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Originally Posted by scottjl
I haven't tried it with a Sprint Palm Pre, but I have tethered my iPad to my iPhone 3GS using MyWi and it wasn't any slower than surfing on my 3GS directly. Will say though that the phone did get quite warm and my battery level dropped like a rock.
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MyWi does drain the battery so it's critical to turn it off when not needed since it remains on even with the phone turned off.
I find that turning off bluetooth, location services and wifi whenever I have MyWi turned on helps a lot though. A free utility for JB iPhones called SBSettings helps easily manage toggling those other battery hogs.
On a side note, I wonder if anyone has compared the battery life of a wifi iPad vs. a 3G version web surfing. I'm willing to bet the 3G of the iPad also drains that battery much quicker.
EDIT: never mind. Found my own answer at ilounge:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/bac...view-findings/
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...but users who expect the iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G to last forever when downloading data over the cellular network should go in with the realization that there is a battery hit of approximately 1.5 hours relative to Wi-Fi use.
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