The Reader

Everytime I fly I turn on airplane mode and play games on iPhone (15
min after takeoff and till 15 min before landing, when they want all
electronic gizmos off). And so far the crew has not objected. Is it
possible they presume I am playing with an iPod touch and not iPhone
Ram

Sent from my iPhone

On 24-Feb-2010, at 7:30 AM, Alan Schneider <dot.dittydot@verizon.net>
wrote:

> Every flight I've taken I've asked if I can use my iPhone in
> airplane mode during takeoff and landing and every single time I've
> been told to turn the phone off completely.
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Bill Sardone
> <wsardone@optonline.net>wrote:
> >
> > I believe that to be true. That is one of issues AT&T has been
> dealing with
> > ...the apps continually fetching new info....which in US is not a
> big deal
> > if you are on unlimited data..but international is another story.
> >
> > I agree....airplane mode when international..and hope for wifi.
> >
> > The pressure
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com <apple-iphone%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:
> > apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com <apple-iphone%40yahoogroups.com>] On
> Behalf
> > Of Jack Tang
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 2:22 PM
> > To: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com <apple-iphone%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: Re: [apple-iphone] Re: Airplane mode
> >
> > Here was my wife's experience with AT&T that I would like to share
> with
> > you.
> >
> > She had her e-mail turned OFF and the Airplane mode turned ON when
> she
> > traveled to Asia. We received a phone bill with over $500
> international
> > roaming charge during that period. She called AT&T for explanation
> of the
> > charge The answer was her "Fetch New Data" was ON. I don't know if
> this is
> > true but we got charged over $500 for international roaming. AT&T
> waved $250
> > for this charged.
> >
>

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