July 31st, 2007
iPhone SPAM can cost you
This tip was shared with me over IM from Eric Nix:
I had a pleasant surprise after returning from a trip to London. I forgot to turn the email autocheck off on my iPhone while traveling. Thanks to the PDF spam that was flooding my email account, I ended up with US$90 in data charges while in London for only 6 days. My total bill was US$180! I’m just glad I wasn’t in Zambia. My bill would have been $1000 probably.
Lesson learned: turn off the autocheck prior to departure overseas. I’m glad he mentioned that to me because I’m going to be in Canada this weekend and it costs 0.02/KB for data roaming and o.79/minute for voice in the Great White North. Yikes.
Jason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.
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