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[aryayush]

All the prolonged launch mess and negative PR took away a lot of shine from what is essentially an excellent service. It aimed too high and couldn’t reach that far, but what it has reached is still quite a ways higher than everyone else out there.

I’m definitely renewing my subscription (or, at least, one of them).

 

[goobimama]

All it needs right now is the Share button for iDisk! Why don't we have that feature now that things are finally settling down?

 

[jamesbond007]

I'd extend if only if its a family pack extension otherwise Gmail rocks for me

 

[cooldudie3]

Gmail is good enough for me I think can fulfill me. And I am already shocked that my 1 month trial turned into 4 months trial. So really, it's enough.

 

[goobimama]

I'd extend if only if its a family pack extension otherwise Gmail rocks for me

Oh yes! I'm not paying $100 for it either.

 

[aryayush]

So, you’ll just leave ‘goobimama [at] me [dot] com’ after having used it for a year and given it out to everyone? Smart move.

 

[goobimama]

^^ What you mean? I said I'll be going with the Family Pack. (although in the event that there I don't have any family left, I shall proceed with getting a full account)

 

[dinesh72]

^^ Count on me

 

[goobimama]

Nice to know Well actually I have two idiots from my end as well to fill the list. Of course, the family members get first preference as to whether to want to continue (I think Preshit might bail out considering that he has stopped using the @me account)

 

[aryayush]

Just so you know, you can only renew a family pack subscription for the same five accounts and with the same preferences (i.e. Preshit’s will remain the master account). If that weren’t the case, you’d have me as your first partner for the next time.

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[goobimama]

^ In that case I pray that MobileMe service improves! We need Preshit to back us up!

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If anyone stumbles across a cheap mac deal, anything that can run Leopard for the most basic task (if ever so slowly), let me know. Asking price cannot go above 15k.

And that is a slick widget!

 

[SunnyChahal]

I just switched to Airtel on my iPhone but can't get GPRS working.It's showing that E on the top but when I try to access Internet it says could not activate cellular data network.you are not subscribed and all.

 

[goobimama]

Did you enter the settings in the phone? I'm not sure how it works with 'official' phones, but you have to enter 'internet' as the APN key, and 'a' as the user/pass. The settings are in Preferences > General > Network > Cellular data network.

 

[SunnyChahal]

@Goobi,I'm not talking about iPhone 3G,I'm talking about the original iPhone.There is nothing like cellular data network in FW2.It was there till firmware 1.1.4

 

[goobimama]

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[SunnyChahal]

Something is wrong with my iPhone.Why the hell is there no option for cellular data network?Only data roaming,VPN and WiFi are there.WTH!Moreover,there is no such option in iPhone 3G too.
I have been struggling with all this ever since I updated to Firmware 2.0.Earlier EDGE used to work fine with my Vodafone sim.I changed to Airtel coz I thought that there's some problem with my Sim but same problem there too.But when I put iPhone 3G(Airtel) sim into my iPhone(oroginal) EDGE works just fine.
When I put my Vodafone and Airtel(Old ones not iPhone 3G's) sims and try on other phones,EGDE works but when I put the same my recently bought Airtel sim into 3G iPhone EDGE doesn't work.
Means either there some Airtel-Vodafone-iPhone problem or something like that.
This thing is deeply messed up!

 

[goobimama]

Aha. If you rumble through these pages, you will find that Preshit also had a similar issue back when we first went 2.0. Maybe his problem has been solved by now? Ask him if you would. Otherwise, I don't know how it is you boys aren't getting it while dear old Milind who doesn't even use EDGE gets it in all its glory.

 

[SunnyChahal]

The whole thing has been messed up by Airtel and Vodafon coz as they've launched their iPhones in india they don't want illegal iPhone users to spoil their party.
They rip out that cellular data network menu from the iPhones using their sim.
This prob can easily be solved by installing an app from cydia which is what I did.

Sorry for typos as I'm travelling.

 

[goobimama]

You know what. You should always type while travlling cause I can't find a single typo in your post!

And remember what I mentioned about jailbreaking? Watch it sir.

 

[Tanmay]

This actually is not a problem. Since the iPhone is now available in India, Apple has hardcoded the GPRS Settings into the Firmware for AirTel and Vodafone. That is the reason why you no longer see GPRS Settings since the 2.0 Firmware !

These can be manually changed by editing some files. Will post back with more info.

And btw, only MO works. NOP doesn't work on iPhone !