I'm sure hoping things start to settle down around here. It seems of late I have had no time just to "be" at home. Everyday there is an errand or two to run or a problem to solve. Ah well, I guess it is good to be needed!
One of the errands I ran yesterday was to ATT. My family just all got new phones and a new plan to go with it. My son, myself, and my mother all went with the 3Gs Iphone. Billy went with a "free" ATT phone made by Pantech. I had thought about going with a less expensive and more simple phone, but in the end I just couldn't talk myself into it. I had an original Iphone...then moved up to the 3G and I just like the ease of use and access to the internet. The Iphone is not perfect....they have their issues....the screen freezing is my main complaint. It seems all "smart phones" have their good and bad points, but overall I love my Iphone.
As to the plan, we went with the family plan with the lowest minutes (700). We added the unlimited cell to cell (any cell on any network) and unlimited text message for $30. We all love to text....even my Mom has gotten into the action with her new Iphone. Of course, we all (with the exception of Billy) have data plans too. So, everyone is happily talking, surfing, and texting....to their hearts content these days.
My trip to ATT was to pay my portion of the new family plan bill plus pay the final bill for our old cell plan. Note to self...pay attention to ending and starting plan dates. Not only did I have to pay a full bill cycle for the old plan, but I also had to pay for a full bill cycle plus those darn activation charges for the new plan. All I can say is....I am doing my part to keep our economy going!! LOL! So, we stuck with ATT ..... but we do have a Verizon air card for the internet. We have been very happy with the air card and that will be our next upgrade......to the new G4....not so much for the G4 because we know that is very limited in its service area, but for the better rate and data plans now available. I'll let ya know how that all turns out in the future.
Showing posts with label Iphones. Show all posts
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Saturday, June 4, 2011
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Iphones are US!
Wow, thanks for all the great comments and support on the whole direct tv thing. It will be interesting to see how we do when we have to set this thing up on our own for the first time.
Our next big triumph---cell phones. We have decided to stay with ATT . We now both have Iphones. There is to be a release of new software for the Iphone 3G and 3Gs which will finally allow us to tether the Iphone to our computer for internet. Right now, ATT does not have a plan in place to charge for this....but I’m guessing it will probably run around $30.00 a month. I had checked with Verizon and that’s what it cost to tether the Blackberry. We shall see....
The whole Iphone thing was interesting. I have an older non 3G Iphone and our son had the newer 3G, and DH had a really old cell phone--I don’t even remember the brand. At any rate, my son is giving me his old 3G so I am giving DH my old Iphone. Sounded so simple in theory.....Well, not so simple. We spent a good 30 minutes at the ATT store getting sim cards switched and our account brought up to date with the new plans. Then we went home to activate DH’s Iphone via Itunes. All I needed to do was transfer my address book to my new 3G again via Itunes. The young man at the ATT store most of thought me to feeble minded to accomplish this because he put everything down in writing so I would not screw it all up. Bless his little heart! LOL! In all fairness, he was very helpful and sweet. Unfortunately, I don’t think he really knew the ends and outs of this transfer process. I followed the directions and nothing happened to either phone. The only thing that happen was all my son’s phone numbers and such ended up on my computer.......not a good thing! OK, so after much ranting, raving, and whining I finally figured out what I needed to do. So I guess this feeble minded woman might just be ‘one up’ on that young whippersnapper at the ATT store. LOL!
We are now anxiously awaiting the release of the new software so I can tether my Iphone to my computer for internet. If this works, than DH will invest in an antenna to boost our cell signal on the river lot. All of you need to keep fingers crossed that this works.......because then, at last, I will have internet at the fiver at the river.
As to the internet at the stick house....that too has become a problem. We tried to set up a network for our computers to access internet wirelessly and no matter how we tried we can’t seem to make it work. Now, we have to “plug in” every time we want to get online. Did I tell you, DH and I don’t share well. So, right now he is at the stick house on line and I am online at Panera Bread! I’ll be so glad when we get all this straightened out and I can “pull the plug” on every thing at the house.
Our next big triumph---cell phones. We have decided to stay with ATT . We now both have Iphones. There is to be a release of new software for the Iphone 3G and 3Gs which will finally allow us to tether the Iphone to our computer for internet. Right now, ATT does not have a plan in place to charge for this....but I’m guessing it will probably run around $30.00 a month. I had checked with Verizon and that’s what it cost to tether the Blackberry. We shall see....
The whole Iphone thing was interesting. I have an older non 3G Iphone and our son had the newer 3G, and DH had a really old cell phone--I don’t even remember the brand. At any rate, my son is giving me his old 3G so I am giving DH my old Iphone. Sounded so simple in theory.....Well, not so simple. We spent a good 30 minutes at the ATT store getting sim cards switched and our account brought up to date with the new plans. Then we went home to activate DH’s Iphone via Itunes. All I needed to do was transfer my address book to my new 3G again via Itunes. The young man at the ATT store most of thought me to feeble minded to accomplish this because he put everything down in writing so I would not screw it all up. Bless his little heart! LOL! In all fairness, he was very helpful and sweet. Unfortunately, I don’t think he really knew the ends and outs of this transfer process. I followed the directions and nothing happened to either phone. The only thing that happen was all my son’s phone numbers and such ended up on my computer.......not a good thing! OK, so after much ranting, raving, and whining I finally figured out what I needed to do. So I guess this feeble minded woman might just be ‘one up’ on that young whippersnapper at the ATT store. LOL!
We are now anxiously awaiting the release of the new software so I can tether my Iphone to my computer for internet. If this works, than DH will invest in an antenna to boost our cell signal on the river lot. All of you need to keep fingers crossed that this works.......because then, at last, I will have internet at the fiver at the river.
As to the internet at the stick house....that too has become a problem. We tried to set up a network for our computers to access internet wirelessly and no matter how we tried we can’t seem to make it work. Now, we have to “plug in” every time we want to get online. Did I tell you, DH and I don’t share well. So, right now he is at the stick house on line and I am online at Panera Bread! I’ll be so glad when we get all this straightened out and I can “pull the plug” on every thing at the house.
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