If you remember, back on June Palm cautioned one group of webOS hackers regarding the Pre unofficial tethering, because it might anger Sprint. The team behind the Pre Dev Wiki were “politely cautioned” by the manufacturer that discussing ways to enable tethering on the smartphone might prompt Sprint to pressure Palm into shutting down the project. Well, It appears O2 will not be as harsh as Sprint on that matter.

Apparently, on the GSM German Pre, if you go to the help application and ask about using your Palm Pre as a modem, it will say the following:

Use Phone as Modem

If you use your phone as a modem, you can access the internet with your computer independently from your location as long as you have coverage. Ask your mobile provider whether you can use this function with your contract.

Then, it goes on to give you instructions on how to set up your phone and computer for tethering. The bad news is, instructions is all you get, since after following those instructions will only get your Pre to pair with your computer with standard bluetooth services. The good news, that this is another small step for Palm to actually make that service possible.

[Via Precentral]