Will the laptop dock require tethering?

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Ok so to pre order the atrix with the laptop dock you need the tethering option is that mandatory even if you buy the dock separately? Does the dock count as tethering?

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This was a line in the AT&T press release:

3. Laptop Dock - Firefox browser use with AT&T Mobile Broadband requires Tethering Plan.

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pi...rticleid=31555



Maybe now that there are units in reviewers' hands somebody can try putting in a SIM without tethering plan and see what happens? Has anybody asked?

This also brings up the question...Cant we just blow up the google android browser and use that then since its not against at&t rules haha?

The way the release reads, it implies that using the firefox browser on wifi will be fine, but it's not spelled out.

Ok so using fire fox is tethering so possibly all other browsers will be ok ........ if it winds up that the device being plugged in its self beings the tethering process it would only be a matter of time before it would get cracked ........ I say this because how will Tue phone know when its using firefox on or off the dock if the dock isn't sending its own coding into the phone if that made any sense ....... the dock is obviously putting the phone into dock mode but is this dock mode the reason the phone would register the laptop as tethering?

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From what I understand you can get the laptop bundle with tethering, and then cancel tethering afterwards and just simply use wifi. The laptop dock does not require 3G/4G data to be used, but to get the bundle discount they want you to sign up for tethering in hopes you'll keep that service.

I see and if that is the case I will get the bundle but I am wondering if the laptopdock omits a signal or something coding idk that is sent to the phone to say it needs to be tethering

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Originally Posted by clopes91

I see and if that is the case I will get the bundle but I am wondering if the laptopdock omits a signal or something coding idk that is sent to the phone to say it needs to be tethering

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If that were true, I could understand the tethering requirement, but the multimedia dock doesn't seem to have anything in it other than a USB hub, and Moto said that the laptop dock is just a battery, screen, keyboard, and trackpad, no circuitry other than that.

If I was going to get a laptop dock this is the one I would go with this one even comes with a bigger screen and a dvd drive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834107067

Screw AT$T

Originally Posted by smitty1

If I was going to get a laptop dock this is the one I would go with this one even comes with a bigger screen and a dvd drive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834107067

Screw AT$T

LOL. If I didn't have a couple of netbooks (Cr-48 FTW) already I might consider the Atrix laptop dock... if only for the battery.