No Hotspot, No Tethering for Motorola Droid

C'mon Verizon, we're not that stupid. Tell the truth.

BS: "It can't."

The Truth: "We don't want it to."

I can swallow the truth easier than a lie. Simply put, they don't want it to because that's a feature of the Droid X or the Incredible (upcoming anyway), and they want the new gear to have perceived increased value over the older stuff.

Just level with us, rather than insult our intelligence with a lame fib.

Still into crippling devices I see. If you think your customers are that stupid that they won't discover that 2.2 has native support for tethering/hotspot or that the hardware DOES support tethering, then why not flash the droid with BREW and tell them Adroid is available for $15/month 🤣

They just don't want high bandwidth strain on the network. ITs pretty sad we won't be getting all the features of android. Hell I thought that is what Android was all about Verizon and AT&T are the both evil companies to make sure THAT WON"T HAPPEN. Why do so many scummy companies still want to exist today? First Sony then M$ and now these guys. haha. I LOVE corporate America. Why give the consumer what they paid for and screw them over. I pay my bill perfectly on time and always buy new tech and product and this is how I...there is how WE are treated. Kinda hope the CEOs or big wigs who decided this get fired. or loose something in their job title.

I love how they said the Droid can't handle. it. LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO how does the g1 do...
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Just download PDANet in Android Market for free tethering and unlimited. You do pay something around $20 bucks after the 30 day trial. But its legit. Its allowed by Verizon, they know about it and dont restrict it and its part of you Unlimited data plan. I have used it since Dec 09 on my Droids.

should have bought an iphone 4... "can your phone and your network do that?"..lol.. 😈

I don't know, does anyone remember the whole "I don`t allow for open development" that a certain carrier was pitching for a certain phone in regards to another phone on another carrier?

So why is this feature being blocked by Verizon Wireless if the device has 'open development' ?

(And speaking of 'open development' , maybe someone could enlighten me as to why Verizon Wireless paid Skype to lock the Android client to their network.)

ive been usb tethering this phone since november 5th and wireless tethering this phone since the root came out... verizon is so full of ****.. thats why i dropped them.... get pda net or just root you phone and use wifi tether and dont pay them a dime extra, thieves.... oh and watch out for their 350 contract cancellation... they are trying to get me for it when it didnt take affect for a full 10 days after i bought my droid. i bought it nov 5th and they put it into affect nov 15th yet they want to tell me i am still liable... they are like rome,,, bound to fall...

I have 2.2 rooted on my phone and I have several tethering programs such as Barnacal and Wireless Tether.It has the hardware but I guess Verizon wants to save its network which I do not mind because I will never go back to a regular Android Build Ever Again.

Verizon and Motorola better check their facts again, I have personally seen several rooted Droids by motorola have Wi-Fi Teathering. They just have not found a ways to charge for it yet.

I am pretty close to upgrading my XV6900 to the Droid Incredible as it is the only Android device which is supported by vzam.net Could you give me your opinion on the device please?

Considering every leak by motorola of a droid build has wifi and usb tethering built into it, and the droid supported USB tethering from the start.

Not sure what they're playing at here. If they offered it, it could be something they charged for. Maybe there was an issue with them configuring it so tethering routes through as tethered (as opposed to handset) data? So they just removed the feature?

Me thinks they mean you cannot connect the droid to two or more devices such as the mi2200 can. We all know there more than a few apps that allow using USB or BT on the market place. But to have more than one ip address wouldn't you have to have a router build in?

"The Droid by Motorola doesn't have a Wi-Fi transmitter so there is no hardware to support a Mobile Hotspot."

shocking! well how does the Droid _send_ information via wifi!? these marketing people never cease to surprise me!

i can turn my droid into a wifi hotspot (only tried 1 device) and i have tethering through easytether.... so did i miss something?