USB tethering
You can tether your phone to your computer with a USB cable, to share your phone's Internet connection with your computer
- Tethering works with Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Linux
- You can't mount your phone's SD card on your computer when USB-tethered
- For more information, including using USB tethering with other OSs, see http://www.android.com/tether#usb
Wi-Fi tethering
You can turn your phone into a Wi-Fi access point, to share your phone's Internet connection with one or more computers or other devices
- When your phone is acting as an access point, you can't use your phone's applications to access the Internet via its Wi-Fi connection
- You configure a Wi-Fi access point in Wi-Fi tethering settings
- For more information, visit http://www.android.com/tether#wifi