Re: print on canvas?

[William Crabb]

Hi Roger,

I just had a quote from Discus for some canvas prints and they are the best
prices I have found.
They are in Oxford Close, Leederville and the guy to talk to is Lee.

Regards,
Rosalyn

On 23/07/2009 12:02 PM, "Roger Kortas"  wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a place to get a print on canvas and stretched?
> 
> I have been quoted around $550 which I thought was very high!
> 
> I am looking at a size of 140cm by 100cm
> 
> many thanks
> 
> Roger
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Re: print on canvas?

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On 23/7/09 12:02 PM, "Roger Kortas"  wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a place to get a print on canvas and stretched?
> 
> I have been quoted around $550 which I thought was very high!
> 
> I am looking at a size of 140cm by 100cm
> 
> many thanks
> 
> Roger
> 
> 
> 
> Roger P Kortas
> Haiyan Kortas
> PH: 61 8 08 9381 4046
> Mob: 0413 307995
> rkor...@iinet.net.au
> roger.kor...@wanews.com.au
> ro...@rkortas.com
> 
> 

Hi Roger

Try Peta (or Jess) from Photo Art (Camera Solutions).

Don't know how pricing is overall,...but they are normally really good.
She should be able to help you I'm sure.
Just say I sent you :o)

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Can anyone recommend a place to get a print on canvas and stretched?

I have been quoted around $550 which I thought was very high!

I am looking at a size of 140cm by 100cm

many thanks

Roger



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Re: Laser Printer Suggestions?

[Craig Bruce]

Any of the hp laserjet printers will be great like 4350 (might be old  
now) any anything like that

I still have clients with 4050's that have done over a million imprints
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Re: Display screensaver

[KEVIN Lock]

Justin,

If nobody else wants your Powerbook, I could use it in my Mac Giveaway project.

Only if no other WAMUG lister wants it.

regards

Kevin








Hi wamuggers, help please..

I have a powerbook G4 running a monitor as well as the laptop screen 
at the same time.


I have an old set of photos that keep coming up on my laptop display 
which I don't want to come up - I've changed it in display settings, 
however everytime the laptop wakes up from sleep it goes back to 
these old pics. Any suggestions? I'm running 10.5.7


I also have a G3 powerbook with software that I'd like to donate to 
any person who has a need for it (working)


Best regards



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Re: Display screensaver

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On 23/07/2009, at 9:50 AM, Justin Davies wrote:



Hi wamuggers, help please..

I have a powerbook G4 running a monitor as well as the laptop screen  
at the same time.


I have an old set of photos that keep coming up on my laptop display  
which I don't want to come up - I've changed it in display settings,


Do you mean " Desktop & Screensaver "  ?

Should be able to go there ,
select Screensaver
and then select a new screensaver   eg:  Apple Flurry

Bob

Also , in Desktop ( as wells as Screensaver )

Select new desktop   : eg  Apple - Apple images  and choose one







however everytime the laptop wakes up from sleep it goes back to  
these old pics. Any suggestions? I'm running 10.5.7


I also have a G3 powerbook with software that I'd like to donate to  
any person who has a need for it (working)


Best regards



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Re: Display screensaver

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On 23/07/2009, at 9:50 AM, Justin Davies wrote:



Hi wamuggers, help please..

I have a powerbook G4 running a monitor as well as the laptop screen  
at the same time.


I have an old set of photos that keep coming up on my laptop display  
which I don't want to come up - I've changed it in display settings,  
however everytime the laptop wakes up from sleep it goes back to  
these old pics. Any suggestions? I'm running 10.5.7


I also have a G3 powerbook with software that I'd like to donate to  
any person who has a need for it (working)



Hi Justin,

Do you mean your Desktop Background?  Or is a Screen Saver starting as  
soon as the Powerbook boots up?


If it's your Desktop Wallpaper try deleting this file: /users/username/ 
library/preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist , then log out and then  
log in.

Your desktop background will be reset to the default.

Cheers,
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Re: OT Fwd: FW: Computer Genius

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Gary,

That animation is very impressive indeed!
I have a Nephew (of sorts, he is also 'my computer Nerd mate' ) and he  
is doing his final year at Uni in Melbourne.
He is a member of 'deviantart'. One of his final year projects is an  
animated game about Cricket. Hamish has never been a sports person and  
knows very little of the game cricket. They were allocated their  
sport, so he had no say in it. He has done a quirky representation. I  
thought you might like to see it.




