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We recently reported on the possibility of AT&T to allow tethering of the iPhone. This is where you can connect your iPhone to your computer and use the device as a modem to access the internet. Since then, rumors have emerged that provide possible details on the plan AT&T will offer customers that wish to use tethering. As Boy Genius Report state, although these are only rumors, the details certainly look feasible.

It has been rumored that the ability to tether the iPhone will come as soon as the next iPhone firmware update (2.2), which has also been rumored to make an appearance next Friday on November 21st. Here is what the tethering plan from AT&T may look like:

• An additional monthly fee of $30
• A data limit of 5GB
• Initial connection to be made through iTunes
• Expected speeds: GPRS: ~30k / EDGE: ~110k / 3G: ~1000k

This plan is very much similar to the current tethering plans that AT&T offer customers on their other smartphones, especially the 5GB data limit which is also what’s offered with the BlackBerry, and the extra $30 a month which seems to be the norm for all tethering plans.

For those of us in other countries, let’s hope that our network providers take note and get a move on!

The new iPhone firmware 2.2 is still only in its 2nd Beta and already the iPhone ‘DevTeam’ have successfully performed a jailbreak and unlock. According to DevTeam Apple are still yet to fix the unreleased firmware that is prone to the ‘pwnage’ jailbreak and unlock. I find it unlikely however that Apple will make the 2.2 update available without fixing this little glitch first.

The news was posted on the DevTeam’s website just four days ago and it has already received over 200 comments. An unlock for the 2.2 firmware seems to be what everyone is waiting for and many people are eager to know how the DevTeam are progressing with this.

There is currently already a jailbreak for the 2.1 iPhone/iPod Touch firmware which will allow users to install third party applications not available in the App Store. Please note: we do not recommend jailbreaking your iPhone/iPod Touch.

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AT&T has recently begun surveying iPhone 3G customers on what features they would like to see introduced to the handset. The survey also aims to discover post-purchase customer satisfaction on both Apple and AT&T, as described by AppleInsider readers, as well as asking whether or not firmware update 2.1 made any improvements.

Customers are asked to pick their top five hardware or software additions they’d like to see introduced to the iPhone, including MMS messaging, cut & paste, built-in instant messaging and Flash/Java support.

AppleInsider insists customers should not look upon this as a sign of Apple’s future direction with the 3G handset, they say “companies regularly poll their customers to determine the level of demand for particular features”. Although Apple has previously stated that they are continually looking to add new features to the iPhone’s software — when questioned on the iPhone’s lack of cut & paste, Apple stated it was a question of priority and that such features have been put on the ‘back-burner’ whilst they address other issues and features.

As we reported earlier this week it seems the next iPhone software update will include Google Street View, however it is yet to be reported we will see any of the above features many customers are requesting. We are also yet to hear of any customers outside of the US that have received a similar survey.

One particular feature I would like to see added to the iPhone would be the ability to ‘tether’ it to my MacBook and use the phone as a 3G modem to connect to the internet in places that don’t posses a WiFi hotspot.

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The guys over at MacRumors have today reported that the new iPhone 2.2 firmware will include full Google Street View. The 2.2 firmware, currently in Beta 2, has today been seeded to developers.

MacRumors had previously reported that the Beta 1 of 2.2 firmware included the APIs for Street View, however it was not enabled.

Other seed notes also indicate that ‘line-in’ audio accessories are now supported in the SDK.

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You couldn’t make this up! Apple seem to be toying with us now.

The new Firmware is out - you can upgrade to 1.1.4. And you’ll get… wait for it… some bug fixes!

Early reports are that they are pretty much unnoticable. No Flash. No SDK related gubbins. No nothing.

In fact, it sounds so dull that I can barely be bothered to upgrade!

Possibly the most interesting thing is that the text order has been fixed.

I am tempted to go back to making up wild stories about the impending SDK. Apparently a USB key with the new SDK has been found at Roswell…

Andru Edwards over at GearLive.com put together this cool little video showing first hand the iPhone 1.1.3 Firmware. There had been a lot of skeptics out there claiming the images Andru had been posting were simply photoshopped. Watch the video and judge for yourself. Looks like 1.1.3 has some amazing features.