If you are a China Unicom user roaming in Taiwan, and you want to contact a friend in Taipei who’s number is 999-888-777, To send a text message you have to use: +00886-999-888-777 but to make a phone call to the same friend you have to press +886-999-888-777. So, you’re address book is basically useless.
Int’l Text Message: + 00 [country code] [number]
Int’l Dialing while Roaming Overseas + [country code] [number]
To do unconditional call forwarding, to “13611881234″, you would enter:
**21*13611881234# (call)
Co cancel call forwarding, you would simply enter:
##21# (call)
For more information, call 800 858 2293. This configuration for call forwarding seems to be quite standard as it even works for T-Mobile.
我用了中国移动，用了快四年。从前没觉得好，但相对来说平稳。 为用3G服务我换到了中国联通。这个联通服3G服务的确很快，而186号码选择不错，但其它方面都没联通那么承受。
1）联通服务信号经常很弱。在许多地方移动完全有信号，但联通就显示“无服务”
2）“12593″。如你得打国际电话，移动的12593非常优惠。联通的“10193”也不错，但是无法跟3G服务一起用，所以就能通过“17900的美加直通车”，但是这种每次打电话浪费30秒钟在输入电话号码，原来的12593不用等 － 就存号码在练习簿里。
3）VIP客户服务。打电话到移动的10086，会自动的转换到VIP热线，但联通的服务就让大家一起排队，一起等等。
4）国际长途加“+00”。这个很麻烦因为反对国际标准。国际标准电话号码是：＋ 国家号 区号 本地号，但联通是“＋00国家号”。所以，如同步你的电话簿到联通的手机，而也同步到移动或AT&T或其它公司的手机，永远无法同步。这个真麻烦。
Additionally, China Unicom has supposedly purchased 500,000 iPhones that it expects to resell to customers in China, but I don’t think this is possible with the pricing plan that they’ve created. See iPhone @ CHU.
For a 3GS that does not have Wifi and is locked to China Unicom, if you sign up for a 2 year contract, you can spend: 386元 ($56) or 586元 ($86) per month you can get an iPhone for 1799元 ($264) or 99元 ($15). However, there is a deposit of 5200元 ($794) or 6900元 ($1014).
Meanwhile, for a real 3GS iPhone from Hong Kong – the official Wifi Enabled “Apple Unlocked” version that you can use with China Mobile, China Unicom, or any other carrier on the planet is HK$ 5388 ($695 / 4747元).
Apparently the target is the “186元” per month, on a 2 year contract which gives you an iPhone for 3500元. If they could move the 225/month phone down to 1999元, I think they could move their target quota.
Without the change, I expect the grey market from Apple Hong Kong will take the most market share.
My iPhone 3GS was working just fine, then it suddenly stopped booting. Now I get a message on the screen saying: “iTunes could not connect to the iPhone “ryphone3gs” because it is locked with a passcode. You must enter your passcode on the iPhone before it can be used with iTunes”. [Cancel] [Try Again]
Of course, while displaying this message, my iPhone simply displays a “swipe for emergency call” message and provides no way to actually unlock the phone.
When going into Hardware restore mode, I simply see “Error 23″ in iTunes, which according to some online information may mean my hardware is toasted.
I tried using “irecovery” to get at the source of the issue, but each time I boot up, I get:
Boot Failure Count: 0 Panic Fail Count: 0
Radio failed to respond.
Radio failed to respond.
Pinging Radio Failed, 4
Entering recovery mode, starting command prompt
Apparently I’m not the only one having this “pinging radio failed” problem.
The last ditch effort may be to prepare a custom Apple iPhone RAM disk apparently called “Bypass_Passcode.bin” (created with iLiberty+) and use irecovery to load that RAM disk onto the iPhone, and then use the disk to disable the password. Seems like a lot of work considering that my iPhone is new, that it’s never been hacked, jailbroken, sim-unlocked or anything else.
