The good news is that BlackBerry and Verizon Wireless are becoming a little bit more open, bringing Internet sharing capabilities to the still un-released successor the the Storm, dubbed the Storm2. According to Engadget Mobile, the Storm2 is said to be getting a feature called “MiFi”–which is also named after the Chuong’s Pick Novatel hardware called MiFi, which puts a hotspot in your pocket for up to five devices. However, BlackBerry’s internet sharing “MiFi” capabilities seem to also infringe on Novatel’s trademark–we’re guessing it’s release name will be different, and only bring a feature to market that Windows Mobile has long had.

In light of Verizon Wireless’ network openness, Windows phone users should not be jealous; Windows Mobile devices have long come with a program called Internet Connection Sharing, or ICS for short, that allows you to share your wireless connection with a computer via USB or Bluetooth.

Additionally, Windows phones also have third-party add-ons such as WMWiFiRouter, an awesome application for $30 that allows you to tether your Windows Mobile device via Bluetooth, WiFi, or USB to share the wireless cellular data connection on your phone. Another name is the HTC Communications Manager Suite, which is developed by HTC for use for their phones, but we haven’t seen it pre-bundled with any of the current Windows Mobile 6.5 devices that have hit the US market with TouchFLO 3D.

(via: Engadget Mobile)