Yep, I'm using T-Mobile's @ Home service right now on my Curve. Fire up the WiFi and when you're around any unsecured (or secured if you know the PW) that you've told the phone to see, it switches into UMA mode and you're up and making/receiving calls that don't drain any of your minutes. I've been using it for about 3 months now and I'd give it an 8. Occasionally people have some trouble hearing me and sometimes the WiFi to GSM handover doesn't work and you drop the call, but overall, it allows me to use my mobile as my business line - hmm, should make them pay for it!
I even fired it up while in England and it was golden; just like I was calling from Boulder. Theoretically, a carrier can stop this by filtering IP addresses, but T-Mobile (to my knowledge) doesn't.
Now, take that functionality and put it into a 3G iphone and I'll jump. Sure I want 64GB and a 5MP with flash - but I can upgrade if/when Apple gets around to that. Sorry T-Mobile, but gotta say goodbye to best prices and hello to some new sexy (sure...3G is coming to T-Mobile...just keep saying it and one decade it may become reality....)
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Yep, I'm using T-Mobile's @ Home service right now on my Curve. Fire up the WiFi and when you're around any unsecured (or secured if you know the PW) that you've told the phone to see, it switches into UMA mode and you're up and making/receiving calls that don't drain any of your minutes. I've been using it for about 3 months now and I'd give it an 8. Occasionally people have some trouble hearing me and sometimes the WiFi to GSM handover doesn't work and you drop the call, but overall, it allows me to use my mobile as my business line - hmm, should make them pay for it!
I even fired it up while in England and it was golden; just like I was calling from Boulder. Theoretically, a carrier can stop this by filtering IP addresses, but T-Mobile (to my knowledge) doesn't.
Now, take that functionality and put it into a 3G iphone and I'll jump. Sure I want 64GB and a 5MP with flash - but I can upgrade if/when Apple gets around to that. Sorry T-Mobile, but gotta say goodbye to best prices and hello to some new sexy (sure...3G is coming to T-Mobile...just keep saying it and one decade it may become reality....)