His gallery of work:


Cheers,
Ronni

On 23/07/2009, at 8:42 AM, gary dorn wrote:




This is off topic but its some pretty amazing computer animation
which I thought you might find fascinating





Just click on the link below, click on play,
then leave the mouse alone,
do not touch your mouse until it says: The End.
Sit back and enjoy a piece of creative brilliance.
We wonder who had time to do this.

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs13/f/2007/077/2/e/Animator_vs__Animation_by_alanbecker.swf




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[Justin Davies]

Hi wamuggers, help please..

I have a powerbook G4 running a monitor as well as the laptop screen  
at the same time.


I have an old set of photos that keep coming up on my laptop display  
which I don't want to come up - I've changed it in display settings,  
however everytime the laptop wakes up from sleep it goes back to these  
old pics. Any suggestions? I'm running 10.5.7


I also have a G3 powerbook with software that I'd like to donate to  
any person who has a need for it (working)


Best regards



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Re: Laser Printer Suggestions?

[Gavin Criddle]

Hi Andrew,

Not sure of the print volume you go through but I like the HP P3005DN  - I've 
one customer who hammers this and it puts up with it (:

Gav

On 23/07/09 8:57 AM, "Andrew Schox"  wrote:





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Re: Laser Printer Suggestions?

[wyvern]

Hi Andrew,

I have a Brother HL-5250DN. Auto duplexing, networks, comes with a  
single drawer but can be increased - I got my second paper drawer  
from Can-Calc in east perth.  Just over 12 months old now and never  
faltered


Yvonne

On 23/07/2009, at 8:57 AM, Andrew Schox wrote:



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I need a new laser printer for our office (6 macs). Black and white  
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[gary dorn]

This is off topic but its some pretty amazing computer animation
which I thought you might find fascinating





Just click on the link below, click on play,
then leave the mouse alone,
do not touch your mouse until it says: The End.
Sit back and enjoy a piece of creative brilliance.
We wonder who had time to do this.

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs13/f/2007/077/2/e/Animator_vs__Animation_by_alanbecker.swf



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Re: iPhone 3GS - experiment continues, at a cost!

[Eugene]

Hi Mike,

the GPS doesn't need a mobile phone signal to work. It only needs 3  
GPS satellites overhead. The software you are using may need to  
download maps to use with the GPS points.


I did some bush walking and investigated the area whilst at home  
connected to my WiFi. When I got to my bush walking destination the  
area which was out of mobile range was still accessible because the  
most recent maps were cached by the phone. I was then able to plot my  
progress on the map with the GPS.


If you are in the middle of the Nullabor and have map software loaded  
into your phone you can happily use the GPS.


BTW I have been very happy with the new Turn by Turn GPS software  
released by Sygic.


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Went away for the weekend with a bunch of friends to Banksia Springs  
near Dwellingup which is a mobile dead zone, and showed it off...I  
think I've sold three more now. Went for a walk in the bush and came  
within a weak signal range so used the GPS (which is excellent,  
although slow downloading).



Cheers
Mike

Re: iPhone 3GS - experiment continues, at a cost!

[Michael Kane Taylor]

Hi all, a slightly different slant here. I have bought an iPod Touch  
(yes, I know, should haver waited for the new video capable one) and  
have installed Skype. It works like magic in any wifi zone. Highly  
recommended.

Michael

On 22/07/2009, at 6:12 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:



Hi Ruben

Skype shouldn't use any data for the iPhone, as I believe (unless it's
changed in the latest update of it), that it only works on WiFi,  
and won't

work on 3G anyway. It has to be on a WiFi network.

But yes, Skype on iPhone works very well. If (when?) they add a  
front facing

camera, it will work even better one would think. :o)

Kind Regards
Daniel


On 22/7/09 6:06 PM, "Dark1"  wrote:



While we're on the subject of data usage perhaps some of you might
like to consider using skype or fring for your phone calls as it  
might

work out alot cheaper using VOIP.  Apparently it uses only a very
small amount of data.

Ruben

Hi Mike,

As Susan has mentioned, the iPhone uses a priority system:

wifi > 3G > GPRS (or Edge for Telstra)

If you have wifi and 3G turned on, it will try to connect to wifi
first. Failing that, it will default to the 3G network. If that's
turned off, it will just use GPRS.

