Hi all,
I recently acquired an 8GB iPod Touch (version 1.1.4 with Software Upgrade) for free with the Back To School promotion with my new MBP. In the time I've had it, I've noticed an interesting glitch on my iPod Touch in regards to the Mail application (hooked up to Gmail). I was visiting Montreal about a month ago, and the hotel I was staying at offered wifi throughout the hotel, though once on it, any website redirected to the hotel's wifi start page where you would enter an ID and PIN number (costs $$$) and after that you're free to roam the web. On my iPod Touch, I joined the hotel's network, and after realizing that I had to pay to get on the internet, I said 'forget it' and went to listen to music. A few minutes later, I heard the familiar 'ping' of a new e-mail from the Mail application. Lo and behold, I had received an e-mail. To make sure the e-mail hadn't been delayed in arriving for some reason or another, I wrote an e-mail to a friend from the hotel, and he wrote me back a few minutes later. This all suggests that my iPod has found a loophole around the restricted wifi and accessed my e-mail account, fully operable.
This has happened a couple of more times, in walking around downtown Montreal, downtown Chicago, and my own suburban neighborhood. Each time, wifi has been on "ask to join networks", but miraculously e-mail still manages to arrive on my iPod Touch, without any specific network chosen.
I apologize if this is already known and I've just wasted 10 minutes, but I searched and nothing came up. So, is this only a special glitch with my iPod Touch, or have others experienced it?
Regards,
JDR
I recently acquired an 8GB iPod Touch (version 1.1.4 with Software Upgrade) for free with the Back To School promotion with my new MBP. In the time I've had it, I've noticed an interesting glitch on my iPod Touch in regards to the Mail application (hooked up to Gmail). I was visiting Montreal about a month ago, and the hotel I was staying at offered wifi throughout the hotel, though once on it, any website redirected to the hotel's wifi start page where you would enter an ID and PIN number (costs $$$) and after that you're free to roam the web. On my iPod Touch, I joined the hotel's network, and after realizing that I had to pay to get on the internet, I said 'forget it' and went to listen to music. A few minutes later, I heard the familiar 'ping' of a new e-mail from the Mail application. Lo and behold, I had received an e-mail. To make sure the e-mail hadn't been delayed in arriving for some reason or another, I wrote an e-mail to a friend from the hotel, and he wrote me back a few minutes later. This all suggests that my iPod has found a loophole around the restricted wifi and accessed my e-mail account, fully operable.
This has happened a couple of more times, in walking around downtown Montreal, downtown Chicago, and my own suburban neighborhood. Each time, wifi has been on "ask to join networks", but miraculously e-mail still manages to arrive on my iPod Touch, without any specific network chosen.
I apologize if this is already known and I've just wasted 10 minutes, but I searched and nothing came up. So, is this only a special glitch with my iPod Touch, or have others experienced it?
Regards,
JDR
