iPhone 3G & Corporate Discount
07-18-2008, 04:57 PM
#61
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AFW,
If you look hard enough you usually can find free wireless somewhere. Some bars/restaurants have it and will give you the password if ask. It is becoming more common.... It isn't a hassle with the iphone, it will look for wifi and will let you know if it is password protected. Like I said, it is just a convenience. I use skype with my laptop for most calls, it is just nice to have a portable version sometimes....
If you look hard enough you usually can find free wireless somewhere. Some bars/restaurants have it and will give you the password if ask. It is becoming more common.... It isn't a hassle with the iphone, it will look for wifi and will let you know if it is password protected. Like I said, it is just a convenience. I use skype with my laptop for most calls, it is just nice to have a portable version sometimes....
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07-18-2008, 05:16 PM
#62
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will it work without "paying"
with the new iphone (or the original with the new software update) is it possible now to have your iphone on overseas and NOT rack up roaming charges? (i know it was an eye opener for some initially)
i.e. i like to have my international phone on, but when a call comes in, i just hit ignore and skype them. costs me no money whatsoever, and i am in touch with the wife just in case of emergency.
so......, does the new iphone software allow this?
i.e. i like to have my international phone on, but when a call comes in, i just hit ignore and skype them. costs me no money whatsoever, and i am in touch with the wife just in case of emergency.
so......, does the new iphone software allow this?
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07-18-2008, 05:33 PM
#64
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For the FDXers...since the Company buys our HSIA at the layover hotels, do any of you (who are Mac users) use the video iChat to call home when you're overseas? Just wondering if that's a reasonable substitute for an actual phone call.
I use it frequently to chat with my kid when I'm on the road, but I'm just a domestic kind of guy. No experience using it when across either pond.
MG2
I use it frequently to chat with my kid when I'm on the road, but I'm just a domestic kind of guy. No experience using it when across either pond.
MG2
07-18-2008, 05:36 PM
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with the new iphone (or the original with the new software update) is it possible now to have your iphone on overseas and NOT rack up roaming charges? (i know it was an eye opener for some initially)
i.e. i like to have my international phone on, but when a call comes in, i just hit ignore and skype them. costs me no money whatsoever, and i am tough with the wife just in case of emergency.
so......, does the new iphone software allow this?
i.e. i like to have my international phone on, but when a call comes in, i just hit ignore and skype them. costs me no money whatsoever, and i am tough with the wife just in case of emergency.
so......, does the new iphone software allow this?
Supposedly Truphone allows you to receive a call on a network and then switch the call to a wifi network in mid conversation, thus saving big bucks on international network roaming. If/when the full version of Skype hits the iPhone they will surely include this nifty feature too.
07-18-2008, 05:42 PM
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iChat Video Conferencing
For the FDXers...since the Company buys our HSIA at the layover hotels, do any of you (who are Mac users) use the video iChat to call home when you're overseas? Just wondering if that's a reasonable substitute for an actual phone call.
I use it frequently to chat with my kid when I'm on the road, but I'm just a domestic kind of guy. No experience using it when across either pond.
MG2
I use it frequently to chat with my kid when I'm on the road, but I'm just a domestic kind of guy. No experience using it when across either pond.
MG2
07-18-2008, 07:06 PM
#67
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with the new iphone (or the original with the new software update) is it possible now to have your iphone on overseas and NOT rack up roaming charges? (i know it was an eye opener for some initially)
i.e. i like to have my international phone on, but when a call comes in, i just hit ignore and skype them. costs me no money whatsoever, and i am in touch with the wife just in case of emergency.
so......, does the new iphone software allow this?
i.e. i like to have my international phone on, but when a call comes in, i just hit ignore and skype them. costs me no money whatsoever, and i am in touch with the wife just in case of emergency.
so......, does the new iphone software allow this?
07-18-2008, 07:19 PM
#68
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I was able to sit at the bar in Traben Traben(Hahn) and surf the net over the hotel's WIFI at no cost to me. This was done with the old IPhone. I did the same thing when someone called me there, I would see who it was with caller ID and then skype them from my computer. I am very intersted to try Skype with my new IPhone.
07-19-2008, 03:12 AM
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The hotel has pils and both hefe and dunkle weizen. the best part is that it is 2 to 3 euros for a beer. One of the best beer deals in Europe. Nice quiet layover. The rooms in the main building are a little noisey and get warm in the mornings. The out buildings are the way to go.
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