One thing to remember is that when you have your iPhone in sleep  
mode,

it will turn the wifi radio off to preserve battery life, so if you
have anything set to connect to the net automatically, such as mail
set to push or fetch, it will do so using cellular data even with  
wifi

turned on.

If you don't want this to happen, just remember to set mail to  
manual,

push notifications off, etc. Basically, anything that would connect
automatically.

Unless it's charging at the time, in which case the wifi remains  
active.

---
Also Mike, you can see if you are connected to wifi or 3G by what is
showing on the top left of your iPhone screen.
If you see a 3G you are connected to 3G.

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On 22/07/2009, at 4:03 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:



Hi Mike, I just added a $10.00 200mb data plan to my $30.00 per
month mobile plan with Telstra - I didn't want to switch to another
service.

The iphone goes for wifi whenever it possibly can - its the first
choice. So, if you are at home and it is choosing the 3g network
first, that does seem odd.

Resetting the APN each time you go out would be a pain!

cheers, Susan.

On 22/07/2009, at 3:03 PM, Craig Bruce wrote:



Same happened with my other half to be honest, I got her an
unlocked iphone and she put her voda sim in which i didnt know did
not have a data plan (i've had a data plan for years.. didnt even
know they came without them!) and she got charged somewhere in the
order of $180 for mobile data usage over a few weeks.. She's on a
$10 data plan now i believe :)
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Hi muggers

All you iPhone-savvy people can switch off here, but for those who
are still thinking about getting an iPhone, here's some feedback
on my experience...

I'm new to smartphones, and I got my unlocked 32Gb 3GS iphone from
Apple online store on July 11, opened it up, put in the SIM card
from my 6310 Nokia, synced it through iTunes and away it went. The
phone battery was even charged, which I didn't expect.

Played around over the next few days, downloaded some apps, made
some calls, tried out the GPS, looked at websites, etc. Most of
that was through the Wifi network at home, but some through the
Telstra network and other Wifi networks that the phone found
readily. The overall experience was superb, highly recommended.

Went away for the weekend with a bunch of friends to Banksia
Springs near Dwellingup which is a mobile dead zone, and showed it
off...I think I've sold three more now. Went for a walk in the
bush and came within a weak signal range so used the GPS (which is
excellent, although slow downloading).

Yesterday I got curious (and a little nervous) about the costs

Re: iPhone 3GS - experiment continues, at a cost!

[Daniel Kerr]

Hi Ruben

Skype shouldn't use any data for the iPhone, as I believe (unless it's
changed in the latest update of it), that it only works on WiFi, and won't
work on 3G anyway. It has to be on a WiFi network.

But yes, Skype on iPhone works very well. If (when?) they add a front facing
camera, it will work even better one would think. :o)

Kind Regards
Daniel


On 22/7/09 6:06 PM, "Dark1"  wrote:

> 
> While we're on the subject of data usage perhaps some of you might
> like to consider using skype or fring for your phone calls as it might
> work out alot cheaper using VOIP.  Apparently it uses only a very
> small amount of data.
> 
> Ruben
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> As Susan has mentioned, the iPhone uses a priority system:
> 
> wifi > 3G > GPRS (or Edge for Telstra)
> 
> If you have wifi and 3G turned on, it will try to connect to wifi
> first. Failing that, it will default to the 3G network. If that's
> turned off, it will just use GPRS.
> 
> One thing to remember is that when you have your iPhone in sleep mode,
> it will turn the wifi radio off to preserve battery life, so if you
> have anything set to connect to the net automatically, such as mail
> set to push or fetch, it will do so using cellular data even with wifi
> turned on.
> 
> If you don't want this to happen, just remember to set mail to manual,
> push notifications off, etc. Basically, anything that would connect
> automatically.
> 
> Unless it's charging at the time, in which case the wifi remains active.
> ---
> Also Mike, you can see if you are connected to wifi or 3G by what is
> showing on the top left of your iPhone screen.
> If you see a 3G you are connected to 3G.
> 
> If you see this symbol then you are on wifi
> 
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>> 
>> Hi Mike, I just added a $10.00 200mb data plan to my $30.00 per
>> month mobile plan with Telstra - I didn't want to switch to another
>> service.
>> 
>> The iphone goes for wifi whenever it possibly can - its the first
>> choice. So, if you are at home and it is choosing the 3g network
>> first, that does seem odd.
>> 
>> Resetting the APN each time you go out would be a pain!
>> 
>> cheers, Susan.
>> 
>> On 22/07/2009, at 3:03 PM, Craig Bruce wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Same happened with my other half to be honest, I got her an
>>> unlocked iphone and she put her voda sim in which i didnt know did
>>> not have a data plan (i've had a data plan for years.. didnt even
>>> know they came without them!) and she got charged somewhere in the
>>> order of $180 for mobile data usage over a few weeks.. She's on a
>>> $10 data plan now i believe :)
>>> --
>>> 
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>>> Director
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>>> On 22/07/2009, at 1:56 PM, Mike Murray wrote:
>>> 
 
