Linked by snydeq on Thu 11th Jun 2009 16:11 UTC
InfoWorld's Bill Snyder questions whether AT&T's jockeying on tethering and MMS may signal iPhone pricing surcharges to come. After all, as Apple's exclusive U.S. partner, Ma Bell should have plenty of insight into upcoming iPhone features and revenue opportunities. Yet AT&T was very conspicuous in its absence from the list of providers who will support tethering and MMS at Tuesday's launch of the new iPhone at WWDC, and by Wednesday, it was backpedaling furiously, saying it will offer both services -- later in the year. Certainly, the exclusive arrangement between the companies is proving to be an ugly roadblock to Apple's iPhone vision. But Snyder thinks it may go deeper than that: "My best guess is that we'll see horrendous pricing surcharges for tethering and MMS, on top of the already expensive data and voice charges iPhone users pay. I don't think AT&T execs wanted to stand up at WWDC and announce that."
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ATT is just trying to figure out a way to nickel and dime you. It is fitting though to have ATT and Apple in bed together. Apple fans are loyal and seem to be made of money, so they'll pay anything. I wonder if Apple is going to take hints from ATT and make desktop wallpapers go through iTunes so they can charge $1 for you to change wallpapers.
I guess I find it funny that Apple spends a lot of time saying that the iPhone is a computer. They say it runs the same OSX that their other computers use. So its pretty silly that ATT says to tether an iPhone to a computer is against their policy when Apple says their iPhone "IS" a computer.
Maybe they just don't want users using their network to download torrents. I was going to say what is topping them from downloading a torrent directly to their iPhone but then I forgot about the AppStore gestapo.
Mark this comment down for trolling... I don't care. Apple and ATT (and actually all other US carriers) are evil.