Although Microsoft manager Brandon Watson says that Windows 7 Phone use as modem supports, is now officially denied: no tethering.

Microsoft creates confusion or Windows 7 Phone enables 3G Internet looped to a laptop through the mobile as a modem. Earlier this week reported Brandon Watson, Director of Developer Experience Phone for Windows 7, it is possible, but not enabled by default.

Tethering or not
"It is the operators to turn it on, but it is certainly possible. They will not do. Well, you must have your operator partners to keep friends, but your cell phone manufacturer partners," said Watson in a podcast.
Some draw hope from these statements, but now Microsoft's officialstatement: no support for tethering. However, it seems that this last statement above is not to create expectations about tethering, but the OS is supported in principle. That is basically the same policies that Apple has the iPhone: it can, but the operator must turn.

Abuse
The decision of Watson will be fodder for hackers to unlock tethering functionality itself. However, this is probably root access, and that is no easy task, as Microsoft has significantly 7 Phone boarded up, says Watson. [Rooting] is very difficult to do, if not impossible. But people will try. "
Almost all operators in their terms prohibit tethering, but most take little against the practice. Recently, the small group who do tethering of the operators blamed the debt. Because they are deprived excessive data, see eg KPN and Vodafone was forced to enter a data limit.

No flash, no Skype
Android smartphones tethering easier, for example an app like PdaNet. Tethering in Android 2.2 is installed as standard. Watson also confirmed the earlier news that Windows 7 Phone (yet) running Flash. At launch there will be no Skype app are supported.