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1st August Update** Not sure what is going on with this iPhone application.. but if your quick it has now been re-added to the Apple Apps store under: Productivity > Netshare be quick before its removed again..

Netshare an iPhone application that allows you to setup your iPhone as a 3G/Edge modem ane allow you to surf using your laptop has been pulled from the iTunes store in less than a day after being released.

If you were one of the lucky ones and purchased the iphone app at $9.99 before it was pulled, It basically allows you to set up a SOCKS5 proxy for you to get your laptop/computer online through use of the 3G/EDGE connection.

The crew at gizmodo proved it did work( for a while at least):

Does it work? Yes. Yes it does, much to our surprise. EDGE works just fine, although Mahoney says it’s slow as balls. 3G impressions in a sec. Be careful of how much bandwidth you’re using, since your provider probably makes a frowny face at you using their network to power your laptop, however “unlimited” your plan may be.

NetShare – Thanks Matthew and Ryan!

However Apple might now also restrict usage and cancel the iPhone application all together which is a real shame… hope they refund too.

It’s not exactly clear how NetShare dropped through the cracks, or why it was pulled. The app may have accidentally slipped through in the avalanche of new applications that are being added to the store, however it seems unlikely that someone at Apple would have signed off on this app, not knowing what it did. It would appear that either Apple, AT&T, or both had cleared the application, then quickly reconsidered. Apple has not yet responded to a request for a comment on the issue.

Check out this other new iphone as modem software

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