***Good News Update*** iPhones and T-Mobile

[Sonny]

Are there any members using an unlocked iPhone with T-Mobile?

I made the mistake of "playing" with a 3G iPhone. It so happens I am in the market for an all-in-one type of mobile device and the iPhone best suits my needs.

Unfortunately I still have a year left on my T-Mobile contract. In addition, it would cost $200 dollars to get out of the contract. Plus the cost of the new iPhone and plan would be a huge dent in my wallet. With that being said, how many of you are using an iPhone with T-Mobile?

[jdwme]

I seriously considered it until the G1 came out, after playing with both it's a great alternative and the development of apps for it has been pretty fast. Come January there should be a lot more apps come out that are much better, plus you would get 3g where with an unlocked iphone you wouldn't on t-mobile. There are a lot of people on cellphone forums that have used the iphone on tmobile and loved it, some switched to the G1 for the 3g coverage but if you aren't concerned about data and will use mostly wifi you should be ok.
I wish at&t and tmo would have used the same frequencies for 3g, would have made things so much easier

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by jdwme

I seriously considered it until the G1 came out, after playing with both it's a great alternative and the development of apps for it has been pretty fast. Come January there should be a lot more apps come out that are much better, plus you would get 3g where with an unlocked iphone you wouldn't on t-mobile. There are a lot of people on cellphone forums that have used the iphone on tmobile and loved it, some switched to the G1 for the 3g coverage but if you aren't concerned about data and will use mostly wifi you should be ok.
I wish at&t and tmo would have used the same frequencies for 3g, would have made things so much easier

I could be wrong but I heard the G1 is not compatible with MS Exchange! Huge killer for me.

Also, my wife and I use MS Outlook 2007 for EVERYTHING. Contacts, calender, appointments...and so forth. Can you the sync the G1 with MS Outlook via USB cable?

[jdwme]

Not as of yet. Full Exchange support is being worked on right now and there is an app available as a free download called contactsSync that will load contacts from an exchange server but that's it, no cal or appointments. That's what's so great about open source though, there are a lot of developers working on getting the apps people want and need quickly.

[ST77]

3G Iphones have been Jailbroken but not unlocked to work on other networks to get a unlocked phone you will need a gen1 phone

[bbailey]

Originally Posted by Sonny

I could be wrong but I heard the G1 is not compatible with MS Exchange! Huge killer for me.

Also, my wife and I use MS Outlook 2007 for EVERYTHING. Contacts, calender, appointments...and so forth. Can you the sync the G1 with MS Outlook via USB cable?

Is it still not possible for the iPhone to sync with Exchange and another client? I ask because when I was researching the Exchange/iPhone implementation possibilities (ah, systems administration :) ) I read that if you sync with Exchange, you can't have 'personal' contacts and mail synced at the same time. Have they updated it where you can separate work and home Exchange/Outlook syncing?

Of course, if I am mistaken please let me know. The iPhone is one of the devices I'm looking at for my next phone, as well as the G1.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by bbailey

Is it still not possible for the iPhone to sync with Exchange and another client? I ask because when I was researching the Exchange/iPhone implementation possibilities (ah, systems administration :) ) I read that if you sync with Exchange, you can't have 'personal' contacts and mail synced at the same time. Have they updated it where you can separate work and home Exchange/Outlook syncing?

Of course, if I am mistaken please let me know. The iPhone is one of the devices I'm looking at for my next phone, as well as the G1.

From what I now understand, the 3G iPhone is compatible with MS Exchange. But I'm not sure about the second part of your question.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by ST77

3G Iphones have been Jailbroken but not unlocked to work on other networks to get a unlocked phone you will need a gen1 phone

On another forum, one member says his 3G iPhone is both unlocked and jailbreak while using it on T-Mo.

[jdwme]

I know it is possible to unlock one now it just hasn't been made publically available by the iphone dev team, of course with tmo there is no reason to choose a 3g iphone over a 1st gen since the 3g data speeds won't work on tmo

[mramos]

I'm using my Iphone with tmobile. I dont use exchange so cant answer any questions about that. been loving it.

[Sonny]

I got out of my T-Mobile contract....sorta!

A buddy contacted me last night with some contract info. He directed me to a great article which can be found here.

Even though the article is two years, old one option he discussed worked for me. I was able to transfer my contract to my wife. She was past her two year agreement. So now I'm free to sign with any carrier I choose.

[photonewb]

welcome to the world of the iPhone...you'll love it.

[jdwme]

hey thats great, glad it worked out for ya, i just found out g1 owners are about to get exchange support in q1 2009 throught aardvark :) http://aardvarkforandroid.com/