The iPhone Collective

[Annette_VA]

Can you get discounts now with the iPhone plan?

My bill reflects a 16% discount. It is my personal phone, but they give me a discount that is available to my employer.

Yep. DH works for a subsidiary of Wachovia, so he gets an 18% discount.

 

[raammartin]

My bill reflects a 16% discount. It is my personal phone, but they give me a discount that is available to my employer.

Yep. DH works for a subsidiary of Wachovia, so he gets an 18% discount.

When I first got my iPhone people couldn't get a discount so I lost what discount I wasn't getting on my AT&T plan. Has that now changed? I'd love to save some money! I have a family plan with 4 lines on it and only one iPhone (mine).

 

[letthewookiewin]

I have a feeling this thread is going to get me in trouble with the DH. He is already saying that he is going to take my iPhone away if I download one more app or song without his permission.
So far my favorite apps are:
Koi pond
Arcade bowl
Bejeweled 2
Lightsaber
Bubblepop
Pockey piano
iBubbleWrap! (DS10's favorite)
Cylon dectect (another of DS's favs)
Whitenoise
Whitenoise storm
WoWRealmS
Chest (a WoW app)
WoWTalent
Characters (a WoW app)
MK, DTD, AK, DHS maps
WDW Dining

 

[Annette_VA]

When I first got my iPhone people couldn't get a discount so I lost what discount I wasn't getting on my AT&T plan. Has that now changed? I'd love to save some money! I have a family plan with 4 lines on it and only one iPhone (mine).

DH just asked about it when we signed up w/ AT&T (which is when we got our iPhones, too) and they added the discount to our account. He had to show his company ID. It probably wouldn't hurt to stop by the AT&T store to see if you can use yours.

 

[Disneybridein2k3]

When I first got my iPhone people couldn't get a discount so I lost what discount I wasn't getting on my AT&T plan. Has that now changed? I'd love to save some money! I have a family plan with 4 lines on it and only one iPhone (mine).

We have two iPhones and one other phone for the bratty teenager. My discount with my employer (State Farm) is better than DH's discount with our local government. When I signed DD15 up for her line the salesperson asked me where I worked and signed me up for the discount available to me. It is worth asking - every little bit counts!

 

[Mr. Plutes]

i get a 15 percent discount from my job, which i think is great.
my new app. is MLB.COM
if you are a baseball fan, you will love this.

 

[vikingfans]

I just put Skype on my phone...now I can talk to anyone in the world!! Gonna be cool!

 

[raammartin]

My bill reflects a 16% discount. It is my personal phone, but they give me a discount that is available to my employer.

Yep. DH works for a subsidiary of Wachovia, so he gets an 18% discount.

When I first got my iPhone people couldn't get a discount so I lost what discount I wasn't getting on my AT&T plan. Has that now changed? I'd love to save some money! I have a family plan with 4 lines on it and only one iPhone (mine).

DH just asked about it when we signed up w/ AT&T (which is when we got our iPhones, too) and they added the discount to our account. He had to show his company ID. It probably wouldn't hurt to stop by the AT&T store to see if you can use yours.

We have two iPhones and one other phone for the bratty teenager. My discount with my employer (State Farm) is better than DH's discount with our local government. When I signed DD15 up for her line the salesperson asked me where I worked and signed me up for the discount available to me. It is worth asking - every little bit counts!

i get a 15 percent discount from my job, which i think is great.
my new app. is MLB.COM
if you are a baseball fan, you will love this.

I emailed AT&T about a discount. Now I know why I don't get a discount (yet).

After reviewing your account, unfortunately there are no discounts
available on 2G iPhones at this time. This offer is only available for
3G iPhones which is a result of a mutual agreement between AT&T and
Apple.

I'm trying to hold out on getting another iPhone until they come out with a new one - whenever that may be. Mine 4gig works great so far.

 

[Cool-Beans]

I know this is a fun and upbeat thread, but I have to say that my iPhone is kinda/sorta pissing me off.

It drops calls all the flippin time. That is my big problem.

Whatever the millions of other things a phone does, the ONE thing a phone should do is allow you to talk to and hear another person. If it fails at that, it just isn't a great phone.

I was all excited about it, but it is very disappointing.

Thanks for allowing me to speak my little piece.

 

[Anna114]

Hmmm, I have the problem on occasion but usually it's because all of a sudden my bars go from 3 to flatline.

 

[Mr. Plutes]

i know what you mean. i have dropped called also. but i knew going with at-t that i would have dropped called. but i'm more of the data, then the phone.

 

[Disneybridein2k3]

Okay iPhone people, I have a question. Can two apps run at the same time? I have white noise and myLite that I would like to use on the podcast cruise but I can't figure out how to run them together. I haven't begun to scratch the surface of what this phone can do and didn't know if there was a trick I was missing that allows apps to run simultaneously.
TIA!

 

[cslittle999]

Okay iPhone people, I have a question. Can two apps run at the same time? I have white noise and myLite that I would like to use on the podcast cruise but I can't figure out how to run them together. I haven't begun to scratch the surface of what this phone can do and didn't know if there was a trick I was missing that allows apps to run simultaneously.
TIA!

Unfortunately you can only run one app at a time.

 

[luke]

Unfortunately you can only run one app at a time.

Well, not entirely true...

I think there will be an "official" background enabling with the new 3.0 software too?

 

[cslittle999]

Well, not entirely true...

I think there will be an "official" background enabling with the new 3.0 software too?

Not in the way that Disneybridein2k3 wanted though. 3.0 only adds the push notification support plus a variety of ways to notify the user that a push alerts has happened. You still can't run two apps at once.

 

[luke]

Not in the way that Disneybridein2k3 wanted though. 3.0 only adds the push notification support plus a variety of ways to notify the user that a push alerts has happened. You still can't run two apps at once.

Ah I didn't know that!
"Backgrounding" is still useful tho, as I can for example listen to the radio whilst surfing the net or playing a game

 

[Disneybridein2k3]

Not in the way that Disneybridein2k3 wanted though. 3.0 only adds the push notification support plus a variety of ways to notify the user that a push alerts has happened. You still can't run two apps at once.

Thanks for letting me know. I always think there are ways to do things but I just don't know how. At least now I'll stop trying

 

[timandlesley]

Huge Iphone fan here! Can't imagine life without it, what a GREAT phone.
My favorite aps are:
Disneyworld park maps, think they are so cool, even being able to view the menus of each restaraunt.
Urbanspoon
Facebook (of course)
Magic Eight Ball (kids LOVE this)
Word Scramble Light (ADDICTING, can't get past 54 darn it!)
Shazam
Weather Channel
Flixter
Days Until (LOVE watching the days to my next Disney vacation on this)
Cheap Gas
Around me (has helped out SO much finding a hotel as we travel).

Those are my favs. I LOVE watching the new iPhone commercials and watchiing the aps' they talk about, I'm always telling Tim to "pause that and rewind" so we can see the name of the ap's.
Lesley

 

[DVCsince02]

Just added the lightsaber app. Hysterical!

 

[Annette_VA]

... I LOVE watching the new iPhone commercials and watchiing the aps' they talk about, I'm always telling Tim to "pause that and rewind" so we can see the name of the ap's.
Lesley

I do that, too!

Off to check out some of the ones you listed...

Just added the lightsaber app. Hysterical!

I have that one! Of course, the first time my 5-year-old played with it, my phone took a trip across the room