Wired4iPhone » free a http://www.wired4iphone.com everything iPhone Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:25:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 O2 Join the ‘How Many Minutes Left’ Club (Albeit Badly) http://www.wired4iphone.com/applications/o2-join-the-how-many-minutes-left-club-albeit-badly http://www.wired4iphone.com/applications/o2-join-the-how-many-minutes-left-club-albeit-badly#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:06:22 +0000 MaFt http://www.wired4iphone.com/?p=1079 myo2-logoFollowing on from our comparative review of ‘Mobile Allowance’ and ‘Mobile Minutes Tracker’ (see previous posts here and here) O2 have now released their ‘My O2′ app. According to their AppStore description it allows users to see their remaining minutes and texts and their tariff, bolt-ons and calling plan prices. Those with a Pay Monthly contract can view recent charges (e.g. premium texts and roaming charges) and view bill summaries and payment dates.

This is all very nice in theory. In practise, however, it is somewhat different…

myo2-failMy personal experience is not good – it simply won’t log in and returns a ‘Network Unavailable’ error. I could believe that a free app released by O2 would maybe cause some server overload but both ‘Mobile Allowance’ and ‘Mobile Minutes Tracker’ connected to the (same) server without any issues. I’m not the only one with problems either, if the AppStore reviews are anything to go by. One in every three of the reviews gives the same error as I received. Maybe it’s an OS3.1 issue, or maybe it’s because I have 2 account numbers with O2 (see previous comparative review) but both the other apps handle these fine.

Our recommendation? Don’t be so cheap and go grab Mobile Allowance for a mere 59p! IT – JUST – WORKS!!

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