Short Term 3G Data Plan for visitors?
Hi! I travel twice a year to US and I'm spending a lot of money on roaming my Iphone around. Is it possible to buy a short term 3G data plan to use on my Iphone when I'm in USA? Thanks for any info, Flavio
Categories: Xmas Tags: data-plan, iphone, money-on-roaming, short-term, travel-twice, usa
CC Stable…should I complete?
Hi all, So thanks to the advice of people here (and stupid USAA- at least as far as keeping my business to themselves) I now have: USAA MC - $24k USAA Amex - $14k PenFed Visa - $9,500 (assuming nothing goes wrong and it shows up in my mailbox next week) (VS store card, AU on a few of my mother's cards) So, should I complete the group with a Discover card? I figured I can do gas on PenFed (running ~$140/mo), Cell phone on Amex (thanks to the iPhone, this is running ~$80/mo on it), and "personal fun" on the MC (running ~$100/mo)...however, I don't know what I'd put on the Discover or which one to get or whatnot... My current scores were quite high, but they might drop with this newest inq from PenFed....and I always PIF but I still want a reasonable ( $5,000) limit. Other considerations: I had 2 inq - one will be 1 yr old at the end of June, the other at the end of Sept. I will be going back to school in Aug so household income will drop (again, not a problem as far as I'm concerned but the CC companies don't see it that way) I am an AU on my mother's Discover but I don't want to count AU cards... So I'm throwing it as a vote to y'all...should I get a Discover? If so, which one? Thanks! (If I don't get one now, the next time will probably be 3-4 more years, once I'm out of school and have income again.)
Categories: credit-cards Tags: advice, business, companies-don, considerations, current-scores, discover, group, iphone, least-as-far, mother, newest, personal-fun
Windows 7. NEW APPS !!!.
Though I'm not the big Tech person out there like a few of you on this forum, I can get around my OM 2 pretty good and have relied on this forum and you techies for help from time to time which I thank you. But I wonder on the next OS that's coming out WM 7 if its going to make us learn all again. I don't mind exercising the old grey matter but come on Microsoft quit with the updates and the new and improved OS. Verizon and Microsoft have been yoyoing us along with the windows 5,6 and 6.5 and now 7. No wonder iphone does so well, they just keep improving on the same phone with the same OS., thus nobody has to relearn again. Not that I'd want the iPhone,, just to many draw backs for me. Besides that I like my OM 2 Hopefully Microsoft has figured out that they can't do the same thing that they've done with the PC OS over the years....every three years its a new Windows. They've lost to much market share with the cell phone upgrades to keep just making a new windows off they old windows. Maybe starting fresh and staying with the SAME OS they can start to gain it back. The biggest gripe that I've got against Verizon and Microsoft is the stinking apps. Yeah there's tons of them out, and you have to look all over for them, but finding one that works is a real pain. Weather you have a Imagio, OM-2 or a Droid it seams that any given site that you go to you have to read the reviews to see if it works on your phone or try the trial version, and even then there's no guarantee that it will work on your phone. I think in the last two weeks I've tried at least 18 different apps that are supposed to work on the OM-2 and low and behold NOT...or they just partially work. I would think that when a OS is put on a phone a particular app that is designed for that OS i.e.Windows 6.5 it would work. Its not only the Mfg. that limit the OS but its the provider, i.e. Verizon, Sprint ,etc that sets up certain criteria for the OS. I truly hope that this is the last OS that Microsoft puts out for awhile. And along with that I hope that the apps are designed and are some what regulated to operate on all phones with the WM 7. Not everyone likes there neighbors phone nor does a particular phone work well with me that might work well for some one else, but the apps should work WELL for all phones that have the WM 7.. Microsoft has said bluntly that no old phones will be upgradeable to WM 7, they have dictated that all new phones will have certain hardware requirements...So why can't they have the same requirements when it comes to apps.All phones will be required to accept all apps that are WM 7 approved.Pretty simple. Heck even Verizon app page is limited only to certain phones when it comes to downloading apps. Most all the apps that are there on the new My Verizon page won't go on the OM 2. Just think of it..a carrier that has a couple three good smart phones that had thousands of apps the business they could do. AT&T came close, the only thing that they have is one good phone (iPhone) with a few thousand apps, but in the toilet service. Again that's why iphone is so popular, when a app is designed for it (the phone) it usually works. You don't have to worry what type of phone you have or what carrier you have...it just works. The OS wasn't put on a few hundred different phones. I didn't figure on spending this kind of money on this phone to fine out that only 30% of the apps out there work,,could be more. Don't have the time to try them all...no one does. I don't plan on buying any phone with WM 7 for some time, as with any item that is the first out there, I let some one else be the first to buy along with the first to find out all the problems that it has. Usally a year before I buy. Well that's my 2 cents worth.
Iphone Updates?
I wonder why cell phone companies don't offer a discounted upgrade with every new model, like the Iphone. If you have the previous Iphone, you're allowed to buy the new one at the discounted price. Isn't that how you create brand loyalty? --poof-- {ninja vanish}
Categories: Xmas Tags: brand-loyalty, companies-don, discounted, discounted-upgrade, iphone, like-the-iphone, new-model, new-one, ninja-vanish, the-discounted
Verizon and the Iphone
I'm trying to figure out if I should wait on verizon to announce in June and Iphone or not. Who thinks I will be disappointed if I wait?
Categories: Xmas Tags: figure-out, iphone, iphone-or-not, should-wait, wait-on-verizon
Tethering for iPhone
When will tethering for the iPhone be available in the US? This is the only thing holding me back from getting an iPhone and service with Verizon. C'mon Verizon!
Categories: Xmas Tags: iphone, thing-holding, verizon, will-tethering
Iphone 4G
please, no smart answers; just want to know if anyone has heard this. i have a friend that owns an Iphone. he said he got a message on one of his aps today stating the Iphone 4G will be offered by Vzw coming this Oct. has anyone heard this? i was getting ready to do an annual upgrade to the HTC Eris but will wait if this is true. thanks.
Categories: Xmas Tags: annual-upgrade, his-aps, htc, iphone, message-on-one, smart-answers, stating-the-iphone, today-stating
WWYD – Sprint contract up, go to VW now or mid-year for IPhone?
My contract with Sprint is up in April. I have just a phone, no bells & whistles. I'd like my first smartphone. My family & my husband's family are all on VW and I've heard nothing but great things about coverage. I'd love an Iphone but honestly I've not been into stores to try any phones yet, the one thing that's luring me (besides marketing, I'll admit) is that I could play my Itunes downloads on my Iphone (correct? but not on other phones?). I've read speculations about Iphone coming to VW mid-year. Should I go month-to-month with Sprint until this happens and get the Iphone if offered then on VW? Another point, if there are 'tweaks' to make the IPhone compatible (for lack of a more tech-savvy word) with VW's network, would it be safer to wait until any kinks are worked out? One last consideration is I have about 10 years' calendar data and all my contacts on a Palm Pilot, and I would like this data to pull into my new phone. Is a Palm phone my only option or can my contacts & calendar come into a Droid or IPhone? Thanks!
Categories: Palm, Xmas Tags: calendar-come, calendar-data, data, droid-or-iphone, heard-nothing, iphone, itunes, make-the-iphone, more-tech-savvy, offered-then, Palm, sprint