The Lumia 610 will also come with WiFi tethering and flip-to-silence, features that will be made available across the Lumia portfolio.

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Both options won't offer premium features such as WiFi tethering and Sprint Navigation, but Sprint says customers will see neither hide nor hair of data caps or speed throttling.

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Samsung Droid Charge: A new update is available for the Droid Charge that installs Verizon Remote Diagnostics software, enables the Wireless Alerting System and blocks USB tethering while in WiFi mode.

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And to be clear, the first versions of the Playbook in fact will reach the Internet either via WiFi, or through Bluetooth tethering to your BlackBerry, though the company also plans to offer a broadband wireless version of the device via Sprint later in the year.

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Tethering your iPhone is a great alternative to expensive hotel WiFi, un-secured and unreliable free hotspots, or signing a 2-year contract for mobile broadband service that you only need from time to time.

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