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XO users - Anyone try the Tmobile hotspot with iPhone? - bhaveshp - 01-17-2008
I haven't had a chance to activate my free Tmobile Hotspot offer yet, but was wondering that this WiFi offer should work with the iPhone as it is not limited to the OLPC for access.
Anyone try yet?
Re: XO users - Anyone try the Tmobile hotspot with iPhone? - ztirffritz - 01-17-2008
Yep, I set it up on my wife's iPhone.
Re: XO users - Anyone try the Tmobile hotspot with iPhone? - guitarist - 01-17-2008
As long as you log in at the TMobile portal with a valid user name and password, wifi is wifi, it should work, yes? I haven't tried it, but I have TMobile as a carrier on my (unlocked) cell phone, and have bought day passes before.
Re: XO users - Anyone try the Tmobile hotspot with iPhone? - pinkoos - 01-17-2008
How do you activate the Hotspot access? I didn't have anything in my box/shipment explaining how to do it.
Thanks.
Re: XO users - Anyone try the Tmobile hotspot with iPhone? - ztirffritz - 01-17-2008
They said that they sent an email about it, but I never saw it. Search the Wiki for more information about how to sign up. There was a code that they sent that you enter on a web page and they send you some info and your good to go. I couldn't find the code. I eventually tracked the shipment of my order number on the OLPC website, then looked at it on the FedEx page and found a number that was the needed number. Took some digging, but I got there.
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/T-Mobile
**edit**
I did some digging through my gmail account and found their email in the SPAM folder. So you know what you're looking for I've posted it below. I've removed some of the info for obvious reasons, but the number of characters is the same:
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Dear OLPC Donor,
Thank you for participating in our Give One Get One program. Thanks to your generosity, thousands of XO laptops will be delivered in early 2008 to children in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Mongolia and Rwanda.
You have either received or will be receiving your XO laptop. In order to help you get the most out of your experience with the XO and One Laptop per Child (OLPC), here are some important links. Please save this email for reference.
To find out everything you need to know to get started with your XO laptop, click here or visit www.laptopgiving.org/start.
Your Order Reference Number is: 7xxxxxxxx6
You can track your shipment on the FedEx web site http://www.fedex.com/Tracking
Your FedEx Tracking Number is: 2xxxxxxxxxxxx8
If your laptop is a gift for a child, click here to download a gift card that explains that a child in the developing world will receive an XO laptop, too, as part of this program.
For Terms and Conditions of the Give One Get One initiative, click here.
To learn more about T-Mobile USA's offer to provide one year of complimentary access to T-Mobile HotSpot, click here. Please note that to activate this offer, you will need to enter your Give One Get One order reference number: 7xxxxxxx6 and the email address you used when your placed your order.
From all of us at OLPC, thanks again for your participation in Give One Get One. Your gift will help give children around the globe amazing, new opportunities to grow, explore, learn and express themselves.
Enjoy your XO laptop!
OLPC Foundation
P.O. Box 425087
Cambridge, MA 02142
Re: XO users - Anyone try the Tmobile hotspot with iPhone? - ztirffritz - 01-17-2008
Once you find your reference number, click here:
http://64.34.176.239/get_ref.html
Re: XO users - Anyone try the Tmobile hotspot with iPhone? - pinkoos - 01-17-2008
Thanks. It will take me awhile to figure out what my reference number is, but I'll check the original box when I get home this evening.
Thanks again for the info and link!
Re: XO users - Anyone try the Tmobile hotspot with iPhone? - bhaveshp - 01-17-2008
[quote ztirffritz]Yep, I set it up on my wife's iPhone.
Cool.. I'll have to give it a shot this weekend.
Re: XO users - Anyone try the Tmobile hotspot with iPhone? - ztirffritz - 01-17-2008
Do you still have the box? It might be on the FedEx label. Probably as the PO.
Re: XO users - Anyone try the Tmobile hotspot with iPhone? - bhaveshp - 01-17-2008
Yes still have the shipping box & also have an email with my G1G1 order # so I'm set as far as placing the Tmobile order is concerned.
This 1 yr hotspot trial will be handy when travelling - Airports, hotels, many places will now be free!