NEWS: iPhone becomes phisherman's friend

Todd Allcock wrote:

> That can't be it- there's already the "no phone service" hack that
> surfaced immediately, and frankly, while T-Mo does have a better
> prepaid plan than AT&T, AT&T's isn't that expensive, and at least has
> (expensive) EDGE data available as a backup. Unlocking is a lot of
> work to save a couple of bucks on prepaid servive.

It's more than a couple of bucks. After going "gold" you can have
T-Mobile prepaid for $10 per year, while AT&T is $100/year minimum, AFAICS.

The main reason to buy the current generation of iPhone is for the web
browser over WiFi. It's not a good device for texting, and it lacks the
applications available on true PDA phones. Web use on EDGE is very slow.
Still, even if you buy it for the WiFi and web browser it's nice to have
the phone part work. If you want the phone portion to work without
paying a lot, T-Mobile is the way to go.

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On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:00:33 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
wrote in <[email protected]>:

>Todd Allcock wrote:
>
>> That can't be it- there's already the "no phone service" hack that
>> surfaced immediately, and frankly, while T-Mo does have a better
>> prepaid plan than AT&T, AT&T's isn't that expensive, and at least has
>> (expensive) EDGE data available as a backup. Unlocking is a lot of
>> work to save a couple of bucks on prepaid servive.
>
>It's more than a couple of bucks. After going "gold" you can have
>T-Mobile prepaid for $10 per year, while AT&T is $100/year minimum, AFAICS.
>
>The main reason to buy the current generation of iPhone is for the web
>browser over WiFi. It's not a good device for texting, and it lacks the
>applications available on true PDA phones. Web use on EDGE is very slow.
>Still, even if you buy it for the WiFi and web browser it's nice to have
>the phone part work. If you want the phone portion to work without
>paying a lot, T-Mobile is the way to go.

Anything to slam AT&T. Why am I not surprised.

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"John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:00:33 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
> wrote in <[email protected]>:
>
>>Todd Allcock wrote:
>>
>>> That can't be it- there's already the "no phone service" hack that
>>> surfaced immediately, and frankly, while T-Mo does have a better
>>> prepaid plan than AT&T, AT&T's isn't that expensive, and at least has
>>> (expensive) EDGE data available as a backup. Unlocking is a lot of
>>> work to save a couple of bucks on prepaid servive.
>>
>>It's more than a couple of bucks. After going "gold" you can have
>>T-Mobile prepaid for $10 per year, while AT&T is $100/year minimum,
>>AFAICS.
>>
>>The main reason to buy the current generation of iPhone is for the web
>>browser over WiFi. It's not a good device for texting, and it lacks the
>>applications available on true PDA phones. Web use on EDGE is very slow.
>>Still, even if you buy it for the WiFi and web browser it's nice to have
>>the phone part work. If you want the phone portion to work without
>>paying a lot, T-Mobile is the way to go.
>
> Anything to slam AT&T. Why am I not surprised.
>
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> Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>


Unlike yourself. We don't kiss the ground AT&T walks on.

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:44:19 -0700, "Kevin Weaver"
<[email protected]> wrote in
<[email protected]>:

>"John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...

>> Anything to slam AT&T. Why am I not surprised.

>Unlike yourself. We don't kiss the ground AT&T walks on.

Good for you. Likewise me. Have a nice day.

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Kevin Weaver wrote:
> "John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:00:33 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
>> wrote in <[email protected]>:
>>
>>> Todd Allcock wrote:
>>>
>>>> That can't be it- there's already the "no phone service" hack that
>>>> surfaced immediately, and frankly, while T-Mo does have a better
>>>> prepaid plan than AT&T, AT&T's isn't that expensive, and at least has
>>>> (expensive) EDGE data available as a backup. Unlocking is a lot of
>>>> work to save a couple of bucks on prepaid servive.
>>>
>>> It's more than a couple of bucks. After going "gold" you can have
>>> T-Mobile prepaid for $10 per year, while AT&T is $100/year minimum,
>>> AFAICS.
>>>
>>> The main reason to buy the current generation of iPhone is for the web
>>> browser over WiFi. It's not a good device for texting, and it lacks the
>>> applications available on true PDA phones. Web use on EDGE is very slow.
>>> Still, even if you buy it for the WiFi and web browser it's nice to have
>>> the phone part work. If you want the phone portion to work without
>>> paying a lot, T-Mobile is the way to go.
>>
>> Anything to slam AT&T. Why am I not surprised.

> Unlike yourself. We don't kiss the ground AT&T walks on.

Jeez, stating the fact that T-Mobile's prepaid costs less than AT&T's
prepaid, and that EDGE is slow, is somehow slamming AT&T?

Unlike Navas, I am not shilling for any carrier, I just state the facts.

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:18:47 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
wrote in <[email protected]>:

>Kevin Weaver wrote:
>> "John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:00:33 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
>>> wrote in <[email protected]>:

>>>> The main reason to buy the current generation of iPhone is for the web
>>>> browser over WiFi. It's not a good device for texting, and it lacks the
>>>> applications available on true PDA phones. Web use on EDGE is very slow.
>>>> Still, even if you buy it for the WiFi and web browser it's nice to have
>>>> the phone part work. If you want the phone portion to work without
>>>> paying a lot, T-Mobile is the way to go.
>>>
>>> Anything to slam AT&T. Why am I not surprised.
>
>> Unlike yourself. We don't kiss the ground AT&T walks on.
>
>Jeez, stating the fact that T-Mobile's prepaid costs less than AT&T's
>prepaid, and that EDGE is slow, is somehow slamming AT&T?

EGPRS(EDGE) isn't "slow", and you are slamming AT&T at every
opportunity.

>Unlike Navas, I am not shilling for any carrier, I just state the facts.

You are actually misstating the "facts", conducting a personal vendetta
against GSM in general and AT&T in particular, and attacking me for
setting the record straight.

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