A new application from Nullriver called NetShare that enables Apple's iPhone to share EDGE or 3G connections with other devices to create a portable WiFi hotspot of sorts briefly appeared on Apple's App store but was pulled minutes later and then restored again the next day.
The app, which costs $10, shares the iPhone's EDGE or 3G, connection with a PC, providing a ubiquitous Internet connection. Naturally, mobile operators aren't very happy about the prospect of these roving WiFi hotspots created by one connection as they don't want users getting a free ride on their data networks. Tethering services violate AT&T's terms of service.
Nullriver says it is trying to find out from Apple why the app was pulled, but has yet to receive an answer from the company.
For more:
- check out Mobile Tech Today [1]
Related stories:
Ten million iPhone App Store downloads in first weekend. iPhone story [2]
App Store frustrations bedevil iPhone developers. App store story [3]
Links:
[1] http://www.mobile-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=0030004IN9LF
[2] http://www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/ten-million-iphone-app-store-downloads-first-weekend/2008-07-14
[3] http://www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/app-store-frustrations-bedevil-iphone-developers/2008-07-28