iPhone launch 14th March on O2 Ireland...

Moofy

su_dios wrote: »

See the problem is..at the moment I pay 50eur meteor bill pay for free calls to any meteor, free texts to meteor, 300free mins to any network and I'm supposed to be getting 150free texts with the new offer too. The free calls I use a lot.. particularly just the one number. Does 02 do something similar ie. phone a friend for free?

Open it up there at lunch time:D

Just moved to O2 so have no idea what offers they do but if you get an iphone you have to get the iphone tarriffs.
I am sure they must do something where you can call a friend for free on the other tarriffs though.
I loved being with Meteor but had no choice but to go

The phone is currently bricked as it hasn't been conected to iTunes so they only thing I will be able to do is turn it on and off.

Moofy

AOR wrote: »

Did you have to pay with a credit card? I know there were rumours circulating that you would have to. But I suspect thats only for itunes

Well I paid with credit card anyway.
I think the man next to me was about to pay with cash.
What you have to do is pay the bill by direct debit either from your bank account or off your credit card.
When I signed up to Itunes the other night it already had my credit card details as I had bought stuff from the online apple store.

jpfahy

Picked up a 16gig in CPW Blackrock at about 10.30. Mine was the first iPhone they sold. bit of a flop for O2 because of the high tariff I'd say

TheBlackThing

I paid cash but needed the credit card to register with itunes.

I cant seem to access the contacts from my sim card.. Anybody know what the story is??

Class phone from what I can see so far! Safari is very good.

talkingclock

Limerick City Center, 11:30am:

O2 Shop Cruises Street - 5 people in it including 2 sales reps
CPW Arthurs Quay - 3 customers
3G Store (they do apple stuff) - empty...

AOR

TheBlackThing wrote: »

I paid cash but needed the credit card to register with itunes.

I cant seem to access the contacts from my sim card.. Anybody know what the story is??

Class phone from what I can see so far! Safari is very good.

AFAIK if you back them up to outlook using your old phone, then you can sync the phone with outlook and then you will have your contact info. I dont think it can read the contact info directly from the sim.

Moofy

TheBlackThing wrote: »

I paid cash but needed the credit card to register with itunes.

I cant seem to access the contacts from my sim card.. Anybody know what the story is??

Class phone from what I can see so far! Safari is very good.

You need to transfer your contacts from your old sim card over onto your pc/mac and then sync them to iphone.
Your other option is to enter all your contacts in manually:eek:

Basq

Another reason to jailbreak.. there's a 3rd party application to copy contacts from your sim!

Skyuser

I hope nobody buys from O2. They are ripping people off with the tariffs. I don't mind the price but the tariffs are sh!t, too expensive with no visual voicemail (one of the main features of the iphone)

TheBlackThing

basquille wrote: »

Another reason to jailbreak.. there's a 3rd party application to copy contacts from your sim!

Ya this sounds easier because Im using an old donkey of a phone and I dont think it can even be connected to a computer.

Can you point me in the right direction for doing this please..

vinnycoyne

Skyuser wrote: »

I hope nobody buys from O2. They are ripping people off with the tariffs. I don't mind the price but the tariffs are sh!t, too expensive with no visual voicemail (one of the main features of the iphone)

tariffs in general are far too expensive here, although the iphone ones definitely did put me off buying an official o2 one. visual voicemail isn't really a big deal for me, but the fact that o2 don't offer it anyway makes the import and jailbreak option much more attractive.

TheBlackThing

Just a little point to note - I posted earlier in the thread that your upgrade will be reset to zero when you purchase the phone. I was told in the shop today that they have changed this.

Your upgrade stays as it was, or you can choose to have your account credited to the value of the upgrade.

Moofy

TheBlackThing wrote: »

Ya this sounds easier because Im using an old donkey of a phone and I dont think it can even be connected to a computer.

Can you point me in the right direction for doing this please..

