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Post by wierdostomps on Jun 11, 2010 8:23:39 GMT
I'm writing this on my MBP tethered via O2. I've never come close to 500Mb - or even the 10Mb limit I've got on tethering. I can't help reflecting how much better our deal is than they get in the US! As far as I know, they still aren't allowed to tether at all - and their data plans are much more expensive than ours.
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Post by Alex on Jun 11, 2010 13:00:46 GMT
I'm writing this on my MBP tethered via O2. I've never come close to 500Mb - or even the 10Mb limit I've got on tethering. I can't help reflecting how much better our deal is than they get in the US! As far as I know, they still aren't allowed to tether at all - and their data plans are much more expensive than ours. That's certainly a first.. The UK getting something better and cheaper than the US.
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Post by OziDug on Jun 12, 2010 21:26:10 GMT
Heather, you might be disappointed at some of the practical features of the iPhone. I've had both an iPhone (now dead, sadly) and quite a few Nokia phones so it depends on what you're comparing it to. Nokia's software has had problems recently, but I hear they're now addressing these issues seriously, but it depends on the model you've got. They've got S40 (feature phones) and S60 (smartphones), and the latter have got a wider range of features than the iPhone, but here Nokia fails is in the User Interface - they're just so difficult to use. The iPhone - any iPhone - is just so easy to use, and has a all the features you'd normally want from a smart phone.
I always use PAYG. It hurts at the time of purchase, but is cheaper over a mere 18 months, so it makes sense - and my call costs match yours. As for 3G, that's a fairly unreliable service for me - and I find that my Nokia will connect "automatically", costing me money without me knowing about it (not a lot, but it all adds up). There are four sets of railway tunnels between here and London where I work, so it's hopeless to assume I can do anything productive using 3G. And at home I use WiFi, which is why I'm still not sure whether to get an iPhone, or just an iPod Touch plus a cheap Nokia (£50, brand new). The Touch has everything the iPhone does, but doesn't make telephone calls.
One final thing: After I first got my iPhone, I was sitting in the garden listening to music through the headphones, when the sound faded away for no apparent reason (it was an incoming call which auto -answered and killed the music). After a bit of confusion, the guy calling at the other end said something because all he heard was my swearing at the phone, wondering why it had stopped. So although auto-answer sounds like a great idea, I turned it off.
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Post by HeatherKay on Jun 13, 2010 9:30:46 GMT
I have a cast-off Nokia N93 on PAYG. It was an early generation "smart phone", and has plenty of crap installed that I will never use. Until I got into Twitter and Facebook (and Posterous) the notion of needing web browsing or email on my phone was laughable. Currently, I'm still on the £50 I bought a year ago.
Actually, it still is. I want a mobile to make and receive calls and texts. The fact my lifestyle has evolved to want social networking on the move is not the point. I'd only want an iPhone in order to do just that. Now doubt, all all manner of useful apps would find their way on to it eventually, but it would still be much like my current phone. Switched off and in my handbag unless I'm on the road.
I shall continue to bide my time, I think. Currently, I'm never far enough away from an interweb-connected computer that I feel the need for an interweb-connected mobile phone. =o)
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Post by Alex on Jun 14, 2010 15:06:50 GMT
I also have no real need for an iPhone, or anything newer than the one I already have, really, but I still want one. It's amazing the amount of times I've thought: 'Gah! If I had an iPhone now this would be so much easier!'. Usually that's for tracking numbers, waiting for an important email to arrive, a spirit level, a notepad/memo taking thing, Evernote on my phone, Dropbox, a calendar on my phone (that works with iCal. My iPod is synced with iCal but you can't make new things from the iPod) Here's my phone: On the plus side, this phone is almost indestructible. It's been washed at least twice, dropped down stairs, dropped onto concrete, kicked... The only scars it has are a few scratches on the outside. And it loses all reception about once a week and needs restarting, but otherwise there's nothing wrong at all.
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Post by gavin on Jun 14, 2010 15:30:06 GMT
I always use PAYG. It hurts at the time of purchase, but is cheaper over a mere 18 months Funnily enough, I am kind of being forced into this. I have a 12 month O2 simplicity contract. Essentially this means very low line rental but you need to already have a phone. O2 have told me that the only way I can upgrade to the new phone is to buy out of the remainder of my contract - ie. hand them £100 for nothing. It's a really stupid position for them to take IMHO; they have not subsidised a phone for me, and allowing the upgrade would move me onto a much more expensive contract. As it is, I'll have to take the hit and buy the phone outright, but over 18 months they will extract a lot less from me in total.
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