Showing posts with label T-Mobile. Show all posts
Showing posts with label T-Mobile. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Data plan "unlimited internet for phones" dead on iPhone

Yesterday I lost my data plan from T-Mobile.
I read about people successfully using iPhone with $10 "unlimited internet for phones" which used to be t-zones. So I finally decided to try to enable data plan "unlimited internet for phones" and O! miracle, it worked with iPhone. While I wasn't sure about benefits of having EDGE slooooooow internet on the phone but it worked OK for emails, checking weather while waiting for green light on stoplight, I even checked couple web pages while waiting. I was trying to justify the cost of $10 a month because I have internet at work, I have wifi at home and my in-laws friendly neighborhood, so there it was - it's just 30 cents per day for ability to go online anywhere... But I kept thinking how long it will take for T-Mobile to figure out iPhone users and close this hole. So it happened; yesterday I wasn't able to access web to check e-mail, wheather. First I decided that it was outage due wheather (we had storm in area), but then I tried to open Safari and got message:

It was very good enough reason to login to my account and cancel data plan.
So T-Mobile lost $120 a year extra I would pay them for service I barely used.

you can see the message offering to buy $60 webConnect data plan here:
http://wipcore.t-mobile.com/webconnect.html

Thursday, April 2, 2009

How to clear personal data on BlackBerry Curve 8900

So as I prepare my Blackberry Curve 8900 for eBay I needed clear up from personal data. Here is way to do it; I found it at http://kb.iu.edu/data/alvl.html

How do I clear all personal data from my BlackBerry?

If you need to remove all personal data (e.g., messages, address book entries, notes) from your BlackBerry device, you should first create a backup of your data. For instructions, see With a BlackBerry, how do I back up and restore data? Then follow the appropriate instructions below:

Handheld method for software version 4.1 and newer

  1. From the Device Options menu, select Security Options.

  2. Click General Settings.

  3. Click the blackberry button, and then click Wipe Handheld.

  4. If you wish to erase all third party applications, click the check box.

  5. Click Continue, and then type blackberry .
Enjoy!