsoft or apple are not
supported.

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 3:20 PM, steve at brown.name <scbrown3 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Michael B. Trausch <mike at trausch.us>wrote:
>
>> Being that the user controls Android, it's easy to work around that.
>> They just do not ship the stock Android firmware with support for
>> tethering.  Once you root it, and install CyanogenMod, you can very
>> easily tether over either WiFi or USB.
>>
>
> I just recently bought a Droid through Verizon ($50 on amazon w 2yr
> contract!), and I was able to tether simply by installing PdaNet through the
> Android Market. It's a handy little app that lets you tether via usb or
> bluetooth and also has a bandwidth meter. However, after the free trial, it
> won't let you access stuff on port 433 and it is one of the more expensive
> apps in the market ($30 i think).
>
> -Steve Brown
>
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