 Hi muggers
 
 All you iPhone-savvy people can switch off here, but for those who
 are still thinking about getting an iPhone, here's some feedback
 on my experience...
 
 I'm new to smartphones, and I got my unlocked 32Gb 3GS iphone from
 Apple online store on July 11, opened it up, put in the SIM card
 from my 6310 Nokia, synced it through iTunes and away it went. The
 phone battery was even charged, which I didn't expect.
 
 Played around over the next few days, downloaded some apps, made
 some calls, tried out the GPS, looked at websites, etc. Most of
 that was through the Wifi network at home, but some through the
 Telstra network and other Wifi networks that the phone found
 readily. The overall experience was superb, highly recommended.
 
 Went away for the weekend with a bunch of friends to Banksia
 Springs near Dwellingup which is a mobile dead zone, and showed it
 off...I think I've sold three more now. Went for a walk in the
 bush and came within a weak signal range so used the GPS (which is
 excellent, although

Re: iPhone 3GS - experiment continues, at a cost!

[Dark1]

While we're on the subject of data usage perhaps some of you might  
like to consider using skype or fring for your phone calls as it might  
work out alot cheaper using VOIP.  Apparently it uses only a very  
small amount of data.


Ruben

Hi Mike,

As Susan has mentioned, the iPhone uses a priority system:

wifi > 3G > GPRS (or Edge for Telstra)

If you have wifi and 3G turned on, it will try to connect to wifi  
first. Failing that, it will default to the 3G network. If that's  
turned off, it will just use GPRS.


One thing to remember is that when you have your iPhone in sleep mode,  
it will turn the wifi radio off to preserve battery life, so if you  
have anything set to connect to the net automatically, such as mail  
set to push or fetch, it will do so using cellular data even with wifi  
turned on.


If you don't want this to happen, just remember to set mail to manual,  
push notifications off, etc. Basically, anything that would connect  
automatically.


Unless it's charging at the time, in which case the wifi remains active.
---
Also Mike, you can see if you are connected to wifi or 3G by what is  
showing on the top left of your iPhone screen.

If you see a 3G you are connected to 3G.

If you see this symbol then you are on wifi


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Hi Mike, I just added a $10.00 200mb data plan to my $30.00 per  
month mobile plan with Telstra - I didn't want to switch to another  
service.


The iphone goes for wifi whenever it possibly can - its the first  
choice. So, if you are at home and it is choosing the 3g network  
first, that does seem odd.


Resetting the APN each time you go out would be a pain!

cheers, Susan.

On 22/07/2009, at 3:03 PM, Craig Bruce wrote:



Same happened with my other half to be honest, I got her an  
unlocked iphone and she put her voda sim in which i didnt know did  
not have a data plan (i've had a data plan for years.. didnt even  
know they came without them!) and she got charged somewhere in the  
order of $180 for mobile data usage over a few weeks.. She's on a  
$10 data plan now i believe :)

--

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Director

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On 22/07/2009, at 1:56 PM, Mike Murray wrote:



Hi muggers

All you iPhone-savvy people can switch off here, but for those who  
are still thinking about getting an iPhone, here's some feedback  
on my experience...


I'm new to smartphones, and I got my unlocked 32Gb 3GS iphone from  
Apple online store on July 11, opened it up, put in the SIM card  
from my 6310 Nokia, synced it through iTunes and away it went. The  
phone battery was even charged, which I didn't expect.


Played around over the next few days, downloaded some apps, made  
some calls, tried out the GPS, looked at websites, etc. Most of  
that was through the Wifi network at home, but some through the  
Telstra network and other Wifi networks that the phone found  
readily. The overall experience was superb, highly recommended.


