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For what it's worth... test with Fido SIMs in Canada 19,517 Views / 52 Replies  
I'm thinking about activating a new 3Gs with a contract for my wife, then swapping SIMs to give her my old 3G (I know this is selfish - she could care less what kind of phone she has).

I have a...
Posted by lenny, on Jun 15, 2009 at 05:51 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Thanks - I have been using this, and it is... 6,085 Views / 33 Replies  
Thanks - I have been using this, and it is helpful up to a point.

What I'd really like is a breakdown like the following:


daytime incoming minutes (free)
daytime outgoing minutes ($$$)
...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 29, 2008 at 09:19 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Data usage after first week - not so bad! 6,631 Views / 188 Replies  
I bought a 16GB iPhone last week at a local Fido reseller (after Fido CSR completely screwed up the order I placed by phone on launch day). Given the furor over unlimited data, and how speculative...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 29, 2008 at 08:53 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Update 6,085 Views / 33 Replies  
Just an update -

I'm still enjoying the black 16GB I bought last week at my neighborhood Action Page (the local Fido dealer).

However the black 16GB phone I ordered over the phone with Fido CSR...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 29, 2008 at 08:22 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Finally got mine at a store - canceling over-the-phone order 6,085 Views / 33 Replies  
[copy of a post I made on HowardForums - figured it was relevant here as well, since I started this sad thread]

My order for a 16GB black iPhone has been on backorder forever, even though I...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 22, 2008 at 09:41 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
I know exactly what you mean - I juggled stuff to... 6,085 Views / 33 Replies  
I know exactly what you mean - I juggled stuff to work at home several days this week, and kept looking out the window for that @#$% UPS truck! At the end of the week I felt like a complete idiot...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 18, 2008 at 06:28 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Actually looking through the HowardForums thread,... 6,085 Views / 33 Replies  
Actually looking through the HowardForums thread, it looks like the Fido phone number in UPS tracking box worked for many people. Some reported including the dashes (514-555-1234), others no dashes...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 17, 2008 at 07:42 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Thread on HowardForums 6,085 Views / 33 Replies  
Although this was not visible on Google earlier, there is a much more active thread on this whole topic at HowardForums:

http://www.howardforums.com/printthread.php?t=1397406&page=29&pp=15
...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 17, 2008 at 04:17 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Ok - another call, and this time I got... 6,085 Views / 33 Replies  
Ok - another call, and this time I got discouraging, but more credible, information.

Previous reps just said something to the effect of "well if you ordered it by last Friday, you should get it by...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 17, 2008 at 04:11 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Update 6,085 Views / 33 Replies  
Called this morning to see if I could get a ship date and UPS waybill number - the rep tried for about ten minutes and finally gave up saying the computers were really slow and might be down.
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Posted by lenny, on Jul 17, 2008 at 08:30 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Thanks for the reply - Might also be a... 6,085 Views / 33 Replies  
Thanks for the reply -

Might also be a problem that I ordered the black 16GB, which seems to be in shorter supply (I like the white, but was looking for something more discrete as I already have...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 17, 2008 at 07:53 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
I think the difference is that (if I remember his... 6,085 Views / 33 Replies  
I think the difference is that (if I remember his post correctly) Eug called right at 9am, while I waited until noon.

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Posted by lenny, on Jul 16, 2008 at 05:15 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
I called Fido today, and for the first time got a... 6,085 Views / 33 Replies  
I called Fido today, and for the first time got a maximum ship date of August 1!! Still no indication mine had shipped yet.

That's two weeks from this Friday - I hope that it does not take this...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 16, 2008 at 09:44 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Fido orders by phone: received yours yet? 6,085 Views / 33 Replies  
I ordered a 16GB black iPhone from Fido over the telephone around noon on Friday. The rep said it could arrive Monday or Tuesday, and Friday at the latest. I'm not holding out much hope that it...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 14, 2008 at 04:59 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
That was fast! I also ordered mine from Fido by... 6,631 Views / 188 Replies  
That was fast! I also ordered mine from Fido by phone (but around noon). I think that was long enough for stock to sell out, and I'm expecting mine around the end of the week or early next week...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 14, 2008 at 11:37 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Some stores pre-selling inventory before launch? 402 Views / 0 Replies  
I had a bit of a weird experience this morning when I went looking for a 16GB iPhone at a Fido dealer in my neighborhood.

It happened at one store I'd called earlier in the week - they had said...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 11, 2008 at 04:09 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Montreal launch experiences 432 Views / 0 Replies  
I had the morning off, and thought I'd check out the launch at the Fido's flagship store downtown on the off chance that the line was not too bad. As expected, the lines were nuts! At 8am, there...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 11, 2008 at 03:58 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
This is indeed a rip-off. I think Roger's logic... 6,631 Views / 188 Replies  
This is indeed a rip-off. I think Roger's logic is that you are buying an expensive phone that they are subsidizing more than they usually do, and they have no qualms about recovering part of this...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 9, 2008 at 09:42 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
I agree that having to think about a cap at all... 6,631 Views / 188 Replies  
I agree that having to think about a cap at all is a pain. However my point was that many people probably already have caps they don't even know about and, if it's high enough, it might not be an...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 9, 2008 at 09:18 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Videotron high-speed internet also has a cap 6,631 Views / 188 Replies  
Actually I checked further into my service plan for high-speed (cable) internet at home with Videotron. The high-speed internet package to which I subscribe has a limit of 20GB download plus 10GB...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 9, 2008 at 08:40 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Impact of data limits exaggerated? 6,631 Views / 188 Replies  
At the risk of sounding like I am defending Roger's, I have a bit of a problem with some of the complaints surrounding the issue of unlimited data.

Discussions on this topic seem full of...
Posted by lenny, on Jul 8, 2008 at 10:30 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
 
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