Recently a developer in Europe has found the first indication that iPads running iOS 4.2 will be able to tether. Another user in the UK also saw the “Internet Tethering” configuration option in the Cellular Data Settings pane, but the option is still unavailable on iPads running the 4.2 beta in the US. In all likelihood, the feature will support wired tethering instead of the mobile-to-mobile “hotspot” tethering via MyWi. According to 9to5Mac, a developer in Sweden who was running iOS 4.2 beta 2 on the 3 Sverige network noticed an “Internet Tethering” section of the APN Settings pane under Settings: Cellular Data. The section specifically asked for the APN, username, and password separate from the cellular carrier data network access credentials.

Interestingly the option doesn’t appear on iPads in the US indicating that it is region OR carrier specific. AT&T may not be willing to add a tethering option to its relatively low-cost iPad data plans, or Apple may simply have hoped to test the feature in a lower-profile location. If so, they didn’t count on the attentiveness or talkativeness of Swedish users. When asked directly back in March by Swedish DJ “Jezper S if the Wi-Fi iPad will support iPhone tethering, Steve Jobs responded with a flat “no.” This latest news talks about tethering in the OTHER direction, but it still seems unlikely that Apple will support using the iPad’s Wi-Fi chip as a hotspot.

Source: 9to5Mac

Authors: TechHead

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