Traveling with an iPhone can be a real big mistake

[<rms () computerbytesman com>]

AT&T is cruising for a bruising 
http://theinquirer.net/?article=42235&rfp=dta

A HUMAN called Jay Levy says he has been stung by Apple's iPhone pact with
AT&T after he took an Iphone on a Mediterranean cruise. 

They didn't use their phones, but when they got back they had a 54-page
monthly bill of nearly $4,800 from AT&T Wireless. 

The problem was that their three Iphones were racking up a bill for data
charges using foreign phone charges. The Iphone regularly updates e-mail,
even while it's off, so that all the messages will be available when the
user turns it on. 

Levy is fuming, claiming that Apple and AT&T were acting like a bank which
has automatic access to your ATM machine and is siphoning money out during
all times of the day and night.

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Fun, sun and a $3,000 bill for hardly using an iPhone
http://tinyurl.com/2ltttx

When Neil Dingman recently went on a European vacation, he took his iPhone
with him with no intention of using it much. 

In fact, for the 14 days he was there, he used it only a handful of times
and had expected to see just a small increase in his next bill for roaming
charges. 

Instead, he was charged $852.31.

As it turned out, the cell phone carried by Dingman, a mortgage consultant
in Minneapolis, made calls on a European data network several times each
hour to check for e-mail messages. Because he didn't deactivate the feature
that automatically checks for new e-mail messages, during Dingman's trip
through Italy, Croatia and Malta, the phone went to retrieve e-mail more
than 500 times.

Other iPhone users have felt the sting of high roaming charges with their
iPhone, too. Some, like Dingman, are unaware that they need to disable the
e-mail feature; others are billed erroneously; still others misunderstand
the explanation of charges they are given by AT&T customer service
representatives. Many of them are complaining to the company or on blogs.

The iPhone is no different from any other phone, said Todd Smith, an AT&T
spokesman, with the exception of the BlackBerry, whose users can opt for a
flat monthly rate when traveling. Any AT&T customer planning to travel
outside the United States should contact AT&T to inquire about roaming
plans, he said.




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