One of the much touted features of Android 2.2 Froyo is the ability to connect the phone to your computer through USB and allow the computer to use your phone’s internet connection. This practice it commonly known as tethering.

I’m not sure about other mobile carriers in the US, but Verizon modifies/disables this feature in Android so that you can’t use it. Verizon wants you to pay another $29.99 a month to enable this feature. That wouldn’t be too much of a big deal if they didn’t already require you to already have a $29.99/month unlimited data plan just so you can activate an Android phone on their network. Continue reading →