Limited is the new unlimited, says Orange

November 14th, 2009

When Orange announced their pricing for the iPhone a few weeks ago, they quoted a limit of 750MB on what they call their unlimited plan. So I thought I’d look back at my past data usage (with O2) just to see how it compares to Orange’s unlimited limit of 750MB. The results: the closest I got to the 750MB limit was 727MB. I suspect this was mostly due to me trying out the Spotify app during that month. Although I consider myself a heavy data user, my usage has otherwise been well below 750MB a month.

data usage

So do I think that the 750MB Orange limit reasonable? Probably! However, if O2 had better 3G coverage in my area, I expect I would be using significantly more data. What’s your usage like? Note: Orange has since backtracked* on their unlimited limit.

*sort of

Thanks to @sledgecallier for showing me how to access my data usage statistics that’s buried deep inside the MyO2 website.

Print Screen from a Mac/Apple Keyboard on a PC

October 8th, 2009

apple keyboard

The apple keyboard does not have a ‘print screen’ button. I thought I’d share this handy tip on how to take screenshots (print screen) if you are using an apple keyboard on a PC. Simply load the ‘On-Screen Keyboard’ from Start>Programs>Accessories>Accessibility>On-Screen Keyboard and click on ‘psc’ button. Read More »

Get rid of image compression on O2′s network

September 27th, 2009

For a while now I’ve been frustrated with the quality of images downloaded through O2′s mobile network on my iPhone. It seems like O2 heavily compresses any images that goes through it’s mobile network before transmitting it.

As you can see, there’s a significant difference in the quality of the images.

I have recently stumbled upon a fix for this that seems to work (at least for now). Read More »