Comments for 3g Technology http://www.3gtech.info Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:24:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on AT&T rolls out free AT&T WiFi HotSpot service for Starbucks gift card customers by JoAnn http://www.3gtech.info/att-rolls-out-free-att-wifi-hotspot-service-for-starbucks-gift-card-customers.html/comment-page-1#comment-829 JoAnn Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:24:41 +0000 http://www.3gtech.info/?p=5981#comment-829 I tried to use this today from my iTouch at the local Starbucks in Pleasantville, NY but couldn't figure it out. When I tried to connect to AT&T wifi (attwifi), it brought up the AT&T Wifi login site, not a Starbucks logoed site like the one I see on my laptop. I tried putting in my Starbucks id using the Other Networks options but it didn't seem to like it. So how is this supposed to work? Does it work with iTouch? I tried to use this today from my iTouch at the local Starbucks in Pleasantville, NY but couldn’t figure it out. When I tried to connect to AT&T wifi (attwifi), it brought up the AT&T Wifi login site, not a Starbucks logoed site like the one I see on my laptop.

I tried putting in my Starbucks id using the Other Networks options but it didn’t seem to like it.

So how is this supposed to work? Does it work with iTouch?

]]> Comment on Motorola ZN4 Krave Phone Reviews: Features, Specs and Price by jayatheertha http://www.3gtech.info/motorola-zn4-krave-phone-reviews-features-specs-and-price.html/comment-page-1#comment-722 jayatheertha Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:41:55 +0000 http://www.3gtech.info/?p=8433#comment-722 will this phone compatiable with bsnlsouth 3g network will this phone compatiable with bsnlsouth 3g network

]]> Comment on Phones can be unlocked by GeoSim by BDS http://www.3gtech.info/phones-can-be-unlocked-by-geosim.html/comment-page-1#comment-158 BDS Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:26:44 +0000 http://www.3gtech.info/?p=5539#comment-158 I did use one of these recently while in the USA. Despite asking lots of questions about charges and reading through all the data on the website, it would have been cheaper for me to use my UK phone for the following reasons: 1. You are charged for calls whether they connect or not 2. Your callers are charged for calls whether they connect to you or not 3. The phone did not work for 4 days out of the 7 I was there and after hours of camping outside an internet cafe waiting for tech support messages to come back to me, and 3 days later it was identified as ' a network problem with the US supplier' 4. The cost of calls to my number was exhorbitant. They get around this by saying that 'it varies, ask you Service Provider'. However, what they fail to mention is that this is classified as a 'PREMIUM SERVICE' number. If this was in the FAQs I would not have bought this phone. 5. My phone,though switched off, is continuing to absorb charges against my 'credit' of 25p every other day. This may be because someone tried to call me? who knows? - but in the FAQs, there is no mention of you being charged if people call you and your phone is switched off. I have no voicemail to pick up. BTW, the total cost for people to call me, plus the sim set up, plus the extra credits, plus the calls I had to make while the phone was not working amounted to a little over £365, and this was for calls to about 7 different numbers (4 UK, 3 US) and no more that about 30 calls, of which only about 10 lasted more than 10 minutes. On the plus side, when it did work, the calls were quite clear. I did use one of these recently while in the USA. Despite asking lots of questions about charges and reading through all the data on the website, it would have been cheaper for me to use my UK phone for the following reasons:
1. You are charged for calls whether they connect or not
2. Your callers are charged for calls whether they connect to you or not
3. The phone did not work for 4 days out of the 7 I was there and after hours of camping outside an internet cafe waiting for tech support messages to come back to me, and 3 days later it was identified as ‘ a network problem with the US supplier’
4. The cost of calls to my number was exhorbitant. They get around this by saying that ‘it varies, ask you Service Provider’. However, what they fail to mention is that this is classified as a ‘PREMIUM SERVICE’ number. If this was in the FAQs I would not have bought this phone.
5. My phone,though switched off, is continuing to absorb charges against my ‘credit’ of 25p every other day. This may be because someone tried to call me? who knows? – but in the FAQs, there is no mention of you being charged if people call you and your phone is switched off. I have no voicemail to pick up.

BTW, the total cost for people to call me, plus the sim set up, plus the extra credits, plus the calls I had to make while the phone was not working amounted to a little over £365, and this was for calls to about 7 different numbers (4 UK, 3 US) and no more that about 30 calls, of which only about 10 lasted more than 10 minutes.

On the plus side, when it did work, the calls were quite clear.

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