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From: SteveH on 22 Mar 2010 06:32 Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: > > Buy a PAYG SIM when you get there and ensure data is enabled on it. > > > > That's what I do these days - saves messing about looking for hot spots. > > Wouldn't she have to unlock her iphone for that to be an option? Yes, but that's a trivial thing these days, isn't it? -- SteveH
From: Geoff Berrow on 22 Mar 2010 06:44 On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:32:34 +0000, italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH) wrote: > >> > Buy a PAYG SIM when you get there and ensure data is enabled on it. >> > >> > That's what I do these days - saves messing about looking for hot spots. >> >> Wouldn't she have to unlock her iphone for that to be an option? > >Yes, but that's a trivial thing these days, isn't it? Surprisingly so http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/unlockmyiphone.html -- Geoff Berrow (Put thecat out to email) It's only Usenet, no one dies. My opinions, not the committee's, mine. Simple RFDs www.4theweb.co.uk/rfdmaker
From: Woody on 22 Mar 2010 07:01 Geoff Berrow <blthecat(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:32:34 +0000, italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH) > wrote: > > > > >> > Buy a PAYG SIM when you get there and ensure data is enabled on it. > >> > > >> > That's what I do these days - saves messing about looking for hot spots. > >> > >> Wouldn't she have to unlock her iphone for that to be an option? > > > >Yes, but that's a trivial thing these days, isn't it? > > Surprisingly so http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/unlockmyiphone.html Ooh - I missed that bit! That is handy. I wish I had known that before I went to the states. -- Woody
From: J. J. Lodder on 22 Mar 2010 07:55 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-03-22, J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > >> > > >> > There were boxes with rotary dials on them > >> > that you put (lots) of coins in. > >> > > >> > Remember? > >> > >> Yes, but that relied on knowing where someone was. The mobile changed the > >> game because people stopped phoning locations and started phoning people. > > > > Not quite. You could phone the answering machine, > > and the others could listen to that from another phone. > > > > Almost as good as having a butler, > > Good point, I'd forgotten about answering machines. I've never really got > the hang of the whole dial-in-and-listen-to-your-messages bit. You needed a bleeper to generate the DTFM tones. Pulse dialing (or singing) didn't work, Jan
From: Jim on 22 Mar 2010 08:01
On 2010-03-22, J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: >> >> Good point, I'd forgotten about answering machines. I've never really got >> the hang of the whole dial-in-and-listen-to-your-messages bit. > > You needed a bleeper to generate the DTFM tones. > Pulse dialing (or singing) didn't work, Uhuh. I've personally never really had a need for it. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash. |