Originally Posted by mikey86uk:
“Do you have a link showing that O2 will be locking it?
Its not that i don't believe you, its just Ive seen nothing from any network about this
but if it is the case then im glad my contract is up in June”
No link but I'm running the beta on my iPhone 4 with O2. The personal hotspot feature is basically tethering but with the added bonus of being able to use wifi as well as Bluetooth and USB.
On my phone the hotspot menu doesn't appear in the main settings menu where it is meant to. In settings/general/network instead of the button to turn it on there is a button that says set up personal hotspot which then brings the popup which directs you to o2's tethering page to buy a bolt on
If I put a 3 sim in, I can enable hotspot right away and it uses any normal data allowances
This doesn't mean that O2 wont unlock the feature when iOS 4.3 is released to the public next week but as things currently stand it is locked down unless you buy a bolt on which is one of a few reasons why 3 may get my custom when iPhone 5 comes around