Went away for the weekend with a bunch of friends to Banksia  
Springs near Dwellingup which is a mobile dead zone, and showed it  
off...I think I've sold three more now. Went for a walk in the  
bush and came within a weak signal range so used the GPS (which is  
excellent, although slow downloading).


Yesterday I got curious (and a little nervous) about the costs I  
was incurring so I went to the Telstra website, worked out how to  
access my account, found the page called 'my data' which has a  
neat little table showing every time the phone had accessed data.  
The table listed one line item where I'd spent $23.32 and about a  
dozen others between 50 cents and 2 dollars. Total, about $30. I  
thought, a well I can live with that. Then I noticed it was page  
1, with a next button beside it. In fact there were 4 pages,  
totalling $116!!!


I searched the website and finally found that the mobile plan I  
was on ($30 a month) did not have a data compone

Re: iPhone 3GS - experiment continues, at a cost!

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Mike,

As Susan has mentioned, the iPhone uses a priority system:

wifi > 3G > GPRS (or Edge for Telstra)

If you have wifi and 3G turned on, it will try to connect to wifi  
first. Failing that, it will default to the 3G network. If that's  
turned off, it will just use GPRS.


One thing to remember is that when you have your iPhone in sleep mode,  
it will turn the wifi radio off to preserve battery life, so if you  
have anything set to connect to the net automatically, such as mail  
set to push or fetch, it will do so using cellular data even with wifi  
turned on.


If you don't want this to happen, just remember to set mail to manual,  
push notifications off, etc. Basically, anything that would connect  
automatically.


Unless it's charging at the time, in which case the wifi remains active.
---
Also Mike, you can see if you are connected to wifi or 3G by what is  
showing on the top left of your iPhone screen.

If you see a 3G you are connected to 3G.

If you see this symbol then you are on wifi


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On 22/07/2009, at 4:03 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:



Hi Mike, I just added a $10.00 200mb data plan to my $30.00 per  
month mobile plan with Telstra - I didn't want to switch to another  
service.


The iphone goes for wifi whenever it possibly can - its the first  
choice. So, if you are at home and it is choosing the 3g network  
first, that does seem odd.


Resetting the APN each time you go out would be a pain!

cheers, Susan.

On 22/07/2009, at 3:03 PM, Craig Bruce wrote:



Same happened with my other half to be honest, I got her an  
unlocked iphone and she put her voda sim in which i didnt know did  
not have a data plan (i've had a data plan for years.. didnt even  
know they came without them!) and she got charged somewhere in the  
order of $180 for mobile data usage over a few weeks.. She's on a  
$10 data plan now i believe :)

--

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On 22/07/2009, at 1:56 PM, Mike Murray wrote:



Hi muggers

All you iPhone-savvy people can switch off here, but for those who  
are still thinking about getting an iPhone, here's some feedback  
on my experience...


I'm new to smartphones, and I got my unlocked 32Gb 3GS iphone from  
Apple online store on July 11, opened it up, put in the SIM card  
from my 6310 Nokia, synced it through iTunes and away it went. The  
phone battery was even charged, which I didn't expect.


Played around over the next few days, downloaded some apps, made  
some calls, tried out the GPS, looked at websites, etc. Most of  
that was through the Wifi network at home, but some through the  
Telstra network and other Wifi networks that the phone found  
readily. The overall experience was superb, highly recommended.


Went away for the weekend with a bunch of friends to Banksia  
Springs near Dwellingup which is a mobile dead zone, and showed it  
off...I think I've sold three more now. Went for a walk in the  
bush and came within a weak signal range so used the GPS (which is  
excellent, although slow downloading).


Yesterday I got curious (and a little nervous) about the costs I  
was incurring so I went to the Telstra website, worked out how to  
access my account, found the page called 'my data' which has a  
neat little table showing every time the phone had accessed data.  
The table listed one line item where I'd spent $23.32 and about a  
dozen others between 50 cents and 2 dollars. Total, about $30. I  
thought, a well I can live with that. Then I noticed it was page  
1, with a next button beside it. In fact there were 4 pages,  
totalling $116!!!


I searched the website and finally found that the mobile plan I  
was on ($30 a month) did not have a data component so I was being  
charged the GSM casual rate, which is 22c flagfall plus 2.2c/Kb.  
That's $22 a Mb!!! The phone says I've dowloaded 6.2Mb and  
uploaded 550Kb, so there's a rough correlation.


