Apple will not allow Verizon to preload software on iPhone

Re:Apple will not allow Verizon to preload software on iPhone by Deadsunrise on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @06:05AM (#2095721)

Yes totally untrue. Every country I've been to in europe has this kind of plans and in the last year I've used them in Spain, France, Bulgaria and uk.

In Spain all providers have prepaid SIM's and you can use the credit on data. The best option right now for a short stay is to get a SIM card at the supermarket from carrefour (which is also a mobile operator) and pay 1 euro per day for unlimited data (there's a minimum of 3e per month).

You pay 10 euros for the SIM preloaded with 10 euros so you can connect a whole week cheaply at 100mb/day (after that speed is reduced to 128k)

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Re:Apple will not allow Verizon to preload software on iPhone by viraptor on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @07:16AM (#2095884)

Same for Poland, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany - prepaids with data are really cheap these days.

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Re:Apple will not allow Verizon to preload software on iPhone by dedward on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @04:49PM (#2097875)

Yup - standard fare for Europe for a long time now... a totally foreign concept in north america.

It'e sasier for operators to not have to deal with contracts and billing and just deal with self-service through supermarkets and hole-in-the-wall cellular shops selling phones, sims, and refill cards than it is to deal with contracts and billing...

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Re:Apple will not allow Verizon to preload software on iPhone by pclark on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @08:27AM (#2096034)

Thanks for the info on this - I'm looking to travel around Europe and need mobile data for work. Was pondering the best solution.

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