If you have signed up with O2 I wouldn't jailbreak it if I were you.
I know there are better features on the jailbroken ones but do you want to void your warranty just for the sake of copying your contacts?
Enter the ones you need first and then add some others later.
You can practice your typing

ciaran76

Walked by the 02 store there in The Pavillions in Swords and 3 people were getting the I-Phone. Shop looked packed but then again its only tiny and 3 people make it looked packed.

vinnycoyne

TheBlackThing wrote: »

Ya this sounds easier because Im using an old donkey of a phone and I dont think it can even be connected to a computer.

Can you point me in the right direction for doing this please..

Does the old phone have bluetooth? If so, you *might* be able to copy them across that way.

aidan_walsh

lackofcolour wrote: »

Does the old phone have bluetooth? If so, you *might* be able to copy them across that way.

You can't, the iPhone only supports hands free over bluetooth.

TheBlackThing

lackofcolour wrote: »

Does the old phone have bluetooth? If so, you *might* be able to copy them across that way.

Doubt it, but i suppose I could put the sim into the mrs' phone when she comes home and do it that way.

Do you mean from phone to phone or phone to PC to phone

TheBlackThing

aidan_walsh wrote: »

You can't, the iPhone only supports hands free over bluetooth.

that rules that out so

Stephen P

Sorry if this has already been asked and answered...

I'm on vodafone pre-pay and want to get the iphone without a bill and keep my existing no. Can I buy the iphone from CPW stick my sim in and unlock it with one of the unlocking websites?

/let the rotten vegetable throwing begin

Moofy

aidan_walsh wrote: »

You can't, the iPhone only supports hands free over bluetooth.

You only need to bluetooth the details from your old phone to your computer.
The iphone will pick up the details when the iPhone gets synced with the computer.

hshortt

stephen p wrote: »

Sorry if this has already been asked and answered...

I'm on vodafone pre-pay and want to get the iphone without a bill and keep my existing no. Can I buy the iphone from CPW stick my sim in and unlock it with one of the unlocking websites?

/let the rotten vegetable throwing begin

Yep, takes less than 4 minutes to free the iPhone. Rotten Veg? How about a nice shiny granny smith with one bite out of it

aidan_walsh

Moofy wrote: »

You only need to bluetooth the details from your old phone to your computer.
The iphone will pick up the details when the iPhone gets synced with the computer.

Thats true, but the OP seemed to suggest copying them from phone to phone, which I was advising was not possible.

Moofy

stephen p wrote: »

Sorry if this has already been asked and answered...

I'm on vodafone pre-pay and want to get the iphone without a bill and keep my existing no. Can I buy the iphone from CPW stick my sim in and unlock it with one of the unlocking websites?

/let the rotten vegetable throwing begin

Don't think they will let you buy without signing a contract.
You will pay a fortune for data if you are on PAYG.
So I think the IGB included in the tarriff is ok when you see the other charges.

Moofy

aidan_walsh wrote: »

Thats true, but the OP seemed to suggest copying them from phone to phone, which I was advising was not possible.

Ooops , Sorry:(

TheBlackThing

Feck it I'm gonna go ahead and jailbreak it (I've no patience)

Can anybody point me in the right direction..

faceman

TheBlackThing wrote: »

Feck it I'm gonna go ahead and jailbreak it (I've no patience)

Can anybody point me in the right direction..

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055113165

vinnycoyne

aidan_walsh wrote: »

You can't, the iPhone only supports hands free over bluetooth.

i meant copy the contacts from the old phone to the PC via bluetooth, then import into outlook or whatever for copying back to the iphone via itunes.

AOR

O2 Rathmines were doing pretty brisk business during Lunchtime, however their system crashed in the middle of it all so maybe it was just the backlog which made it seem packed!

skearon

For those who purchased an iPhone today in O2 store, did you just pay the 399 or 499 and walk out with the phone and then activate at home with iTunes, or do you have to give credit card / bank details before they give you the phone

TheBlackThing

skearon wrote: »

For those who purchased an iPhone today in O2 store, did you just pay the 399 or 499 and walk out with the phone and then activate at home with iTunes, or do you have to give credit card / bank details before they give you the phone

Just paid the cash and walked out the door, but I was an existing customer. Then activated it when I got home.