My wife has an unlimited data plan on her Curve 8310 on AT&T. However, when we go on a trip next week to Europe, the data usage is metered, and we need to keep it under control. We'll turn off the automatic podcast downloading (largest data stream), and will greatly limit our use of Google Maps or the web browser (I assume those have considerable data streams, too).
What can be done about email & Facebook, though? As long as they aren't sending photos, sounds, or other binary data, those communications don't use much data at all, allowing us to stay in touch with our friends & family. Is there some way to keep those photos or other attachments from being downloaded to the phone?
i went under mobile network settings and left data services turn off until i needed them. also did a backup before i left and deleted email accounts from phone then when i got back i restored service books resent them and got emails pushed back to phone. hope this helps
In the past (I no longer take my phone unless I buy a local SIM and use Skype), I turned the antenna off unless and until I needed data or to make a call. Try that but, nevertheless, you will incur significant charges.
i know ive said this a million times, but it just works so well for me. turn off data and use wifi at your restaurant/ hotel to catch up whenever you have time to relax.
last time i went to asia i updated twitter and facebook everynight from my hotel over wifi
All McDonalds restaurants have free wifi but you might have to log in with email address, just make up one, I do that in uk and it logs you in for 24 hrs
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I took my Bold to Spain, I was there for 6 days and when I got my next bill I had a charge of £31 for about 50Mb of data usage! No way did I use this much data!
I called Orange who explained that because I have a blackberry email account the bold contacts the email server every hour to check for mail. This is not covered by the data bundle that I bought! I was mighty unhappy with them!
If I can get back onto the blackberry web site I will get rid of that email account and just use yahoo Go!