Hi Steven
I really wish I could be of more help to you here, but unfortunately
my total knowledge of Dubai consists only of many hours spent in the
Emirates (very nice) lounge on my travels to the UK. I know someone
who travels to Dubai on business quite regularly and will ask him your
questions later today.
Regards
Jane
On 10/07/2008, at 1:46 PM, Steven wrote:
Hi Jane
Seizing on your mention of Dubai, I shall be relocating there on 18
July. Do
you know whether the iPhone will work with either of the two local
carriers
there? I've been hanging out for the iPhone to reach Australia, and
when it
does, I move somewhere else where the iPhone officially is not.
Also, do you happen to use a sat nav whilst in Dubai? I have a
TomTom but
TomTom doesn't have a map for UAE apparently.
Cheers, Steven
On 10/7/08 12:33 PM, "Jane Griffiths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Alastair
I didn't make myself very clear, sorry. What i meant was that i have
an unlocked phone in which i use a Telstra prepaid sim at home here,
then when I travel to the UK I use a prepaid UK sim card there.
I thought international roaming was allowed on Telstra prepaid? but I
might be getting mixed up with my husband's Optus prepaid which does
have international roaming.
I do know that when in Dubai I have to use an Optus prepaid sim to
enable me to send text messages to Oz as the Telstra prepaid is
"banned" from doing so by the Dubai telecoms. Quite an endless round
if sim card swopping goes on when I travel!
Just going off on a rant here, but another thing that annoys me about
prepaids is that I can't receive picture texts (are they MMS??) from
international numbers. This is one of many questions I have for the
iPhone carriers.
Regards
Jane
On 10/07/2008, at 12:03 PM, mince and pud wrote:
Hi Jane
iPhone aside, I was interested to hear you use your pre-paid telstra
sim abroad - I have the same but to roam abroad they make me go on
to a temporary contract, which I then have to undo when I get back.
How do you do it?
regards
Alastair
On 10 Jul 2008, at 04:20, Jane Griffiths wrote:
As much as I would like to, I won't be getting an iPhone tomorrow.
I feel I need more time to understand the intricacies of the
various carriers' plans.
I only have a pre-paid telstra sim in an unlocked phone (for use
overseas as well) at the moment and my mobile phone usage is very
low, so only the lowest cost plans would be of interest to me. I
notice that Optus offer an $80 unlocking of the iPhone on their
pre-
paid plan so that might be tempting.
I will be going along to somewhere selling the iPhone tomorrow just
to have a look at one, as I must be one of the few Apple fans that
has actually never seen the real thing!
Jane
On 10/07/2008, at 9:19 AM, Rod wrote:
Hi All!
Just for a bit of fun, it would be interesting to know if any
wamuggers are going to get an iPhone tomorrow? Or will you wait
and see when there are decent levels of stock available. I think
there will only be a handful of iPhones available here tomorrow,
with more in the next few weeks. Nothing like a bit of "sold so
fast" publicity to keep the hype going ;-)
Seeya
Rod!
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