Handy light is a $0.99 cent application that lets you choose from 5 "designer" colors on your screen. At first glance, it looked like another stupid flashlight app. But it had, as Engadget called it, a "Dirty Little Secret".
The developer posted a YouTube video with detailed instructions on how to set up an Ad Hoc wireless network and use it to tether the phone's internet connection with your Mac. Without having to jailbreak the phone!
Once the word got out, it was only a matter of time before Apple yanked it.
I picked it up last night about a half hour before people started to say that it was pulled from the App Store.
I was skeptic at first, until I read the reviews... That would have been a slick way for some guy to sell lots of copies of a functionless app nevertheless!
Works like a charm! I ran a speed test and was able to get downlink speeds of 2.5mbps and uplink speeds of .5 mbps. When I bought my new iPhone I kicked around the idea of going to a lower data plan, being that I only use about 700MB a month (without tethering), but I'm glad i kept the unlimited plan - for surprises like this. Not that I think I would eclipse the 2GB cap, even if I got the less expensive plan.
Who got it before it was pulled? Who's gonna keep using it? You can share the app with friends that missed out by authorizing their accounts.
I told my friend I'd share him the "Handy Light" app if he shared his Navigon app with me!
The developer posted a YouTube video with detailed instructions on how to set up an Ad Hoc wireless network and use it to tether the phone's internet connection with your Mac. Without having to jailbreak the phone!
Once the word got out, it was only a matter of time before Apple yanked it.
I picked it up last night about a half hour before people started to say that it was pulled from the App Store.
I was skeptic at first, until I read the reviews... That would have been a slick way for some guy to sell lots of copies of a functionless app nevertheless!
Works like a charm! I ran a speed test and was able to get downlink speeds of 2.5mbps and uplink speeds of .5 mbps. When I bought my new iPhone I kicked around the idea of going to a lower data plan, being that I only use about 700MB a month (without tethering), but I'm glad i kept the unlimited plan - for surprises like this. Not that I think I would eclipse the 2GB cap, even if I got the less expensive plan.
Who got it before it was pulled? Who's gonna keep using it? You can share the app with friends that missed out by authorizing their accounts.
I told my friend I'd share him the "Handy Light" app if he shared his Navigon app with me!
