AT&T has officially confirmed in a press statement that it has approved the PlayBook Bridge application for the tablet after months of additional development in order to add code for tethering plan support at an additional $20 a month. The Bridge had been previously approved by Sprint and Verizon without additional changes in April. The application allows the PlayBook tablet to access the contacts and email data found on the BlackBerry along with allowing for web access. The application is available now as of 12:46 CST on BlackBerry App World for supported BlackBerry models.
Aside from the Bridge, RIM has confirmed that a native email client is being developed for the PlayBook in order to reduce dependence on the BlackBerry Bridge.
That’s the American Way. Ruin it. Add code to an OEM’s app to cripple it and “tether” it to a FEE. Shameless, usurous, predatory unreguatd American Capitalism at it’s finest. Totally wrecked the embedded 3G market before it hardly got off the ground, tethering fees out the whazoo, stingy caps, high rates now this PlayBook tethering crap from AT&T.
When I read about how different carrier tarriffs are in Assia and Europe it just sickens me how putridly predatory the American wireless industry is in comparison. Americans need to become aware of just how different and consumer fiendly things are elsewhere so they can open their eyes and stop being innocent naieve fodder for American corporate avarice and greed.
yet another reason to hate AT&T