Tethering on iPhone 3.0

Another great feature in the iPhone OS 3.0 is the ability to Tethering, or sharing your unlimited cell data plan with your laptop.

To enable Internet Tethering there is a new option in Settings > General > Network > Internet Tethering.

You can share your connection using Bluetooth (after pairing) or the USB cable. I just tested the USB option, once enabled Leopard displayed a message asking to configure a new Ethernet connection in Network Preferences and after some moments the iPhone changed to Tethering mode, a blue status just like the green one when in a call.

The connection is pretty fast, actually this post is created using the iPhone connection.

TELCEL (Mexico) doesn't enable by default Internet Tethering but it's simple to activate it using Property Editors and iTunes 8.2.23.