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<blockquote data-quote="Silas Pradetto" data-source="post: 31125" data-attributes="member: 34">Re: Time for a new phone.&nbsp;When you tether with Android, you can either MAC filter your clients or use encryption. I&#039;ve found that encryption is usually too much CPU overhead for the phone, but MAC filtering works just great. That way I can leave my phone in my pocket and browse away.I use over 3GB/month even without tethering, so any limited data plan is going to be a big deal for a lot of people. I strongly recommend getting on board while the unlimited is still available.Most of the cool functions require rooting (Android equivalent of jailbreaking), which is actually not illegal in any way. On top of all the above, I now see Android apps coming out before iPhone apps, so I think in the next year or two the tides are really going to turn in favor of Android.Some apps I like for Android:<a href="http://www.appbrain.com/app/samba-filesharing/com.funkyfresh.samba#" target="_blank">Samba Filesharing</a> - this lets me share my SD card on the network like it&#039;s another computer<a href="http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/" target="_blank">Wireless Tether</a> - obviously, this gives me WiFi tethering capability</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silas Pradetto, post: 31125, member: 34"] Re: Time for a new phone. When you tether with Android, you can either MAC filter your clients or use encryption. I've found that encryption is usually too much CPU overhead for the phone, but MAC filtering works just great. That way I can leave my phone in my pocket and browse away. I use over 3GB/month even without tethering, so any limited data plan is going to be a big deal for a lot of people. I strongly recommend getting on board while the unlimited is still available. Most of the cool functions require rooting (Android equivalent of jailbreaking), which is actually not illegal in any way. On top of all the above, I now see Android apps coming out before iPhone apps, so I think in the next year or two the tides are really going to turn in favor of Android. Some apps I like for Android: [url=http://www.appbrain.com/app/samba-filesharing/com.funkyfresh.samba#]Samba Filesharing[/url] - this lets me share my SD card on the network like it's another computer [url=http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/]Wireless Tether[/url] - obviously, this gives me WiFi tethering capability [/QUOTE]

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