I don't think an iPhone costs $100 a month, and it definitely doesn't cost $100 a month more than other cell phones. I'm on a family plan, so I can't toss numbers off the top of my head, but I'd suggest checking different plan options with your carrier.
On 03/06/12 05:30, Arnold Schmidt wrote: > I am even newer than you, in that my subscription was approved only > hours ago. Also, I do not have an IPhone yet. The idea of getting one > greatly appeals to me, but if I do not, it will be for the same reason > that I have not gotten one so far, I am too cheap to want to pay that > hundred dollars a month after month, after month after month to the > phone carrier. However, I know I would love my IPhone and would > probably not mind that charge too much, considering the benefits to me. > > One thing that has me excited again about getting one is the book, > published by National Braille Press. Getting Started with the iPhone and > iOs5 for Blind Users, by > Anna Dresner with Dean Martineau. I have purchased this book, and am > reading through it. I do recommend this book for new users. According > to it, one can set up their IPhone independently, so long as they have > ITunes on their computer, with One caveat. There are some things one > has to enter onto their phone itself, so one will have to type on it > very early in the game, as it were. As long as one feels confident to > do this typing, it can be set up independently. > > The link to the aforementioned book is > http://www.nap.org/ic/nap/IPHONE-IOS5.html > It is $22, and can be had in hardcopy braille, as a brf file, or as a > daisy audio file, read by a pretty good synthesizer, I do not know which > one. > > Arnold Schmidt > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebecca Ilniski" <rilni...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 3:31 AM > Subject: new to the group and some questions > > >> Hi all. I'm new to the group and have some questions. I'm going to >> be upgrading on 5/5/12. I have some questions and will post them here. >> 1. I have decided to get the iphone 4s and will be ordering that on >> Tuesday. First question did you get your i phone online or at the >> apple store? I can go to verizon and get it but wonder if they will >> be more helpful at apple and can they help with things like porting >> your number over from the old phone to the new? Did you order yours >> online or go to the store? if you ordered it directly from your cell >> provider can you set it up independently or did you have to go to the >> store to get help? >> 2. Do you use a bluetooth keyboard with yours or just the i phone? >> 3. What podcasts are out there for the iphone 4s? Is there a good >> resource for learning the gestures and using the flat screen? >> 4. How many gigs would you recommend? I don't plan to watch a lot of >> movies, download videos and mainly want to use my phone for calls, >> facebooking, and twitters? Maybe here or there a video but I don't >> plan to go overboard. I have wifi here at home and plan to use that. >> When I'm away is it easy to use your data plan if there aren't any >> wifi connections available especially if i"m on a bus or something? >> Thanks for answering all of my questions. I'm sure I will have more >> as I go along. >> >> >> -- >> Rebecca and Zeb >> email: rilni...@gmail.com >> facebook: facebook.com/rebeccai5 >> Zeb's facebook: facebook.com/zeb.ilniski >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
