Hotspot

[SpaceCracker]

Will this feature be active when the phone is released and what will the pricing be? Anyone know?

 

[corneliusm]

AT&T currently charges $20 for mobile tethering support (and drops you from unlimited down to 2GB even if you're currently grandfathered). I imagine mobile hotspot will probably cost the same.

Not worth it, IMO.

 

[stoli412]

I agree, not worth it. Especially when you consider that your extra $20 for mobile tethering does NOT give you an extra 2 GB...it's the same data bucket as your on-handset data plan.

Wi-Fi tethering can be achieved with root. USB/Bluetooth tethering can be achieved with PDAnet or EasyTether and doesn't require root.

 

[crea78]

Will the laptop dock have BT enabled to tether between it and the Atrix?

 

[myriad46]

Will the laptop dock have BT enabled to tether between it and the Atrix?

Not sure what you're asking here. The Laptop dock is the phone. The mozilla browser on the dock is really running from the phone.

 

[stoli412]

Will the laptop dock have BT enabled to tether between it and the Atrix?

The laptop dock is just a screen, keyboard, and battery. It's not a separate computer, so there is nothing to tether.

Tethering would be needed for a full laptop, another computer, iPad, etc.

 

[textiaac]

You can root it (after it gets hacked) and tether for free (out of your normal data allotment).

To be clear: The laptop dock is not an independent entity, think of it as an basic linux extension of the atrix.

 

[crea78]

Sorry abt my last comment. Not sure what I was thinking at the time. LOL....

 

[btgrave]

Just get PDAnet, put phone to wireless only, and then tether that way. Saves you from the AT&T tethering plan.....but you'll prob have to find some other way to get hotspot (if its not enabled)

 

[textiaac]

Just get PDAnet, put phone to wireless only, and then tether that way. Saves you from the AT&T tethering plan.....but you'll prob have to find some other way to get hotspot (if its not enabled)

Nice tip thanks.

 

[SpaceCracker]

I heard that Att was bringing back the unlimited data plans like verizon will have for the iphone so i figured they would allow us to have the hotspot feature for an extra 20 or 30 bucks with unlimited data. I read that somewhere online. Anyone else hear anything like that?

 

[textiaac]

I heard that Att was bringing back the unlimited data plans like verizon will have for the iphone so i figured they would allow us to have the hotspot feature for an extra 20 or 30 bucks with unlimited data. I read that somewhere online. Anyone else hear anything like that?

That deal is only for customers who used to have unlimited data and want to go back to it.

There is no reason to pay for the hotspot feature monthly, as there are many free apps and roots that will do exactly the same thing.

 

[SpaceCracker]

my only source of internet is via air card or hotspot due to where i live. I use 10 to 15 gb per month. The hotspot feature would be good for me if Att allowed for unlimited usage for the extra charge.

 

[Kaspern]

Anyone know if the laptop dock has a ethernet port on top of the wifi/3g or 4g coming through phone? Or it only has the 2 usb ports? Would be nice to attach a webcam and have skype running in webtop mode =)

 

[btgrave]

my only source of internet is via air card or hotspot due to where i live. I use 10 to 15 gb per month. The hotspot feature would be good for me if Att allowed for unlimited usage for the extra charge.

Did you see my tether option in a post on the last page?

Anyone know if the laptop dock has a ethernet port on top of the wifi/3g or 4g coming through phone? Or it only has the 2 usb ports? Would be nice to attach a webcam and have skype running in webtop mode =)

Nope, sorry. Just 2 usb ports and the power adapter.