No WiFi Tethering And WiFi Hotspot For Motorola Droid With Android 2.2

By Roland Hutchinson on Wednesday 4th August 2010 10:58 am in Android, Mobile Phones, Technology News

Verizon is about to release Android 2.2 (Froyo) for the Motorola Droid, although it looks like the Droid will not be getting two of the key features of Android 2.2, WiFi tethering and the ability to use the Droid as a WiFi hotspot.

According to Verizon, the reason for this is because the Motorola Droid doesn’t have the hardware to support these two features.

No Tethering And WiFi Hotspot For Motorola Droid With Android 2.2

The Droid by Motorola doesn’t have [the] hardware to support a mobile hot spot,With tethering there is no connection on the PC side that will allow you to tether the device, so the answer is: That option isn’t part of this update.

It seems that a number of Android developer are not convinced by Verizon’s explanation as the Droid is capable or running both of these features when it has been rooted.

via Wired

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http://Twitter Alex R.

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Bob G

Hello??!?? USB Tethering IS available, as you can tether the phone to the PC or laptop with the supplied power cable. 2.2 indeed has tethering built in, which will bring you to a page (once enabled) that asks you to call a number and pay $15 – $29 a month for the tethering service.

However, you can use Easy Tether for free…
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com Roland Hutchinson

Hi Guys

Sorry our mistake, it should have said WiFi tethering, not tethering, it has now been updated