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		axod on July 12, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Switching to Android Can you get the iPhone to act as a wifi hotspot though or is it via USB?

daskrachen on July 12, 2010 [–]

It is bluetooth or USB only. I guess wifi would eat too much battery

axod on July 12, 2010 | [–]

Wifi is much more useful though, I can plug my Nexus One in so battery isn't an issue, then use any device that knows about wifi - Nintendo DS, etc etc

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