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March 30, 2007
Where can you get a fair mobile data plan in UK?
Well, it appears my dream phone is finally here, the Nokia N95 appears to be at least orderable on the t-mobile website. I checked the data plans for it and while yes, the Web and Walk unlimited internet for 7.50/month is great, it excludes using the phone for video and audio streaming, with Skype, or as a modem with laptop or PDA. They have 'max' plans but those are only for the data cards.
UPDATE - I just called the T-mobile shop and they say you can pay an extra 5 quid (12.50/month) to use as a modem, etc, and more if you want to use Skype and possibly streaming so I take it back! I'm happy to pay (a bit) more to use every capability of the phone. They say they are getting some in maybe next week...
I checked '3', online who enable all services except using the phone as a modem, but I will never use their service again, even if it were free. You just try to deal with their customer service. Good luck! They STILL owe me 150 quid. Vodafone UK and Orange still seem to rob by the megabyte, and interesting news on O2 - they will move you to an unlimited plan if you threaten to leave them. Story here from the Open Gardens blog by Ajit Jaokar.
So what's a guy to do? I don't want to wait for the inevitable, unlimited data plans from most carriers with open, unrestricted access to the Internet. I guess a 12 month plan will be a better bet than an 18 month lockin... especially since I'll be on a converged Win Mobile device near the end of the year.
Here's a cool application for the Nokia in the meantime, Techno Jogging! I found this on the I2 Fly blog when checking out a Flash Lite learning game. My new phone with GPS will track where I've been and how fast (slow) it took, etc, and let me download the file to view on Google Earth. I'd rather have it done right on the device but will have to wait for that. Hopefully it will integrate with Virtual Earth. I'm not sure why I need this... but it's cool!
Posted by Ron Edwards at March 30, 2007 02:49 PM
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