Engadget are reporting that some industrious individuals have discovered that Samsung’s Focus and Omnia7 running Windows Phone can be switched into USB tethering mode by dialling “##634#” (sans quotes).

So, with copy & paste on its way and tethering clearly in progress, it doesn’t appear that it’ll take long for Microsoft to remedy most of the issues that the vocal minority are complaining about.

We stood in line for over an hour last night to order our Samsung Focus phones – they should arrive on Nov 18th so I’ll try out this feature then