I've Got That Syncing Feeling Your devices are eager to make all your content line up nicely. Sometimes the results are not so nice.
By CRAIG FORMAN August 26, 2012 The trouble started when I innocently downloaded a free IKEA catalog app to my iPad. The trouble nearly ended with a $1,200 charge from AT&T. I was traveling in Europe for a short family trip. Before leaving the U.S., I downloaded the image-heavy catalog using a standard broadband connection. Aware of the costs of digital Internet access while abroad, my wife, son and I thought we had taken all the correct precautions. Were location-based services off? Check. Notifications off? Check. All three iPhones switched to Wi-Fi only? Check, check and check. So the midnight email from AT&T came as a surprise: "Unusually high volumes of data. 750 megabytes downloaded. Please check your phone." I checked my phone-but all potential digital gotchas had been put to rest. We were jet lagged and exhausted. Surely a couple hours' sleep couldn't put us in digital harm's way? But in these modern days of anytime, anywhere, cloud-based synchronization, those few hours of shut-eye were plenty costly. I awoke to a buzzing of my phone, an SMS and an email from AT&T: The data download had nearly doubled while I was sleeping. My account was in imminent danger of being shut off unless I called them. ... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443324404577594873646163262.html _______________________________________________ Please be sure to include a URL to the article. Reply to the sender with a "Thank you" if you like this post. _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
