> You can see the tethering and wifi hotspot features in the screenshots above. One thing that isn’t clear from the information we’ve received is whether carriers can turn this feature off, or even charge for it, unless they break away from the standard Android build.
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> This is, of course, terrific news for Android users. I still believe Android phones, [paired with Google Voice](http://techcrunch.com/2009/08/09/how-i-learned-to-quit-the-iphone-and-love-google-voice/), are the closest thing to mobile nirvana to date. With tethering and wifi hotspot features, Apple and others have some serious catching up to do.
via [techcrunch.com](http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/13/exclusive-google-to-add-tethering-wifi-hotspot-to-android-2-2-froyo/)
So Froyo will have the capability to tether, just like the iPhone OS has been able to for a year now. And whether or not you will ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO USE that tethering will depend on your carrier, just as with the iPhone for the past year.
And Arrington’s conclusion: “Apple and others have some serious catching up to do.”
Ok. Just making sure I’m reading that right.
Prediction: No carrier will allow tethering for free. At the very least, AT&T won’t allow tethering on Android devices at all.
What am I saying? None of the AT&T Android phones are going to be able to run Froyo, anyway.
Verizon is up for grabs. If they allow tethering, it will come at the same ridiculous price that everyone else pays.
So what’s the big news here again?
