Even if you don't use the 200MB for data, its good to know Find Your iPhone would always be active (so long as the device is turned on). Thats a great feature to now have for free.
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T-Mobile Launches Cellular iPads with Free 200 MB Data
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I hate Microsoft and refuse to use Skype since they bought it.
Get a free Google voice number for your Google account. Install Hangouts.
Get unlimited free calling both inbound and outbound to the United States and Canada.
Better savings! Thank you Google.
I hate Microsoft and refuse to use Skype since they bought it.
Get a free Google voice number for your Google account. Install Hangouts.
Get unlimited free calling both inbound and outbound to the United States and Canada.
Better savings! Thank you Google.
I've been using my Mini on T-Mobile since June. A few days ago, they sent me a message saying that I now have 200MB free per month. I have two accounts open so each has 200MB free.
All you have to do is have any iPad running on T-Mobile to get the 200MBs free, you don't need to have bought the iPad from them.
All you have to do is have any iPad running on T-Mobile to get the 200MBs free, you don't need to have bought the iPad from them.
This plan from Tmobile is only free for existing customers.
I stopped by Tmobile store today, wanted to buy an iPad Air with the 'free' 200MB plan.
I was too that I have to purchase the 2.5GB plan in order to get the 200MB free.
So for customers that are not on the Tmobile plan, the $0 down iPad 16 is $26 per month + $30 for 2.5GB per month + 200MB free.
I stopped by Tmobile store today, wanted to buy an iPad Air with the 'free' 200MB plan.
I was too that I have to purchase the 2.5GB plan in order to get the 200MB free.
So for customers that are not on the Tmobile plan, the $0 down iPad 16 is $26 per month + $30 for 2.5GB per month + 200MB free.
Are you able to tether a personal hotspot with the free 200MB data plan? If so I'd definitely buy a new iPad and downgrade my $50 ATT data plan to the $25 one
For now you can but that is only because T-Mobile does not have a carrier file for the iPad yet so tethering is automatically enabled.
T-Mobile will officially support the iPad very soon so this will change just as it did with the iPhone.
tmobile doesn't charge data overages. they either throttle you or d/c your service.
200MB is better than nothing. Believe it or not some people just need the random web browsing here and there. Usually i just use wifi for my iPad but sometimes when im in a car and dont have time to hotspot my iPhone, this will come in handy.
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Vonage is free and unlimited US/Canada calling. Better than skype IMHO.
It would be a better deal if they didn't have a pre-paid $30 5Gb plan, too. It's one of their 'web only' phone plans, also comes with 100 minutes talk time and unlimited texts.
The catch is that you must order the sim online specifically for their pre-paid plans, and you must call in to activate the sim. It's a small pain to get started and you can't get this through one of their stores (I tried). I'm not sure why they have a plan that they clearly don't want people to have when I called to activate it, the rep on the phone claimed it couldn't be done, but after asking him to try anyway he got it working.
Up until this 200MB free offer came along, I had been paying $35 for 3.5GB per month. Now I can get 4.5GB for $40.
I hate Microsoft and refuse to use Skype since they bought it.
Get a free Google voice number for your Google account. Install Hangouts.
Get unlimited free calling both inbound and outbound to the United States and Canada.
Better savings! Thank you Google.
Yes, that's right, and Yahoo Messenger too.
I have not seen Skype change since M$ bought it, so I am not avoiding it, yet.