Using iPhone as wireless 3g modem ? possible ?

I have the older iPhone, and am seriously considering a new 3g iPhone. However, I have read in some reviews that the new iPhone 3g canNOT be used as a wireless 3g modem to connect your MacBook Pro to the internet. I would ideally like to wirelessly (using the built-in wlan), connect my wlan MBP to the internet. If that cannot work, could I connect an iPhone using a wired usb connection to my laptop, and then connect to the internet ?
Thanks

This is not allowed right now.
(its called tethering - google for that)
Someone made an app-store app that did this, but apple yanked it. AT&T wants another $30 per month for a PC Data plan.
This may re-appear some day, because it is technically possible, just not currently allowed by Apple and ATT.

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