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iPhone and iPhone 3G owners with the warranty-voiding fortitude to open up their handset to unofficial third-party applications - the process known as the "jailbreak" - have enjoyed the option to use their iPhone 3G as a wireless modem. By "tethering" an iPhone 3G to a laptop, users with jailbroken iPhone 3G's could take full advantage of their high-speed wireless data network on a full-fledged computer - all it required was a simple terminal command and a couple web browser tweaks.