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Lisa, the iPhone can already be used for tethering.

"As we all know by now, tethering is built in to the iPhone 3.0 firmware, and as long as you are on a data plan that gives you at least 1 GB of throughput per month, you can use iPhone tethering for no additional charge in Canada until at least the end of 2009. It's unclear what will happen next year, and it seems that Rogers isn't sure yet either. But rather than simply not allow it while they figure it out (as AT&T is doing), they chose to allow it."

http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/19/rogers-allows-iphone-tethering-in-canada-for-no-extra-charge-unt/

Europeans can do it, too. It all depends on the carrier, not the phone. And it'll be the same for Android 2.2, too.

AT&T promised it to iPhone users by the end of last summer and still haven't implemented a plan.