It’s Cal football day today and I had to stay home to wait for a visitor (thus could not go to the game).\u00a0 No problem, I put on my Cal shirt and hat, grabbed a beer out of the fridge and turned on the telly. 10 min into the game the power goes out. I check it out and its not just at the house, but all over the area here in Oakland!\u00a0 NOOOooo!.. Sob.\u00a0 Well now what?\u00a0 Ok, my laptop is fully charged just as my iphone is. Do I have signal?\u00a0 Yes!\u00a0 AT&T did not fail me!\u00a0 So I fire up PDAnet (best $10 buck app I have ever bought) with one swipe to get the SBSetting buttons and click on PDAnet button.\u00a0 Hooked up the laptop the iphone via usb cable and we are online!<\/p>\n
Next step, get on Twitter and kvetch because it was 0-0 when the power went out and 21-0 by the time I figured out the whole area went down. @tiffsilverberg then clued me to turn into KGO via online radio to get the broadcast.\u00a0 It took a bit of time since my AT&T connection here is pretty weak, but after all the adverts load, I’ve got sound.\u00a0 Then I pull up gamecast via ESPN.com and I’m set!\u00a0 Now tell me, if being able to catch your favorite ball game even when the power is out is not a good enough reason to convince you to jailbreak, then nothing will.<\/p>\n
BTW, PDAnet is not the only iphone tether option out there.\u00a0 There is MyWi for $10 bucks.\u00a0 Jailbreak also. This app has the added advantage that you can turn your iphone into a wifi hotspot. PDAnet requires a bit more work to make a wifi connection, but I have yet to find a need to connect wifi, I prefer usb.\u00a0 There is also TetherMe for $1.99.\u00a0 From what I understand its pretty much like PDAnet except is supports bluetooth, but I have had no need to try it since I’m pretty happy with what I have.\u00a0 If people out there have tried TetherMe, let me know, I’m curious to hear what you think.<\/p>\n