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    For those who will soon get their hands on the Verizon DROID by Motorola, the Big Red has a nice surprise waiting to happen. Verizon has confirmed that in early 2010 the DROID will have access to the Verizon Broadband Access Connect plan.



    As we all know, the Motorola DROID will launch this next Friday, November 6th at $199.99 after a mail-in rebate, and of course, new two-year agreement. And for those who are planning to get tethering with their DROID, well, it will likely be priced at the usual $15 per month on top of your regular data contract.

    Since a standalone data card from Verizon gets you a 5GB per month limit, we believe that would be the same with the DROID. But, as we mentioned before, you will have to wait until "early 2010" to be able to use your laptop on-the-go paired with your new Android phone by Motorola.

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    Default Re: Verizon says Tethering it\'s Coming to Motorola DROID Early 2010

    Well hopefully the DROID will get rooted soon enough and we'll be able to use Tether for Root Users. I use tethering once in a while on my G1 but don't use it long enough to justify paying an additional $15 per month.

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    Default Re: Verizon says Tethering it\'s Coming to Motorola DROID Early 2010

    well you could just use a tethering app via the market or 3rd party installed to tether... if its android software, which it is, wouldnt people be able to tether the "traditional" way

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    Default Re: Verizon says Tethering it\'s Coming to Motorola DROID Early 2010

    hopefully someone stumbles upon a way to root the phone, apparently the build that the droids will ship on will get another update before 09 ends anyways.

    anyone running cyanogen's latest knows that tethering via usb is built into the rom already. It's only a matter of time.

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    Default Re: Verizon says Tethering it\'s Coming to Motorola DROID Early 2010

    or, right now.... just download tetherbot, or drop some cash on pdanet.

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    I wonder if this means that nanny VZ has a way to, and will be monitoring for anyone who might be tethering occasionally with a rooted droid, and will then cancel their account or slap their account financially.

    It is a known and documented fact that if you should exceed VZ's 5 gig monthly data limit on their so-called "unlimited" smartphone data plans, they don't slow you down, like T-Mobile (if you should exceed T-Mo's 10 Gig monthly limit), Verizon just promptly cancels your account.

    Further, I wonder if VZ will be trying to keep droid customers from rooting their phones at all? It would not surprise me in the least.

    I am aware that because iphone sales are killing VZ, they are trying to break their control freak habits, but we all know, old habits die very hard.
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    Tethering your Android phone via the USB cable to Ubuntu GNU/Linux is simple using the FOSS program azilink and the Android SDK. No rooting required.

    Checkout my blog entry for the easy instructions here:
    http://www.humans-enabled.com/2009/1...-droid-as.html


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    Default Re: Verizon says Tethering it\'s Coming to Motorola DROID Early 2010

    the droid is already rooted n um sure people are tethering for free right now

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    yea i can confirm tether working on a rooted droid

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    there u have it, no reason to get ripped off now lol, thx juan

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