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Results for posts tagged "plans" on Gizmodo Australia.
According to a pretty legitimate-looking email thread from one of our readers, Steve Jobs may have responded to complaints that, since the pulling of NetShare from the App Store, iPhone-to-laptop tethering is impossible without jailbreaking one's phone. From our reader to Steve:
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Posted by Nick Broughall at 9:36 AM on August 5, 2008
Posted by Nick Broughall at 9:06 AM on August 1, 2008
Despite the fact that they launched a petition to Apple to get the iPhone for their customers, 3 still can't sell you an iPhone. But thanks to Optus letting you unlock their pre-paid iPhones, we know that you can get an iPhone working on 3's network anyway, no hacking required.
So, in what can only be considered a brilliant move (under the circumstances) they've launched plans specifically for the iPhone - where you supply the iPhone.
What's more, they'll actually pay you for your iPhone. That's right! 3 will actually offset some of the cost of buying a pre-paid Optus iPhone outright and unlocking it so you can use it on 3.
So, you can spend $809 (8GB) or $949 (16GB) to get an unlocked iPhone, and when you take it to 3, they'll give you $300. The catch, of course, is that you need to sign up to a 24 month contract.
Posted by Nick Broughall at 8:20 AM on August 1, 2008
Late yesterday afternoon, Telstra tried to crash the mobile data plan cocktail party. The only problem is that instead of bringing a bottle of liqueur like Baileys or Kahlua, they brought a couple of cans of VB, a bottle of Passion Pop, and a cask of Tropicana. Then, instead of sharing their booze, they sat in the corner and got drunk by themselves.
If you believe the press release, the new Telstra data plans for the iPhone are possible thanks to the superior NextG network capacity. Yet for all that fantastic capacity, all they could manage to increase two of their mobile add-on data packs: The $10 pack goes from 20MB to 150MB, while the $29 pack goes from 80MB to 300MB. They also reduced the excess usage rates (although to what wasn't actually mentioned in the press release.) UPDATE: Gus at Lifehacker managed to discover the excess data rates from Telstra:
Excess data now costs 50 cents per MB on the $10 plan, or 25 cents per MB on the $29 plan (it was previously $1 on both plans).
The iPhone 3G's data plan for the deaf will be US$10 higher than the original, just like it is for everyone else. It comes with unlimited texting, email and web browsing for US$50 a month, or US$65 for the... Read More »
Posted by Nick Broughall at 5:42 PM on July 29, 2008
Yesterday ZDnet broke the story that Virgin would be launching the iPhone 3G within two weeks, but without any official confirmation, it was stuck into the "rumour" basket.
Today, Giz can happily confirm that Virgin will be launching the iPhone, hopefully as soon as Friday this week (although that's not confirmed yet). So if you're planning on getting yourself an iPhone in the next few days, you probably want to wait, especially if you're a data fiend.
And if, like me, you just bought an iPhone, what you read below the fold is probably going to hurt a little bit...
Posted by Nick Broughall at 2:14 PM on July 21, 2008
When Steve announced the iPhone 3G on stage at WWDC, one of the more interesting tidbits was the mention of a locked-in maximum price of US$199/US$299 in every launch country. But if you listened closely, you would have heard the key qualifier: "almost every country." Some deviation from the U.S. price is unavoidable, which is why Steve hedged his statement, but users in three countries in particular--Canada, Belgium, and Spain--are getting taken out back and walloped, each in their own special way.
Although you can pull out a pen and paper and do the math yourself, BillShrink is an easy web-based way to calculate how much that iPhone 3G family plan is going to cost you over two years. Just move the sliders around, choose how many lines you want and pick the amount of text messages you use and out pops a summary of which plans are right for you and how much they all cost. We've got a little comparison chart of the 3G vs. similar plans on other carriers as well. [BillShrink]
