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Tether your iPhone, wirelessly. Maybe.

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iPhone Apps We Love: NetShare – Share Your 3G/EDGE Connection With Your Computer [IPhone Apps]

NetShare is one app we never thought would make it onto the official iPhone App Store. All it does is set up a SOCKS5 proxy for you to get your laptop/computer online through use of the 3G/EDGE connection. Does it work? Yes. Yes it does. EDGE works just fine, although Mahoney says it's slow as balls. 3G impressions in a sec. Be careful of how much bandwidth you're using, since your provider probably makes a frowny face at you using their network to power your laptop, however "unlimited" your plan may be. [NetShare - Thanks Matthew and Ryan!]

Update: Having problems setting it up on my iPhone 3G. I follow the instructions and the phone seems to "connect", but that's about it. No connections shown in the NetShare app, and nothing goes through.


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iPhone 3G problems – infoSync World


iPhone 3G problems
infoSync World, Norway - 51 minutes ago
By Philip Berne, 1 August 2008 We've been using the Apple iPhone 3G since the day it was launched, and we wish that we could report smooth sailing, ...
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Nokia Slashes Cellphone Prices as Much as 10% [Cellphones]

Trying to put pressure on their competition, or feeling the pressure from increasing Samsung and LG market share, Nokia has reduced many handset prices by 10%—mostly music and media phones—but also making discounts across the whole portfolio. Analyst and Sean Connery-fan David Hallden calls the move a Crazy Ivan:

This is basically a way to run away from competition. You're putting a lot of pressure on your less competitive peers. I think they're doing a Crazy Ivan.

And we think you are watching too many submarine movies lately, David, but you may be right. In any case, cheaper phones are good for everyone. [Reuters]


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Telecoms: 02's exclusive deal for Apple iPhone hangs in the balance – guardian.co.uk


Telecoms: 02's exclusive deal for Apple iPhone hangs in the balance
guardian.co.uk, UK - 50 minutes ago
The exclusive deal that O2 has to supply the iPhone in Britain is understood to be under threat, with other mobile phone operators seeking to take advantage ...
Telefonica beats Vodafone in the UK and Spain Telegraph.co.uk
European telecoms post lower earnings International Herald Tribune
BT Group lags behind European rivals International Herald Tribune
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Nokia Slashes Cellphone Prices as Much as 10% [Cellphones]

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The strange economy of the App Store

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Freeware, Apple, iPhone, App Store

A few App Store apps have already gotten the public browbeating for tweaking their prices, and here's another: as Johnathan notes, there's a new app on the top of the heap in the paid pile, and apparently the only reason "Units Convertor" (sic) is there is because it used to be free.

We can't necessarily call them out for switching just to sit on top -- what would you do if you had a free app that was being downloaded like crazy and decided you wanted to make some money from it? But being that free apps far outweigh paid apps in terms of distribution, even the #21 free app can quickly jump to the top of the paid pile. We've already posted about how developers might be getting a raw deal out of the App Store (and some publishers have told us personally that they agree), but the economics are very interesting in there right now -- you've got a basically free economy, and considering that most of the apps out now are easy to make, it's just as likely that you'll see a free version of an app that does the same thing as a paid app.

Of course, what's happening in there actually mirrors what's happening out here with software: some of the best applications around are actually being given away for free. We're still in a strange place with the App Store and its pricing, and you have to think that eventually things will settle down and the developers who deserve to get paid will.
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The strange economy of the App Store

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Freeware, Apple, iPhone, App Store

A few App Store apps have already gotten the public browbeating for tweaking their prices, and here's another: as Johnathan notes, there's a new app on the top of the heap in the paid pile, and apparently the only reason "Units Convertor" (sic) is there is because it used to be free.

We can't necessarily call them out for switching just to sit on top -- what would you do if you had a free app that was being downloaded like crazy and decided you wanted to make some money from it? But being that free apps far outweigh paid apps in terms of distribution, even the #21 free app can quickly jump to the top of the paid pile. We've already posted about how developers might be getting a raw deal out of the App Store (and some publishers have told us personally that they agree), but the economics are very interesting in there right now -- you've got a basically free economy, and considering that most of the apps out now are easy to make, it's just as likely that you'll see a free version of an app that does the same thing as a paid app.

Of course, what's happening in there actually mirrors what's happening out here with software: some of the best applications around are actually being given away for free. We're still in a strange place with the App Store and its pricing, and you have to think that eventually things will settle down and the developers who deserve to get paid will.
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