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by Alec Muffett

What do you do with a phone that can’t be switched off?

http://theinquirer.net/?article=42235

Jay Levy says he has been stung by Apple’s iPhone pact with AT&T after he took an Iphone on a Mediterranean cruise.

They didn’t use their phones, but when they got back they had a 54-page monthly bill of nearly $4,800 from AT&T Wireless.

The problem was that their three Iphones were racking up a bill for data charges using foreign phone charges. The Iphone regularly updates e-mail, even while it’s off, so that all the messages will be available when the user turns it on.

Levy is fuming, claiming that Apple and AT&T were acting like a bank which has automatic access to your ATM machine and is siphoning money out during all times of the day and night.

…funny thing: I was thinking how easy it would make tracking someone, like an audio bug, for instance…

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Comments

5 responses to “What do you do with a phone that can’t be switched off?”

  1. Steve

    If he can afford three iphones, and can’t be arsed reading the manual, he can afford a couple of grand phone bill.

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  2. acb

    Of course, if you really want to switch it off, you can just pull the battery… oh, hang on.

    Reply
  3. Geoff Arnold

    How about putting in into “In-flight” mode. Turns off all the radios. Easy.

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  4. alecm

    >How about putting in into “In-flight” mode. Turns off all the radios. Easy.

    …and that’s what the FBI will tell you, surrrrrrrrrrre… 🙂

    In the future, only gangsters will not have iPhones.

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  5. Dave Walker

    Nothing an antistatic bag won’t fix.

    Reply

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