One of the points that most caught the attention of locals and strangers in the Nokia Lumia 610 when it was presented at the end of last February was the fact that this inexpensive device with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango allowed something that was not, at that time, within the reach of its older brothers, the Nokia Lumia 710 and Nokia Lumia 800: share the Internet connection through tethering .
When we talk about the tethering function, we refer to the system with which we turn the telephone into a kind of portable modem, drawing on the contracted 3G connection to make another device benefit from it "" whether it be a computer, a laptop, a tablet or other mobile phone ””.
As well. The Nokia Lumia 610 is no longer the only phone in the firm's catalog that offers this function. In fact, since the aforementioned terminal has not even been put on sale yet, the Nokia Lumia 710 and Nokia Lumia 800 are the devices that officially inaugurate the presence of tethering in the Windows Phone of the Finnish firm.
We have learned through The Verge that these devices have begun to receive a system update "" which would be the one that has been known as Windows Phone 7.5 Tango for months, but which would finally be called Refresh "", which integrates the aforementioned option for share internet connection.
In the case of the Nokia Lumia 800, it is the Chinese version of the device "" known by the model name Nokia Lumia 800c "" which would have begun to be updated to Refresh, integrating tethering to its functions. There is no news about when it would reach the international model, although knowing that the process would have started, it would be a matter of days or weeks before the Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 710 from the rest of the world indicate the notification that informs of a new update of system.
The tethering option would allow the Nokia Lumia 710 and Nokia Lumia 800 to be converted into wireless transmission points, or Wi-Fi Hotspot, so that by activating the function the wireless connection would stop working in reception mode to be a source of transmission data sign. In practice, as we say, this translates into the conversion of these phones into portable wireless modems.
It is to be expected that once it goes on sale in Europe, the fourth terminal of the Lumia family "" the Nokia Lumia 900 "" will also have the aforementioned tethering among its functions, although it is not a point that has been confirmed until now. By the way, as we have already told you, the Nokia Lumia 900 would begin its European landing from May 14.
Given the imminent arrival of the system that will allow sharing the Internet connection with the Nokia Lumia 710 and Nokia Lumia 800, it remains to be known to what extent the activation of this interesting function will determine the current autonomy balances in both terminals.
