wi-fi question for BB 8820 or AT&T 8525/Tilt users
I just got a corporate paid line of service. Corp doesn't allow data plans and the manager has to pay any/all data charges at the standard $/kb rate and I have to justify any/all data charges.
I am thinking about getting a wi-fi capable phone to avoid data charges since 80-90% of the time I'm in a location where wi-fi is available (work & home).
Is there a way to configure these phones to only use wi-fi? Or require an extra click/button push to use AT&T's data network?
I basically need a phone that I can sync Outlook calendar items to, has great reception, and can easily read text messages sent to me from servers (server down/application outage). Everything else is bonus.
I am thinking about getting a wi-fi capable phone to avoid data charges since 80-90% of the time I'm in a location where wi-fi is available (work & home).
Is there a way to configure these phones to only use wi-fi? Or require an extra click/button push to use AT&T's data network?
I basically need a phone that I can sync Outlook calendar items to, has great reception, and can easily read text messages sent to me from servers (server down/application outage). Everything else is bonus.
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I haven't checked actually, but there is a new WiFi menu in the 8820. I'm pretty sure in the radio menu you can disable the phone radio and just use WiFi. And WiFi on all the phones will prevail over the data network.
The 8525/Tilt work that way.
The 8525/Tilt work that way.
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You might would consider altering the access point by one letter so that IF it were to try and connect via the internet it wouldnt because the setting would be incorrect (thats why you change the spelling of something in the access point) and therefore it would never get on the internet. Or maybe AT&T can block data for that particular line of service.
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Thanks for the replies. I like the idea of changing the access point by a letter so it fails. That way I can change it back if I really need to do something that I can justify to the boss, yet keep my data usage minimal and still have a PDA type phone.
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