There’s also some information about downgrading the 3GS from 3.1 to 3.0, but that seems specific to the sim-unlockers and jailbreakers of the world. Sad that even playing by Apple’s rules, the iPhone still isn’t very reliable.
Following the directions of the Apple support website, I entered in my serial number and other iPhone information and submitted my case, only to get an error from the Apple support website saying: “We’re sorry, but we’re unable to complete your request at this time. Please try again in a few minutes or start over now”. Of course after a few minutes I started over and did the process again, and got the same error. Forgive me for being a skeptic about AAPL at $300/share.
30 years ago Nixon and Kissenger agreed with Beijing on the “One China Policy“, breaking off relations with Taiwan as the “Republic of China” and officially recognizing the People’s Republic of China as the legitimate government of China. The US Embassy in China put together a nice logo in honor of the event, and combining it with an iPhone wallpaper template I’ve converted it into a nice iPhone wallpaper. For reference the Chinese says:
中美建立外交关系30年
Meaning:
30 Years of USA – PRC Diplomatic Relations
Click through the image below to download the “wallpaper” version or the Photoshop template.
短信服务中心 SMS Message Center: ＋8613800210500
GPRS APN：cmnet
GPRS 用户 （User): <<leave blank>> <<留空>>
GPRS 密码 （Password): <<leave blank>> <<留空>>
彩信服务（MMS Service)
接入点名称（APN）：cmwap
Menu / MMS Options / Servers / 中国移动 / Connect Via “MMS“
IP网关地址：10.0.0.172
MMS地址：http://mmsc.monternet.com
GPRS WAP Access:
首页（homepage）：http://wap.monternet.com
连接安全（connection security)：Off 关
传输方式（transmission type）：GPRS
GPRS连接（GPRS connection)： Always On （总是在线）
GPRS连接入点（APN)：cmwap
IP地址（IP Address)：10.0.0.172
GPRS 用户 （User): <<leave blank>> <<留空>>
GPRS 密码 （Password): <<leave blank>> <<留空>>
Note that these settings can be used for any type of phone with your China Mobile account. If you’re having difficulties sending SMS’s, or unable to get a network connection to the Internet, take a look at the corresponding settings on your phone. Do note that these settings are often difficult to locate. Also note that you may have to dial 10086 and have GPRS service activated for your account.
摩托罗拉（MOTO）设置说明（Configuration Instructions): UCWEB
Problems:
It would also be great to have the iPhone’s 3-dimensional accelerometer, improved battery life, and a flash for the camera, but none of these issues is a deal breaker for me.
The Benefits:
The biggest surprise is just how STABLE Windows Mobile has become over the years. I used CE years ago and it crashed constantly, but Windows Mobile 6.1 is amazing. It multi-tasks very well (much better than the iPhone) and allows you to manually close any program(s) if you choose. But Windows Mobile’s built in memory manager is always running in the background and will normally just keep is going smooth fro you.
BOTTOM LINE: If your a BlackBerry or iPhone user that needs Chinese Support, then the Treo Pro is likely the one device that you can finally settle on!
The new Palm Treo Pro could be the best device for people who need Chinese and English friendly operation of SMS and Email, and an amazing Chinese <-> English and Chinese <-> Chinese dictionary too.
The Treo Pro will start shipping in September for $550 for Unlocked GSM + Wifi + GPS + 400 MHz CPU + Good Battery + 2MP Camera
Additionally, Opera Mobile for Windows Mobile is supposed to be as good or better than Safari on the iPhone, so with EDGE, 3G and WiFi, this would be a great alternative to the iPhone. Additionally, the Treo Pro is smaller than the iPhone!
Dictionary: Pleco Dict including the 现代汉语规范词典 for Chinese <-> Chinese and the 21世纪大英汉词典 for 280,000 including proper nouns like cities, countries and even 16 Simpson’s TV show guest stars! It’s a very useful $99 upgrade on top of the standard package, or about $200 in total if you’ve never purchased an earlier Pleco version.
