Android tethering apps pulled from Market

[LazyGenius]

Originally Posted by kitsunisan

Would it be out of line to have a tether thread here hosting the free tether apps? Make it easier for everyone to find if they need it, I have two of them backed up myself, and I have a link to pdanet(their main website).

i dont see a problem with doing it... google told us not to root but we have threads on how to do it, how to fix, and we have ppl helping others out 24/7...

[George]

Developer moussam seems to have two types (one for wifi and other for bluetooth) of tethering apps on SlideME.org

You will need SAM to access: http://SlideME.org/sam2.apk

[InsightGoalie]

Originally Posted by Gatekeeper

Actually PdaNet works without needing root, was briefly available on the market, and requires only a small windows installer based setup on the tethered pc, which puts it in the realm of "ordinary user".

Wow, thanks a lot! PdaNet works amazingly well and is super easy to set up. I'm posting using it right now after reading your post probably 5 minutes ago.

Don't complain about them taking it off the market. It's the least they can do to try and keep profits up for them. Like everyone has said, it's super easy to just install an app off the market. Profits are a good thing. If they start seeing Android bringing in a good profit, they'll give more attention to it.

[inportb]

I don't see how this makes the platform any less open. You're still free to install anything you want on your device; only some things would not be available through the Market. I can live with that.

[androidchamp]

Its true that android and iPhone have very bright future for different reasons though. It all depends on the marketing strategy adopted by one over another. Undoubtedly Apple & Google, both have proven track records of their working methodologies. Let’s keep our finger crossed till Apple 3.0 comes out and Android’s 1.5 and G2 rocks the market.
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[superlinkx]

In truth, it is not that the OS is not open. Only the market was affected, and no one said anything about an open market. Google admitted it had the power to do this, but they left ways for developers to still sell apps legally that Google couldn't allow. Google just did what they needed to in order to keep stuff legal. Again the market isn't fully open, but the OS is.