Vodafone Germany launches iPhone Tarif | The Coffeehouse

BeSharp

For the German audience @ Channel 9: Vodafone Germany today starts a tarif optimized for iPhone/iPhone 3G (http://www.talentgrouplabs.com/blog/archive/2008/07/28/vodafone-deutschland-startet-iphone-tarif.aspx):

- 500 MB inclusive at 3G speed
- + 9,95 € / month

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

500Mb? I get through that in emails alone every week.

BeSharp

In reply to blowdart

#Jul 28th, 2008 @ 1:50 AM

Me, too but if I carefully use compression and download attachemend on demand it works perfectly fine.

BeSharp

In reply to blowdart

#Jul 28th, 2008 @ 1:50 AM

... and on a second note: Reading 500 MB+ email content on an iphone is anyway no fun. Smiley

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

In reply to BeSharp

#Jul 28th, 2008 @ 2:01 AM

Yes but how selective is the iPhone email application? Will it download everything? Does it ignore attachments unless you ask for them?

Maddus Mattus
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda

In reply to blowdart

#Jul 28th, 2008 @ 2:11 AM

We have UMTS via Vodafone in our laptop. The first 500mb is indeed free, but after that it's 0,25 euro's (about two dollars) per mb.

I had a hart attack when the tool on my laptop showed a usage of 8Gb!

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

In reply to Maddus Mattus

#Jul 28th, 2008 @ 2:24 AM

I just put the fear of God into Vodafone UK. I have their mobile broadband in my laptop. I was bored; and after checking my own DNS servers for the current vulnerability I checked theirs. Oops.

Bounced through 4 different departments before ending up with anyone that was involved with their network management

Maddus Mattus
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda

In reply to blowdart

#Jul 28th, 2008 @ 2:28 AM

Hehehehe,... Serves them right!

BeSharp

In reply to blowdart

#Jul 28th, 2008 @ 2:11 AM

It's pretty selective. Allows you to download attachements when you need them.

One other aspect is, that ALL of the traffic is covered by the flat rate, only the 500 FIRST MB will be delivered with 3G speed, everything higher than 500 MB only at ISDN speed. So there is no risk in cost explosion.

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

In reply to BeSharp

#Jul 28th, 2008 @ 5:32 AM

Ah that's an interesting way of doing it.

Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

I imagine I caused a nice bit of confusion in a store in Akihabara in Tokyo by switching the iPhone on display in one of the stores there to Dutch. Let's see them figure that one out.

It is a very nice device though.

Maddus Mattus
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda

In reply to BeSharp

#Jul 28th, 2008 @ 5:32 AM

riiiiiiiiiiiight Wink

I wouldnt put any actual money on that,... Specially not with Vodafone tarrifs.

BlackTiger
If you stumbled and fell down, it doesn't mean yet, that you're going in the wrong direction.

In reply to Maddus Mattus

#Jul 28th, 2008 @ 2:24 AM

0,25 euro's (about two dollars)

Really? Quite strange exchange rate. Smiley

"About 8 dollars" = 1 EUR?

Maddus Mattus
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda

In reply to Sven Groot

#Jul 28th, 2008 @ 5:43 AM

Serves them right for all the times I accidentally put my phone into Japanese!

It's their fault somehow,.. I dont know how,.. But it just is,..

I couldnt possibly be my fault,.. no,.. can't,.. must resist,..