So today I raced into Booragoon and bough

Re: iPhone 3GS - experiment continues, at a cost!

[Susan Hastings]

I've just checked my data usage. Using email and light web browsing,  
checking weather and news, I've used 10% of my data plan in just over  
one week. That's using the iphone on 3g data as much as I want to. It  
does seem that the 200mb of data is going to more than cover my needs.


On 22/07/2009, at 3:03 PM, Craig Bruce wrote:



Same happened with my other half to be honest, I got her an unlocked  
iphone and she put her voda sim in which i didnt know did not have a  
data plan (i've had a data plan for years.. didnt even know they  
came without them!) and she got charged somewhere in the order of  
$180 for mobile data usage over a few weeks.. She's on a $10 data  
plan now i believe :)

--

Craig Bruce
Director

M  0403 040 088
P  08 9367 4691
F  08 9367 4692
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On 22/07/2009, at 1:56 PM, Mike Murray wrote:



Hi muggers

All you iPhone-savvy people can switch off here, but for those who  
are still thinking about getting an iPhone, here's some feedback on  
my experience...


I'm new to smartphones, and I got my unlocked 32Gb 3GS iphone from  
Apple online store on July 11, opened it up, put in the SIM card  
from my 6310 Nokia, synced it through iTunes and away it went. The  
phone battery was even charged, which I didn't expect.


Played around over the next few days, downloaded some apps, made  
some calls, tried out the GPS, looked at websites, etc. Most of  
that was through the Wifi network at home, but some through the  
Telstra network and other Wifi networks that the phone found  
readily. The overall experience was superb, highly recommended.


Went away for the weekend with a bunch of friends to Banksia  
Springs near Dwellingup which is a mobile dead zone, and showed it  
off...I think I've sold three more now. Went for a walk in the bush  
and came within a weak signal range so used the GPS (which is  
excellent, although slow downloading).


Yesterday I got curious (and a little nervous) about the costs I  
was incurring so I went to the Telstra website, worked out how to  
access my account, found the page called 'my data' which has a neat  
little table showing every time the phone had accessed data. The  
table listed one line item where I'd spent $23.32 and about a dozen  
others between 50 cents and 2 dollars. Total, about $30. I thought,  
a well I can live with that. Then I noticed it was page 1, with a  
next button beside it. In fact there were 4 pages, totalling $116!!!


I searched the website and finally found that the mobile plan I was  
on ($30 a month) did not have a data component so I was being  
charged the GSM casual rate, which is 22c flagfall plus 2.2c/Kb.  
That's $22 a Mb!!! The phone says I've dowloaded 6.2Mb and uploaded  
550Kb, so there's a rough correlation.


So today I raced into Booragoon and bought a vodaphone SIM with a  
200Mb data package on a 6 month contract for $30/month, ported the  
number across and hopefully have stopped the bleeding. It works  
fine so far, so I'll see what the experience is like over the next  
little while


A key issue here is the number of times when the phone accessed the  
Telstra network while I was at home close to, but obviously just  
out of Wifi range. Is there a way to safeguard against  
inadvertently accessing the phone network if you don't want to?


And the moral of the story? Keep an eye on your useage, know what  
you're being charged and I can now understand those horrifying  
stories of people racking up hundreds of dollars without realising  
it. At $22/Mb it's not hard to do!


Cheers
Mike



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[Susan Hastings]

Hi Mike, I just added a $10.00 200mb data plan to my $30.00 per month  
mobile plan with Telstra - I didn't want to switch to another service.


The iphone goes for wifi whenever it possibly can - its the first  
choice. So, if you are at home and it is choosing the 3g network  
first, that does seem odd.


Resetting the APN each time you go out would be a pain!

cheers, Susan.

On 22/07/2009, at 3:03 PM, Craig Bruce wrote:



Same happened with my other half to be honest, I got her an unlocked  
iphone and she put her voda sim in which i didnt know did not have a  
data plan (i've had a data plan for years.. didnt even know they  
came without them!) and she got charged somewhere in the order of  
$180 for mobile data usage over a few weeks.. She's on a $10 data  
plan now i believe :)

--

Craig Bruce
Director

M  0403 040 088
P  08 9367 4691
F  08 9367 4692
E  craig.br...@maxstyle.com.au
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On 22/07/2009, at 1:56 PM, Mike Murray wrote:



Hi muggers

All you iPhone-savvy people can switch off here, but for those who  
are still thinking about getting an iPhone, here's some feedback on  
my experience...


