I’ve been a Jail Break iphone user for quite some time to use the phone as a modem to browse internet. IPhone 3.0 came out yesterday with lots of bells and whistles and one of the things were modem support.

I couldn’t wait any longer and upgraded my iPhone OS to 3.0 and I should tell you that this upgrade is worth the money. The modem feature is called “Internet Tethering” and browsing internet on the laptop is a breeze.

This is how you enable – Settings->General->Network->Internet Tethering. Once you switch it ON, you will get a prompt as below and you can use either USB or Bluetooth. I prefer USB as it is much easier to handle.

And that’s it. Open your favorite internet browser and start browsing. Note: Extended hours of browsing may drain your pocket and battery too :-)

On top of Internet Tethering, other notable features are SMS forwarding (Big Deal!), Screen Capture, Voice Memos, Desktop type search, Better MS Exchange Support etc. More details on these features are here.