iPhone?s personal hotspot will only support 3 connections over Wi-Fi

To Apple’s credit: it has�consistently�said that its Personal Hotspot feature would “support five connections.” It did this without ever actually�specifying�what type of connections those were. According to support�documentation�on the iPhone maker’s website, those utilizing the Personal Hotspot feature in iOS 4.3 will be allowed to share their phone’s internet connection with up to five devices, however, only three of them can be over Wi-Fi. Yes, it seems the other two connections will have to be made using Bluetooth and USB respectively. Most of the tech world assumed — present company included — that the five connected devices in question would all be suckling from the iPhone’s data connection via Wi-Fi. Which is, obviously, not the case. We can’t say we

Source: http://www.bgr.com/2011/03/04/iphones-personal-hotspot-will-only-support-3-connections-over-wi-fi/

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