I'm new to smartphones, and I got my unlocked 32Gb 3GS iphone from  
Apple online store on July 11, opened it up, put in the SIM card  
from my 6310 Nokia, synced it through iTunes and away it went. The  
phone battery was even charged, which I didn't expect.


Played around over the next few days, downloaded some apps, made  
some calls, tried out the GPS, looked at websites, etc. Most of  
that was through the Wifi network at home, but some through the  
Telstra network and other Wifi networks that the phone found  
readily. The overall experience was superb, highly recommended.


Went away for the weekend with a bunch of friends to Banksia  
Springs near Dwellingup which is a mobile dead zone, and showed it  
off...I think I've sold three more now. Went for a walk in the bush  
and came within a weak signal range so used the GPS (which is  
excellent, although slow downloading).


Yesterday I got curious (and a little nervous) about the costs I  
was incurring so I went to the Telstra website, worked out how to  
access my account, found the page called 'my data' which has a neat  
little table showing every time the phone had accessed data. The  
table listed one line item where I'd spent $23.32 and about a dozen  
others between 50 cents and 2 dollars. Total, about $30. I thought,  
a well I can live with that. Then I noticed it was page 1, with a  
next button beside it. In fact there were 4 pages, totalling $116!!!


I searched the website and finally found that the mobile plan I was  
on ($30 a month) did not have a data component so I was being  
charged the GSM casual rate, which is 22c flagfall plus 2.2c/Kb.  
That's $22 a Mb!!! The phone says I've dowloaded 6.2Mb and uploaded  
550Kb, so there's a rough correlation.


So today I raced into Booragoon and bought a vodaphone SIM with a  
200Mb data package on a 6 month contract for $30/month, ported the  
number across and hopefully have stopped the bleeding. It works  
fine so far, so I'll see what the experience is like over the next  
little while


A key issue here is the number of times when the phone accessed the  
Telstra network while I was at home close to, but obviously just  
out of Wifi range. Is there a way to safeguard against  
inadvertently accessing the phone network if you don't want to?


And the moral of the story? Keep an eye on your useage, know what  
you're being charged and I can now understand those horrifying  
stories of people racking up hundreds of dollars without realising  
it. At $22/Mb it's not hard to do!


Cheers
Mike



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TimeTrackers
East Fremantle
Western Australia

Tel 08 9339 8078
Fax 08 9339 0519

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[Craig Bruce]

Same happened with my other half to be honest, I got her an unlocked  
iphone and she put her voda sim in which i didnt know did not have a  
data plan (i've had a data plan for years.. didnt even know they came  
without them!) and she got charged somewhere in the order of $180 for  
mobile data usage over a few weeks.. She's on a $10 data plan now i  
believe :)

--

Craig Bruce
Director

M  0403 040 088
P  08 9367 4691
F  08 9367 4692
E  craig.br...@maxstyle.com.au
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On 22/07/2009, at 1:56 PM, Mike Murray wrote:



Hi muggers

All you iPhone-savvy people can switch off here, but for those who  
are still thinking about getting an iPhone, here's some feedback on  
my experience...


I'm new to smartphones, and I got my unlocked 32Gb 3GS iphone from  
Apple online store on July 11, opened it up, put in the SIM card  
from my 6310 Nokia, synced it through iTunes and away it went. The  
phone battery was even charged, which I didn't expect.


Played around over the next few days, downloaded some apps, made  
some calls, tried out the GPS, looked at websites, etc. Most of that  
was through the Wifi network at home, but some through the Telstra  
network and other Wifi networks that the phone found readily. The  
overall experience was superb, highly recommended.


Went away for the weekend with a bunch of friends to Banksia Springs  
near Dwellingup which is a mobile dead zone, and showed it off...I  
think I've sold three more now. Went for a walk in the bush and came  
within a weak signal range so used the GPS (which is excellent,  
although slow downloading).


Yesterday I got curious (and a little nervous) about the costs I was  
incurring so I went to the Telstra website, worked out how to access  
my account, found the page called 'my data' which has a neat little  
table showing every time the phone had accessed data. The table  
listed one line item where I'd spent $23.32 and about a dozen others  
between 50 cents and 2 dollars. Total, about $30. I thought, a well  
I can live with that. Then I noticed it was page 1, with a next  
button beside it. In fact there were 4 pages, totalling $116!!!


