Stephen Bolen » AT&T http://sbolen.me UX Designer & Developer Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:52:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 My iPhone 4S has a tracking number http://sbolen.me/2011/10/10/my-iphone-4s-has-a-tracking-number/ http://sbolen.me/2011/10/10/my-iphone-4s-has-a-tracking-number/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:41:00 +0000 Stephen http://sbolen.me/2011/10/10/my-iphone-4s-has-a-tracking-number/ So far, the process of moving from AT&T to Sprint has been exceptional. Everyone I’ve spoken with at Sprint has been extremely accommodating and kind – you can tell that the employees (at least in the call centers) are really excited to have the iPhone 4/4S in the fold.

We’ll see if this holds true when I tell AT&T that I need to cancel my contract and to bill me the Early Termination Fee of $165, along with a pro-rated bill. I’m sure that’ll be peachy.

]]> http://sbolen.me/2011/10/10/my-iphone-4s-has-a-tracking-number/feed/ 0 Personal Hotspot feature coming to all iPhones in iOS 4.3 http://sbolen.me/2011/01/12/personal-hotspot-feature-coming-to-all-iphones-in-ios-4-3/ http://sbolen.me/2011/01/12/personal-hotspot-feature-coming-to-all-iphones-in-ios-4-3/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:54:00 +0000 Stephen http://sbolen.me/2011/01/12/personal-hotspot-feature-coming-to-all-iphones-in-ios-4-3/ I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. I wonder how much AT&T will overcharge me for this feature, and, if I can selectively turn it on/off. For instance, when I’m traveling and the hotel (ahem, Hilton San Diego Bayfront) wants to charge me $20/night for WiFi access, can I use this a personal hotspot on my iPhone for a few hours instead?

]]> http://sbolen.me/2011/01/12/personal-hotspot-feature-coming-to-all-iphones-in-ios-4-3/feed/ 0 AT&T Class-Action Settlement information http://sbolen.me/2010/11/12/att-class-action-settlement-information/ http://sbolen.me/2010/11/12/att-class-action-settlement-information/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:19:27 +0000 Stephen http://sbolen.me/2010/11/12/att-class-action-settlement-information/ Charged for “Internet tax?”

You’re in.

This is a case that relates to AT&T Mobility’s practice of charging customers for taxes, fees and surcharges on internet access through certain services. These services include iPhone data plans, Blackberry data plans, other smart phone data plans, laptop connect cards and pay-per-use data services. The lawsuit alleges that these practices are not permitted under the Internet Tax Freedom Act, 47 U.S.C. § 151 (1998) (as amended) and other state laws. As a result, the lawsuit claims that AT&T Mobility is liable for damages to the Class.
  
The reason you are getting this notice is that there is a proposal to settle the entire lawsuit, as will be described below. AT&T Mobility denies that it did anything wrong, denies that it violated any laws, and has raised a number of defenses to the claims. There has not been any finding of any violation of the law by AT&T Mobility or that recovery could be had in a certain amount. The Court has authorized notice to be given of the proposed Settlement, but does not express any opinion on the merits of the claims or defenses asserted by either side in the Lawsuit.

]]> http://sbolen.me/2010/11/12/att-class-action-settlement-information/feed/ 0 Welcome to the early 21st century http://sbolen.me/2009/09/26/welcome-to-the-early-21st-century/ http://sbolen.me/2009/09/26/welcome-to-the-early-21st-century/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:18:38 +0000 Stephen http://sbolen.me/?p=7 finally has MMS support.

I know this because it was unnecessarily complicated to install (update iTunes to 9.0.1, connect iPhone, download software update, wait for the iPhone to install, then restart) and it seemed to have taken forever to finally roll out.]]> The iPhone finally has MMS.

I know this because it was unnecessarily complicated to install (update iTunes to 9.0.1, connect iPhone, download software update, wait for the iPhone to install, then restart) and it seemed to have taken forever to finally roll out.

Now, I understand that iPhone users consume more data than other smartphone users, but there really is no reason why, when I’ve had to use the AT&T 3G Network to email photos to friends and family, that I couldn’t have used that same bandwidth to send a MMS instead.

I’m so used to MMS workarounds with other iPhone-toting friends that using the MMS function is going to take a seismic shift in photo-sharing philosophy. That said, I’m not really sure how much I’m going to even use MMS – now that I have the Flickr application for the iPhone (a must download, by the way), there’s really no need to send a photo to one person, when I can upload one photo and share the link with everyone.

So what took this update so long?

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