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Cingular -Wireless Internet Express Plan Question (help!)

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RonInCal - 29 Nov 2003 08:46 GMT
Hello,

I'm considering switching to Cingular (Sony Ericsson T616) picture phone.

The Wireless Internet Express Plan ($6.99 for 1 MB) is confusing to me. Can
someone explain?
- Does this include sending photos to other cingular people (or is that a
separate plan)?
- How big are the photos? How may pictures can I send for 1MB?
- Does this include text messaging, if so how many SMS? (Because you can buy
buckets of SMS too for 100, 250 or 750)

Thanks!
Sheri - 29 Nov 2003 21:25 GMT
Wireless Internet Express if just for browsing the net. In my opinion
Cingular's prices for wap browsing are extremely expensive.
And 1MB could be used quickly! Going over your monthly allotment could
be very expensive.

If you want to send pictures, thats MMS (MultiMedia Messages). Their
current special is $2.99 unlimited messages for 3 months. After that,
its 25 messages per month for $2.99. You can send to any MMS capable
phone & any computer.
MMS messages do not count against your Wireless Express plan.

If you want to send pics (MMS), you will also have to subscribe to
text messaging.

The photo size is about 320x266.  A word of warning, I think the pics
this phone takes are very bad compared to other picture phones I've
had. (samsung a620, nokia 3650). They are grainy. However, I did find
that they look better in sunlight (but they still don't produce
"great" pics.) For indoors, maybe the flash attachment would help.

> Hello,
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> Thanks!
Frederick Claus - 29 Nov 2003 23:41 GMT
Well, from what I know, they are two different things. Text messaging and
WIE are different. I don't have WIE on my phone, but I can send text
messages, and pictures. As for how much 1mb is, that would depend on what
you are sending. A guess would  be that the pictures that your camera phone
would take are no more than about 15 kb in size.

Fred

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> Hello,
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> Thanks!
tom glaab - 30 Nov 2003 02:43 GMT
"RonInCal" <NoSpam@earthlink.net> wrote
> The Wireless Internet Express Plan ($6.99 for 1 MB) is confusing to me. Can
> someone explain?

WIX is for web "surfing" and email. 1MB may be enough depending on
your needs. 1MB on a WAP browser is a lot (too painful to do more),
and you can devastate that in one session with MS Outlook on your
laptop.

> - Does this include sending photos to other cingular people (or is that a
> separate plan)?

For sending photos you want the MMS service. They charge by the
picture, not by the byte, and the prices are optimized for pictures.

> - How big are the photos? How may pictures can I send for 1MB?

Depends on your camera, and MMS charges by the photo, not the byte.

> - Does this include text messaging, if so how many SMS? (Because you can buy
> buckets of SMS too for 100, 250 or 750)

Text messaging is extra.

tg.
RonInCal - 30 Nov 2003 22:49 GMT
THANK YOU ALL!
> > The Wireless Internet Express Plan ($6.99 for 1 MB) is confusing to me. Can
> > someone explain?
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> tg.
 
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