I searched the website and finally found that the mobile plan I was  
on ($30 a month) did not have a data component so I was being  
charged the GSM casual rate, which is 22c flagfall plus 2.2c/Kb.  
That's $22 a Mb!!! The phone says I've dowloaded 6.2Mb and uploaded  
550Kb, so there's a rough correlation.


So today I raced into Booragoon and bought a vodaphone SIM with a  
200Mb data package on a 6 month contract for $30/month, ported the  
number across and hopefully have stopped the bleeding. It works fine  
so far, so I'll see what the experience is like over the next little  
while


A key issue here is the number of times when the phone accessed the  
Telstra network while I was at home close to, but obviously just out  
of Wifi range. Is there a way to safeguard against inadvertently  
accessing the phone network if you don't want to?


And the moral of the story? Keep an eye on your useage, know what  
you're being charged and I can now understand those horrifying  
stories of people racking up hundreds of dollars without realising  
it. At $22/Mb it's not hard to do!


Cheers
Mike



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[Gordon Campbell]

If you go to http://www.unlockit.co.nz/unlockit/ on your iPhone you
can customise some of your settings, including the APN that is used to
access the data network. You can just enter garbage into the APN field
and get the settings. Then your iPhone will be set to a data access
point that doesn't exist, effectively breaking your ability to get
data over the mobile network. This would make sure you didn't access
data accidentally.

Gordon


2009/7/22 Mike Murray :
>
> Hi muggers
>
> All you iPhone-savvy people can switch off here, but for those who are still
> thinking about getting an iPhone, here's some feedback on my experience...
>
> I'm new to smartphones, and I got my unlocked 32Gb 3GS iphone from Apple
> online store on July 11, opened it up, put in the SIM card from my 6310
> Nokia, synced it through iTunes and away it went. The phone battery was even
> charged, which I didn't expect.
>
> Played around over the next few days, downloaded some apps, made some calls,
> tried out the GPS, looked at websites, etc. Most of that was through the
> Wifi network at home, but some through the Telstra network and other Wifi
> networks that the phone found readily. The overall experience was superb,
> highly recommended.
>
> Went away for the weekend with a bunch of friends to Banksia Springs near
> Dwellingup which is a mobile dead zone, and showed it off...I think I've
> sold three more now. Went for a walk in the bush and came within a weak
> signal range so used the GPS (which is excellent, although slow
> downloading).
>
> Yesterday I got curious (and a little nervous) about the costs I was
> incurring so I went to the Telstra website, worked out how to access my
> account, found the page called 'my data' which has a neat little table
> showing every time the phone had accessed data. The table listed one line
> item where I'd spent $23.32 and about a dozen others between 50 cents and 2
> dollars. Total, about $30. I thought, a well I can live with that. Then I
> noticed it was page 1, with a next button beside it. In fact there were 4
> pages, totalling $116!!!
>
> I searched the website and finally found that the mobile plan I was on ($30
> a month) did not have a data component so I was being charged the GSM casual
> rate, which is 22c flagfall plus 2.2c/Kb. That's $22 a Mb!!! The phone says
> I've dowloaded 6.2Mb and uploaded 550Kb, so there's a rough correlation.
>
> So today I raced into Booragoon and bought a vodaphone SIM with a 200Mb data
> package on a 6 month contract for $30/month, ported the number across and
> hopefully have stopped the bleeding. It works fine so far, so I'll see what
> the experience is like over the next little while
>
> A key issue here is the number of times when the phone accessed the Telstra
> network while I was at home close to, but obviously just out of Wifi range.
> Is there a way to safeguard against inadvertently accessing the phone
> network if you don't want to?
>
> And the moral of the story? Keep an eye on your useage, know what you're
> being charged and I can now understand those horrifying stories of people
> racking up hundreds of dollars without realising it. At $22/Mb it's not hard
> to do!
>
> Cheers
> Mike
>
>
>
> Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester
> TimeTrackers
> East Fremantle
> Western Australia
>
> Tel 08 9339 8078
> Fax 08 9339 0519
>
> British and Australian genealogical and historical research,
> education, publishing and film-making
>
> www.timetrackers.com.au
>
>
>
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