http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/ Engadget Comments for T-Mobile produces official statement regarding international G1 data roaming http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/
That's like McDonald's beverage cup warning, " Beware, the beverage you are about to enjoy is HOT"

Duhhhh!!!]]>Dec 10th 2008 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/
Still, if Windows Mobile can turn off the data connection (it'll tell you when programs try to reconnect), Android should do better.]]>Dec 10th 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/
WinMo puts a block to programs that try to override a user when they turn off roaming. On top of that, most programs will present a warning before each use.

That will be the problem in open source is that program that can be installed can technically also alter setting beyond the users control. Of course, as long as the user is notified before installation, it becomes the user's choice.

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If I'm with O2 in the UK, why am I treated like a visitor when I connect to O2 in Germany? A lot of Americans complain about the extent at which the EU regulates things, because they only hear about antitrust issues against American companies operating here. One of the best things the EU has done was to set a cap for roaming charges. This has applied to voice for a while, and is going to include SMS and data charges from July 2009.
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Don't be so daft. These companies are granted slices of the airwaves. As there is limited competition, deregulated markets work about as well as string-cheese ping-pong paddles.]]>Dec 15th 2008 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/
A better question is, how did they forget to include that functionality from the beginning?
-Taylor]]>Dec 10th 2008 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/
You'll be expecting them to charge reasonable tariffs next!]]>Dec 10th 2008 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/
must press 'reply' on the correct post next time.]]>Dec 10th 2008 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/
Really my guess is that they just didn't think about this being an issue, so other apps were written in such a way that it is now difficult for them to handle the change. They'll figure it out tho.

-Taylor]]>Dec 10th 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/
Some people just don't read into the apps features and just see "Oh, weather updates!" and install anyway (when in fact there's an alert service which will alert you even if the app is closed, and it lets you know that). I know what apps I won't be using if I go overseas, just out of common sense.]]>Dec 10th 2008 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/
Kind of to sorry to late for google on this one. Mind you, they could put a real switch that doesn't enable apps to roam. Probably quite easily actually.]]>Dec 10th 2008 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/I bought the G1 hoping that they had fixed this, looks like they didn't.

]]>Dec 10th 2008 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/
thanks
peter in oakland, ca]]>Dec 15th 2008 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/pmj dot spammy at gmail
thanks]]>Dec 15th 2008 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 11th 2008 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 11th 2008 1:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/
OH BTW! Please don't flame me...]]>Dec 11th 2008 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/
Either way they should fix this problem since it's still early on and hopefully not too many programs decided to rely on an override.

Yes this probably has to the with the "apps without borders" concept. But it shouldn't be a security risk b/c when you install the app it will say it can turn on data roaming explicitly if it has that ability.]]>Dec 10th 2008 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/
„I hate to say I told you say ... ”

;)]]>Dec 10th 2008 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 10th 2008 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 11th 2008 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/
"VPN Total Int Addon - $29.95"]]>Dec 11th 2008 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Dec 24th 2008 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t-mobile-produces-official-statement-regarding-international-g1/Jan 21st 2009 5:43PM