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by Daniel Rubino
May 11, 2012
A lot of hay has been made over Windows Phone "Tango" aka CR3/build 8773 of Microsoft's mobile OS. The update contains a lot of minor things and is mostly focused on compatibility...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 23, 2012
We've reported twice on Nokia getting ready to serve up some Tango ROM updates along with new firmware for the Lumia 710. First was a planned update for China and it was followed by an update...
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by Rich Edmonds
Apr 20, 2012
We've previously reported on how the Lumia 710 and 800 do not support Internet Sharing, but the 610 and 900 do. It's a slight pain that has separated Lumia Windows Phone owners. Thankfully...
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by Rich Edmonds
Mar 27, 2012
The Lumia 800 (as well as the Lumia 710) is expected to receive a firmware update sometime soon to enable WiFi tethering on the handset, a feature that was introduced in the Windows Phone "...
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by Rich Edmonds
Dec 15, 2011
It appears that Telstra is rolling out the Windows Phone tethering update, and has enabled Internet sharing for customers, following Vodafone AU. We've received multiple reports from readers (...
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by Daniel Rubino
Dec 05, 2011
For those hoping that AT&T may deliver that firmware update to the original Samsung Focus to enable WiFi tethering/mobile hotspot, you may want to temper your enthusiasm just a tad. Over at...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 29, 2011
Good news for those on Vodafone in Australia: the carrier has approved the HTC update that will enable WiFi internet sharing on the 7 Trophy, this just weeks after announcing that they were testing...
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by Rich Edmonds
Nov 16, 2011
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 10, 2011
For those who are into the whole custom ROM scene--a small but dedicated crowd--you'll be excited to know that DFT have finally released their v2 of their Freedom ROM. We reported back in October...
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by Rich Edmonds
Nov 07, 2011
It would appear that Vodafone AU is waiting on HTC to provide them with the Internet Sharing (tethering) update for the Trophy to begin testing. The carrier was one of the first to announce they...
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by George Ponder
Nov 03, 2011
It appears that both the AT...
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by Rich Edmonds
Oct 29, 2011
HTC Mozart owners residing in India are receiving an update to be able to use Internet Sharing, according to a report at welovewp.hk. Aviraj Ajhekar, an employee at Microsoft India, has published...
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by Rich Edmonds
Oct 28, 2011
Good news for Samsung Omnia 7 owners on the Three UK network, we have Internet sharing! An update has been rolled out from Samsung that enables the tethering setting to be manipulated. Users can...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 17, 2011
In order for our Windows Phones to ever tether via WiFi, it needs at a minium specific hardware--a BRCM 4329 chipset. A few days ago, via XDA, it was reported that the Dell Venue Pro had a BRCM...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 13, 2011
Assuming LG Germany isn't fibbing here, users of the Optimus 7 can expect sometime in the (near) future a small firmware update to enable internet sharing aka tethering. We know the phone's...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 13, 2011
It's been awhile since we talked about DFT's custom ROMs for Windows Phone 7, specifically those ROMs for Gen 1 HTC devices. Part of that is because most of us are pretty happy with our ROMs and...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 13, 2011
In a great write up at WP Down Under by guest contributor DZX, the Windows Phone Internet Sharing option is put to the test on a Samsung Focus (using the same methods we used to load it up on ours...
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by Rich Edmonds
Oct 12, 2011
There has been some confusion surrounding tethering (Internet sharing) in Mango, but a list of supported handsets has been compiled over at the XDA Developer forum. OEMs and carriers have the...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 12, 2011
Some potential good news for those of you on Orange FR and who want to tether: evidently they have the billing plan now in place to charge you to use your Windows Phone as a modem/tethering. Users...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 04, 2011
Lots of little things have been happening if you have a developer unlocked device, preferably with the new interop level needed to side-load some more advance apps.
First off, over at Windows Phone...
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by Daniel Rubino
Sep 29, 2011
So the good is this: folks at XDA are working, with some success, on hacking onto our Mango phones internet sharing/tethering (first seen on the Focus). The bad news is, most of you can't do this...
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by Daniel Rubino
Sep 28, 2011
For those who managed to get Mango on to your phones in the last 24 hours, congratulations. It seems like so far everyone is really liking the new OS--in fact, folks are ecstatic over it. Still,...
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by George Ponder
Sep 01, 2011
We knew that Internet Sharing was a possibility with the Mango update. At the HTC public unveil of the HTC Titan and Radar, Jay and Rich were able to confirm things when they spent some hands on...
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by Daniel Rubino
Aug 24, 2011
Looks like Mango still has a few hidden surprises. As you can see to the right, that's an official instantiation of Internet Sharing on a Samsung Focus running Mango.
That's the good news, that...
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by chris
Jan 03, 2009
Although this software has been around for a bit, we've somehow managed never to get around to talking about it and were happy to get a reminder from Jason Landridge's recent Top Ten:...
