Are T-mobile in the UK and T-mobile in the US the same customer service wize?
At 17:31 13/07/2009, you wrote: >Hi Jenny, >I've just recently moved over to T Mobile and think they are the best >phone provider I've eve been with. >I don't know if the iPhone will be released by them however I've found >thier disability service excellent!!!! Also the whole of the T Mobile >team seem very helpful and if I was you I'd stay with them. They are >great at producing and sending out bills on time too and i find their >text service about your balance and allowence super!!! >Anyway, hope this helps. >Vicki. >On 9 Jul 2009, at 07:42, Jenny Kennedy wrote: > > > > > Kevin, > > I like your report. Sounds like the iPhone sounds pretty good. I > > wonder if iPhone is going to be let out to other cell providers? > > Currently I'm with T-mobile and my contract is up in February. I don't > > know if I should just stay with t-mobile or switch to a whole new > > provider. If they do come out with the iPod touch and it can do > > everything, save for the phone functions, maybe that would be the best > > rout. But then There is the whole thing about text msgs and > > everything. So much to ponder... I am not sure I want to have service > > via ATT and wonder what if any other cell providers would have iPhone. > > Do any of you think T-mobile would ever get the iPhone or are they not > > popular enough? And the iPod touch is it like the iPhone without the > > whole "phone" bit of things. Perplexing... Very big choices to be made > > Any help most welcome > > Best regards > > Jenny > > > > On 7/9/09, Alex Jurgensen <asquare...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> By using the Volume control while VO is pseaking your volume for VO > >> can get quite loud. I had the same experance and was glad I > >> remembered > >> this trick. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Alex, > >> > >> > >> On 8-Jul-09, at 9:37 PM, Kevin Reeves wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> I just got back from the Green Hills Apple > Store in Nashville Tn. > >>> My intention was to go and look at the iPhone, and probably walk out > >>> with one if I liked what I saw. However, due to the lengthy > >>> process of > >>> making a purchase, the apple store stopped selling iPhones about an > >>> hour and a half before they closed. I showed up 5 minutes after this > >>> cutoff time, but was encouraged to look at the display model as long > >>> as I liked until close. Upon enquiring about having a sales person > >>> turn on Voiceover, they called on another rep who had more > >>> experience > >>> with Vo. Turns out, he has some form of visual impairment, which > >>> causes him to have to use the zoom feature. He knew right where vo > >>> was, and turned it on for me. Now, the journey begins. > >>> > >>> My immediate observation was that of many other people. Vo is too > >>> quiet, even with the volume cranked. In a store with a great deal of > >>> background noise, I found vo somewhat hard to hear. Should have > >>> followed my gut instinct and brought a headset along with me. > >>> > >>> My first 10 minutes with the phone was met with some uncertainty. I > >>> was successfully able to explore the phone and open several apps. > >>> However, I found the sensitivity of the touch screen a bit strange. > >>> While dragging my finger along the icons, some would open at random. > >>> At first, I found myself quite lost inside of the apps I was > >>> opening. > >>> However, I soon found a consistent pattern to how these apps are > >>> laid > >>> out. Once I realized this, I was better able to navigate around > >>> several apps. I was soon successfully able to dial my own phone > >>> number, making my cell phone ring in my pocket. Then, using my cell > >>> phone, I was able to call the display model, answering and ending > >>> said > >>> call. In the iPod app, I was able to choose a playlist and start it > >>> playing. I was able to then pause, advance to next track, etc. I > >>> even > >>> found myself able to locate the transport button I wanted without > >>> thinking. I guess that's where muscle memory really starts to come > >>> into play. I was not, however, able to bend my head around how to > >>> drag > >>> a slider, such as the icon that allows you to advance through a > >>> song. > >>> I think there was a tutor message, which would have given me those > >>> instructions, but I accidentally interrupted it, and was unable to > >>> get > >>> it to tell me again. > >>> My cursory glance of mail yielded few results. I saw the messages, > >>> was > >>> able to open one and sort of read it. However, I was not fully > >>> able to > >>> bend my head around it's layout. I couldn't find the compose button, > >>> and I didn't understand the relationships between the message and > >>> the > >>> mailboxes. I would assume that the mailbox list would be on the > >>> left, > >>> and the messages on the right. I thought that's how it would look, > >>> but > >>> I'm not sure. > >>> Safari was a bit interesting as well. I didn't spend but a few > >>> minutes > >>> looking at it, and was a tad confused because I saw part of a web > >>> page, along with bookmarks. I wanted to try and enter in a website > >>> to > >>> not only look at something familiar, and have an excuse to type. I > >>> was > >>> not able to find the button to enter a website, however, I did find > >>> the Google button and began entering in info into the search box. I > >>> tried to type some search terms, but kept making tons of errors. > >>> However, I could understand the concept of typing, and could easily > >>> see that more time taken to practicing would yield much better > >>> results. > >>> > >>> > >>> Final thoughts. > >>> In short, I get it. Voiceover is implemented in such a way that > >>> there > >>> are few concepts to understand. Once these concepts are understood > >>> and > >>> applied to all apps, your only learning curve is figuring out where > >>> things are on the screen in any given app, and just the general > >>> operation of the phone itself, which is mostly built on logic. I > >>> feel > >>> like a week of working with the phone would get me pretty much up > >>> to > >>> speed. It wouldn't be that much of a learning curve to stunt my > >>> productivity. My only concern is the fact that I can definitely dial > >>> faster on my nokia n82, and easily locate a contact, using quick > >>> letter navigation. I know that the dial pad will take some time on > >>> the iPhone. It's just one of those things that's going through my > >>> mind > >>> as I'm making this decision. The store opens at 10 AM tomorrow. I > >>> could easily go in and get one. Am I ready? Not sure. Should I wait > >>> till september for the possibility of an iPod touch? Again. Not > >>> sure. > >>> However, I don't really like the idea of having 2 devices on my > >>> person, when an iPhone would do the trick for everything. Hmmmmm. > >>> What > >>> a quandary. I'll keep you all posted. > >>> > >>> Reeves > >>> > >>>> > >> > >> > >>> > >> > > > > > > > >> > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.4/2218 - Release Date: >07/04/09 17:55:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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