Thursday, August 25, 2011

Mango Update To Bring Tethering To Windows Phone

Windows Phone Mango is definitely a major update to Microsoft's fledgling operating system. It brings a variety of new features to the platform. The most recent feature to be noted is the support for internet sharing or tethering.


There are two strings that have helped identify this feature.
   “To enable tethering on this device dial {0}” and "To enable tethering on this device, go to {0}”
According to Long Zheng, these strings suggest that this won't be enabled by default and interested customers would have to contact their carrier's to enable it. Users will be able to choose between no encrpytion (open) and WPA2 encryption for their hotspots. The number of guests is also customizable, presumably by the carrier

This is reported to be running build 7720.68, currently with Microsoft
There are a few reports that suggest that this feature "works like a charm" but eats a lot of battery life.

With such hidden surprises, Mango couldn't come sooner.




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