PC World reports that the Windows Phone 7 platform will not be capable of tethering when it launches

First there were rumors that Microsoft planned to mandate that wireless carriers provide free tethering with Windows Phone 7 devices. Then, a Microsoft source denied that, claiming that it would be up to the individual carriers to determine how to charge for tethering. But, today Microsoft revealed that--in fact--the Windows Phone 7 platform will not even be capable of tethering when it launches.

Contrary to being a cause for alarm or concern, or some sort of sign that the Windows Phone 7 OS is not ready for prime time, the news is more or less irrelevant. More powerful and capable smartphones, combined with the rise of tablets and the greed of wireless carriers has rendered the concept of tethering somewhat obsolete.

  Windows Phone 7 Doesn't Need Tethering