Steve Jobs: The iPad Will Not Tether To The iPhone

While we've all been wondering , without much hope, about whether the iPad will be able to use the iPhone's data connection, it seems like none of us thought of the most obvious way to answer that, ask Steve Jobs. Well, a bold Swedish Apple fan, Jezper Söderlund, fortunately did and got an answer. No, your iPad won't be allowed to take advantage of your iPhone's internet connection. Here is his integral email:

I'll keep it short. I'm Jezper from Sweden, a long time Apple fan, currently about to replace the very last computer at home with a brand spanking new iMac i7. I'm also awaiting the release of the iPad. However, I have one question: Will the wifi-only version somehow support tethering thru my iPhone? Two devices, based on the same OS, with already built-in technology to share one data plan suggests a secondary contract could possibly be redundant. From the look of your keynote, where the iPad sits well between my MacBook Pro and my iPhone, I was hoping the three of them could interact as seamless as possible. All the best, Jezper Söderlund

And Steve's, traditionally brief answer:

No. Sent from my iPhone

Oh, and in case you're wondering, he still didn't update his iPhone. [via 9to5mac]

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