Carousel of Hate » iPhone http://carouselofhate.com Come take a ride on the carousel of hate Mon, 25 May 2009 21:21:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Why I love my iPhone http://carouselofhate.com/%categpry%/why-i-love-my-iphone http://carouselofhate.com/%categpry%/why-i-love-my-iphone#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:51:12 +0000 sky http://www.carouselofhate.com/gadgets/2008/why-i-love-my-iphone/ With the release of the iPhone 2.0 software and the unlocking tools I decided it was time to take the plunge. My old Sony Ericsson phone was showing age with buttons missing etc. So a friend was selling his first generaton iPhone for $300. The unlocking tools worked well and fairly easily.

I setup my email accounts for MobileMe and Exchange. But I was told that you cannot have more than one contact or calendar set or syncing. I was confused how on 2008 people designing mobile phones did not grasp the concept of somebody wanting to separate personal and business information. After having the phone for about ten days I got to looking around. I tried turning on the Exchange calendar and wonder of wonders the iPhone made a new group “All calendars”. With contacts I was not so adventurous. I looked online then made backups of both contact lists and tried it. The heavens smiled upon me and I not only did I have separate contact lists but I was also able to view a combined list. I should have expected this to com from Apple!

]]> http://carouselofhate.com/%categpry%/why-i-love-my-iphone/feed 2 My issues with the iPhone and AT&T http://carouselofhate.com/%categpry%/my-issues-with-the-iphone-and-att http://carouselofhate.com/%categpry%/my-issues-with-the-iphone-and-att#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:11:58 +0000 sky http://www.carouselofhate.com/why/2008/my-issues-with-the-iphone-and-att/ I have been considering the iPhone for the first time after the announcement of iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0 software.  Before that I was more than happy to stick with the wonderful handsets from Sony Ericsson.I am presently using T-Mobile and I have been on their network for over seven years.  My services are as follows:

  •  5000 Minutes $99.99
  • Buddy time (Unlimited text and Mobile to Mobile) $10.00
  • T-Zones (Unlimited 2.5G data on handset) $5.99
  • Monthly Total $115.98

On AT&T with the equivalent services my bill would look as follows:

  • Unlimited Voice/3G Data $129.99 
  • Unlimited Text $20.00
  • Monthly Total $149.99

The AT&T rates do not even include sending text messages outside the US.  T-Mobile charges $0.15 per message to send an international text and the incoming messages come out of my text messaging plan.  AT&T charges $0.25 to send an International text and $0.20 to receive an international text unless you buy their international text plan for $9.99 which includes too international text messages and additional messages are $0.20.Now to be fair, the T-Mobile price would go up to $129.98 if I had a proper T-Zones plan like T-Zones Total Internet however I can do anything I need on the phone with the T-Zones plan.  T-Mobile has not officially released their 3G network so their rates may go up but that remains to be seen.  Also if I was on the T-Zones Total Internet I would be able to tether my notebook to my phone via Bluetooth and use the phone as a modem, the iPhone still does not support this without hacking that I am aware of.So other than getting an iPhone what am I getting for  the additional $34.01 per month, $408.12 per year and $816.24 at the end of my required two-year contract before taxes!Take for example how another country is promoting the iPhone.  Optus in Australia has the following statement on their iPhone pricing page “Optus is making the iPhone 3G affordable for everyone.”  Does that even sound like something you would hear spoken aloud in AT&T offices?Also because of the progressive nature of Australian government, they do not allow things like mobile phones to be locked down to a carrier.  So when an Australian iPhone user travels to another country, they can simply purchase a local pre-paid SIM and have a local number without all the international roaming surcharges… GO USA!�

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