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" <da...@iinet.net.au> 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.
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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 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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