Re: OpenMoko ATT plans (Semi OT)
I am currently using (for the past 3 weeks) the ATT GoPhone Pick Your Plan. My experience: I was using an old T-Mobile phone with T-Mobile Pre-Paid service and incorrectly assumed that I could not use the T-Mobile SIM card with the Freerunner... I went to Att's web site, signed up for a $39.99/month plan which included 300 anytime minutes and 500 night and weekend minutes, unlimited M2M, nationwide long distance, and rollover balance. I ordered a pretty sweet Quad-band Pantech C120 phone for $24.99 ($100 online instant rebate or something) so I could have a backup phone. ATT's gophone plans seem pretty reasonable - you can upgrade/downgrade/cancel your plan at any point (obviously taking effect the next monthly cycle). http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/go-phones/index.jsp I got the freerunner and the ATT phone and the ATT sim card all on the same day. The ATT SIM worked perfectly with both phones. The T-Mobile SIM worked with the freerunner except I couldn't see all my contacts. After searching many hours on google for a way to unlock the pantech phone, I just called ATT and asked them for it - and they gave it to me, no questions asked. I could then pop the T-mobile SIM into the pantech, copy my contacts to the phone and then back to the SIM, and then I could see all my contacts on the freerunner. So now I have a T-Mobile SIM and an ATT SIM, both work with both phones. I can make phone calls no problem, can text no problem. By no problem I mean the phone calls go through - not that the quality is any good. People on the other end complain of echoing or wierd high-pitched noises. Plus the default volume is much too low. But hopefully these issues will be resolved in time. I have not even attempted to get GPS working BTW. On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 19:15 -0700, Rodney Myers wrote: I'm anxiously waiting for my phone (Thanks NYC), and for my contract with verizon to finally expire next month. When I switch to ATT, only GSM provider that has decent coverage in my area, I was wondering what plans this groups uses, to get the most out of the phone? Basic phone service, SMS/text messages, and I like the GPS feature. Thanks ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: OpenMoko ATT plans (Semi OT)
I am currently using (for the past 3 weeks) the ATT GoPhone Pick Your Plan. My experience: I was using an old T-Mobile phone with T-Mobile Pre-Paid service and incorrectly assumed that I could not use the T-Mobile SIM card with the Freerunner... I went to Att's web site, signed up for a $39.99/month plan which included 300 anytime minutes and 500 night and weekend minutes, unlimited M2M, nationwide long distance, and rollover balance. I ordered a pretty sweet Quad-band Pantech C120 phone for $24.99 ($100 online instant rebate or something) so I could have a backup phone. ATT's gophone plans seem pretty reasonable - you can upgrade/downgrade/cancel your plan at any point (obviously taking effect the next monthly cycle). http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/go-phones/index.jsp I got the freerunner and the ATT phone and the ATT sim card all on the same day. The ATT SIM worked perfectly with both phones. The T-Mobile SIM worked with the freerunner except I couldn't see all my contacts. After searching many hours on google for a way to unlock the pantech phone, I just called ATT and asked them for it - and they gave it to me, no questions asked. I could then pop the T-mobile SIM into the pantech, copy my contacts to the phone and then back to the SIM, and then I could see all my contacts on the freerunner. So now I have a T-Mobile SIM and an ATT SIM, both work with both phones. I can make phone calls no problem, can text no problem. By no problem I mean the phone calls go through - not that the quality is any good. People on the other end complain of echoing or wierd high-pitched noises. Plus the default volume is much too low. But hopefully these issues will be resolved in time. I have not even attempted to get GPS working BTW. On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 19:15 -0700, Rodney Myers wrote: I'm anxiously waiting for my phone (Thanks NYC), and for my contract with verizon to finally expire next month. When I switch to ATT, only GSM provider that has decent coverage in my area, I was wondering what plans this groups uses, to get the most out of the phone? Basic phone service, SMS/text messages, and I like the GPS feature. Thanks ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
