I haven’t seen much press about this yet, but PdaNet now supports USB and Bluetooth tethering for your laptop so that you may use your Droid and its data plan for accessing the internet.   The best part is that there is no need to ‘root’ your phone.  I have personally done it with version 2.12, and it works very well.

For USB tethering you need to install these drivers from Motorola’s website.

Caveats:

1. After a trial period the free edition of PdaNet will only pass HTTP traffic.  For full IP connectivity you need to purchase the full product at $29 US.
2. Verizon is not likely to be to happy with this and may try to charge you more for tethering.  Use at your own risk.
3. The fine print of your contract says your “Unlimited Data” plan is really limited to 5 GB per  month, an amount which can be used up very quickly by a tethered PC.

More info: PDANet for Android

Tags: android 2.0, droid, pdanet, tether, tethering