InternetApple Pulls App To Make iPhone a Roving Hotspot (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - A new application enabling Apple's iPhone to share EDGE or 3G Internet connections with other wireless devices briefly appeared in Apple's App Store, only to be pulled minutes later.

A new application enabling Apple's iPhone to share EDGE or 3G Internet connections with other wireless devices briefly appeared in Apple's App Store, only to be pulled minutes later. The Netshare app by Nullriver is based on SOCKS -- an Internet protocol that enables client-server applications to transparently employ the services of a network firewall. Netshare essentially converts any iPhone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot, with all Wi-Fi-enabled devices able to share a broadband Internet connection wherever a cellular signal is available. "We're trying to get ahold of Apple right now," said Nullriver spokesperson Maksim Rogov in an e-mail. "Until we hear from Apple, it's hard to say what the real reason is, because if it was AT&T, well, AT&T is not the iPhone service provider outside the U.S." Not On AT&T's List Wireless carriers are understandably not happy about programs such as Netshare because they allow users to bypass their cellular networks and avoid data-access fees. "The iPhone is not intended to be used as a tethering device and we have no plans to offer separate tethering plans for it," said AT&T spokesperson Wes Warnock. "We offer LaptopConnect cards that you can use to access our wireless data network. Those cards offer typical download speeds as high as 1.7 Mbps." Warnock noted that AT&T wireless provides... [ Read more on www.yahoo.com ]

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