Input-method-wise, CE-Star (http://www.mobem.com/) has a built in handwriting recognizer and decent Pinyin input but costs a lot of money ($43.50), but there’s a keyboard-only one called ZTA4 (http://www.ztqj.com/) that’s free and actually really nice – has a slick interface and it does a very good job with intelligently guessing what you’re trying to type. It doesn’t enable Chinese support on English-language phones, though, while CE-Star does.
Of course, Windows Mobile also runs Skype and MSN Messenger
Just need to make sure I can load the Chinese language version of Windows Mobile 6.1 on the Treo Pro and we’re in good shape!
The iPod app in the iPhone does have a sleep timer, it turns out. It’s just that it’s so well hidden that I’d never have found it without clues from elsewhere.
To set an iPod sleep timer:
I had looked in the timer section of the clock app before — on the iPod, sleep timers are also set through the Clock menu item — but because I hadn’t explored the alarm-tone picker, I hadn’t spotted the ‘Sleep iPod’ option. Silly me, thinking that a menu wouldn’t logically contain 23 options all meaning ‘make noise’ and one option meaning ’stop making noise’.
Note that you cannot tell the iPod to start playing at a certain time. Though the Alarm function of the clock allows you to be awakened by any one of Apple’s canned ringtones, it won’t let you pick one of your own songs as the alarm sound.
Source: http://tinotopia.com/wordpress/archive/2007/07/02/iphone-ipod-sleep-timer-found/
Call direct from your mobile phone. No calling card. Only 2x the price of Skype In, but better quality and you can call out!
在上海，申请中国移动的国际长途就发“3211”到10086。这样可以申请国际IP长途服务，每次拨国际电话号码，先拨：12593＋00＋国际电话号码，比如：
拨美国的“＋1－206－555－1212”，变成：
12593－00－1－206－555－1212
Give China Mobile a call and Sign-up for IP Int’l Long Distance. Just send an SMS containing only “3211″ to 10086. Each time you want to dial an Int’l number, just add: 1259-00, then the country code and the number.
如果你忘记你的密码，就发密码查询的拼音到10086，那就是：MMCX
If you forget your password, just send MMCX to 10086
如果要查你的账户还有多少钱，发“余额查询”的拼音到10086，那就是：YECX
If you need you current account balance, send YECX to 10086
If you’re a China Mobile user, you may or may not be aware that you can get inexpensive international long distance (国际长途）by dialing 17951＋00 then the country code and number you want to reach. You can actual save the full number in your address book (not like using a calling card) for the people you call most frequently and make the habit of saving a lot. Note that you don’t want to save this as the primary number in your address book, else you won’t be able to send text messages.
That is 2.2元／minute (See complete IP talk Rate Chart), compare this to the direct dial price of 0.8元/6 seconds – or 8.0元/minute, it’s a savings of almost 80%. At the currently miserable USD exchange rate, using “IP Phone” from China Mobile is just over USD 30¢/minute.
If you check the Skype Rate Chart, calling to a China Mobile phone is only 2.4¢/minute, so Skype In is still by far the cheapest way to talk to someone on your mobile for a long conversation. Here’s China Mobile’s post about Int’l Long Distance…
国际长途 您打给国外朋友的长途电话 使用方式 1、确认您的手机号码已经开通国际长途功能； 2、您可以直接拨打： 00＋国家或地区代码＋城市代码＋对方号码 或00＋国家或地区代码＋对方手机号码 3、也可以加拨17951进行IP通话： 17951＋00＋国家或地区代码＋城市代码＋对方号码 17951＋00＋国家或地区代码＋对方手机号码 标准资费 1、至世界各地0.80元/6秒，采用分时段及国家法定节假日资费优惠的办法； 2、加拨17951具体资费以当地移动公司公布为准 特别提醒 目前国际长途可通达世界上280多个国家和地区。 具体开通情况，请以当地移动公司公布为准。
Details at Baidu “Know” (chinese) on a variety of Int’l calling options.
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