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Originally Posted by p-slim
extremely simple to answer, one wifi access is what everyone is talking about right now. I think that less then 2% of the people i know have ever connected to the internet throught bluetooth. But over 90% of the people i know have connected a device through wifi.
Also the app in question that they are pushing hard is a wifi app so why would they bring up bluetooth and usb?
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I'm pretty sure their tethering app also works through USB.
It makes no sense why they would say WiFi, if that is not what they really meant.
Also, do your homework, there have been plenty of companies that crippled certain features unless you pay extra. Heck, their tethering app itself is an example of that.
I had a DSL modem that had a bunch of features missing from the firmware unless you paid extra for a "networking" service (like $5 per month). And if you stopped paying, the features were remotely disabled.
Verizon and AT&T both disabled WiFi and bluetooth in the firmware of previous devices.
Is it really that hard to believe Sprint and HTC would not include WiFi in the firmware, and if you pay for the service you get an automatic firmware update that adds it, and if you stop paying for it you get another automatic update that removes it? It is totally possible. and if that's what Sprint has to do to keep the tethering from being hacked, I could totally see it happening.