Comments on: iLove My iPhone http://manzine.org/2009/09/01/ilove-my-iphone/ Lifestyle magazine for men by men. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:14:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Steven Taylor http://manzine.org/2009/09/01/ilove-my-iphone/#comment-338 Steven Taylor Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:02:22 +0000 http://manzine.org/?p=1358#comment-338 I so infrequently travel abroad that it wasn't much of a consideration. I was pleased to me be able to access the AT&T network from Peru a few years back, and the calls (while expensive) were cheaper than international land-lines back in the day. I have a trip planned next year and do need to look in to avoided the billing problems you note. I am somewhat at a loss as to why using a cell overseas should cost cell providers more than domestic usage, to be honest. I so infrequently travel abroad that it wasn’t much of a consideration. I was pleased to me be able to access the AT&T network from Peru a few years back, and the calls (while expensive) were cheaper than international land-lines back in the day. I have a trip planned next year and do need to look in to avoided the billing problems you note.

I am somewhat at a loss as to why using a cell overseas should cost cell providers more than domestic usage, to be honest.

]]> By: John Burgess http://manzine.org/2009/09/01/ilove-my-iphone/#comment-335 John Burgess Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:34:23 +0000 http://manzine.org/?p=1358#comment-335 I'm a recent adopter, too. I'm about to take my iPhone overseas for the first time and, having read all the horror stories, am ready to take major precautions to avoid kilo-dollar phone bills. These measures certainly limit ('cripple' is too strong a word) the iPhone's utility, but they appear to be bearable. I'm bemused, however, that the rest of the Anglophone world seems to have the same issues with crippling bills for incautious/ignorant use. Perhaps there will come a time when the various phone companies providing iPhone service can get their acts together and work out a reasonable arrangement for data roaming. At present, with a heavily grafficked webpage costing $20 to view, there's much to be done. But do check out MLB.com's iPhone package... it looks phenomenal, even as the season draws to a close. I’m a recent adopter, too. I’m about to take my iPhone overseas for the first time and, having read all the horror stories, am ready to take major precautions to avoid kilo-dollar phone bills.

These measures certainly limit (’cripple’ is too strong a word) the iPhone’s utility, but they appear to be bearable.

I’m bemused, however, that the rest of the Anglophone world seems to have the same issues with crippling bills for incautious/ignorant use. Perhaps there will come a time when the various phone companies providing iPhone service can get their acts together and work out a reasonable arrangement for data roaming. At present, with a heavily grafficked webpage costing $20 to view, there’s much to be done.

But do check out MLB.com’s iPhone package… it looks phenomenal, even as the season draws to a close.

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