The App Store run-around

Aug 11, 2008 | Discuss | Tags: apple, appstore, customer service, iphone, links, netshare, nullriver  

An interesting tale from a customer who bought NetShare from the Apple App Store, decided that the AT&T terms of service agreement breach wasn’t worth the effort and asked for a refund.
via HorridVoices

Let me start off by quoting the policy of Nullriver on iPhone app sales:

We offer returns on purchases made via our web site within the last 30 days. This excludes products purchased on the iTunes App Store or any retail store.

Now, until a day or two ago, the last part didn’t exist. I’m guessing it did do …

Tether your 3g iPhone data connection via App Store

Jul 31, 2008 | Discuss | Tags: apple, appstore, att, iphone, netshare, nullriver, tether  

No, wait, nevermind.
For a little while Thursday night, the holy grail of iPhone users was found. A program from NullRiver (makers of Tuner and numerous other amazing stuff), had an app called ‘NetShare’ in the iTunes US Store.
“Share your iPhone’s EDGE or 3G Internet connection with your computer using NetShare. NetShare provides a SOCKS5 proxy for your computer to connect to.”
Priced at $9.99, the app would have been a good deal for anyone who hasn’t jailbroken their iPhone already – aside from the fact that AT&T would likely have busted the proverbial cap of overcharging in ones financial …