AT&T out of stock on iPhone 3G, offers unlimited iPad data plans to those who order by June 7

Upgraded to unlimited plan last night and received a confirmation email from AT&T as such. This morning, my iPad had a message that the upgrade was unsuccessful and to try again, now the unlimited plan is not available, which I knew would be the case. Will see if they honor their email confirmation.

As an aside, my local Apple store is out of iPhones completely as well. Maybe new iPhones go on sale tomorrow? Hope so.

Okay, I've been reading all of the AT&T bashing for a few days without saying anything, but it's getting ridiculous. Seriously, look at the facts. Verizon Wireless is going to do the exact same thing (see the most recent article about this here: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6536KL20100605?type=technologyNews), and they were actually the first ones to bring it up. Their CEO has been suggesting his company move towards this type of pricing arrangement for the last month.

Now, as for T-Mobile and Sprint, if they're smart, and they occasionally are, they should keep their unlimited plans to have any hope for survival. Time will tell. They obviously aren't facing the same bandwidth and network congestion issues the big guys are or soon will be facing.

For the new iPad 3G users, seriously, if you consistently use more than two gigs (when you are not on WiFi!) then keep your auto-renew turned on and chill out. If you don't, use your WiFi (way better for your battery life anyway) and enjoy the price cut in your service plan - it saves you $60 a year. Remember, AT&T is most likely going to roll out many, many new WiFi hotspots, in addition to the 20,000 they already have, this year as another way to battle its network congestion.

For me, I use my iPhone constantly. Constantly. When I saw this new release a couple of days ago, I thought to myself, thank goodness I have an unlimited plan I can keep! I must be one of their top data users! I stream movies, listen to Pandora, serve the web, and download apps constantly, everyday. It's just the way I am. Well, turns out, my average data usage from my bill is around 300 mb. 300! Less than one-sixth of what the new "DataPro" plan will offer me! I'll probably stick with my unlimited plan anyway, just to have it, but come on. Look at the facts before you flip out.

Oh, yeah. And use WiFi. I don't know about all of you, but here in Portland, Oregon, it's everywhere.

AT&T reps...not sure that they're the best source to go with. I'm guessing once you stop the plan, you're done.

iPad Weekly - http://www.ipadweek.ly/

AT&T backed off the Facebook post and claimed you have to be on auto-renew to keep the unlimited data plan. There will be litigation over this. Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices allow the recovery of attorneys' fees and treble damages. I expect the first suit will be filed on Monday if it was not filed on Friday.

http://divelove.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/ipad-apple-att-and-a-new-twist-on-the-bait-and-switch/

Or Steve is all about the Benjamins and announces a new extended contract with AT&T. That's right folks. We looked at the numbers and this is a better deal to sucker, I mean bring, in new customers that wanted an iPhone, but didn't want to spend $30 a month. It was actually our idea and Apple did the number crunching. This will allow more users with less bandwidth issues to use AT&T. And you'll believe me, because I'm Steve Jobs and I know what's best for you. This will make the wireless expierence much better.

Now honestly I love all my Apple products, but you know if Steve comes out and says anything like this people will forgive AT&T. You know after the backlash goes down Verizon will unveil a similar plan. Both reducing their prices to the same for family plans, same text costs, etc. They work together, but since there is other competition they won't be called out on it.

I hope that Steve comes out at WWDC and tells everyone that he bitch slapped AT&T so hard that they're letting the current plans still be offered for Apple's devices.

You can have my 16gb 3GS for free and take over my contract.

"The unlimited option can only be maintained for accounts with auto-renew turned on, and if you drop your service for a month you can only sign back up for one of the new plans."

Thanks for making that clear. Nobody else seemed to pick up on that.

Why is Apple joining AT&T in their deception? The Apple store still says that we can have start/stop unlimited 3G

"In the United States, 3G service is available through a breakthrough deal with AT&T. You choose the amount of data per month you want to buy — 250MB or unlimited. If you choose the 250MB plan, you’ll receive onscreen messages as you get close to your monthly data limit so you can decide whether to turn off 3G or upgrade to the unlimited plan. Best of all, there’s no long-term contract. So if you have a business trip or vacation approaching, just sign up for the month you’ll be traveling and cancel when you get back. You don’t need to visit a store to get 3G service. You can sign up, check your data usage, manage your account, or cancel your service — all from your iPad."

Man, that is just wrong. Tell us the truth Apple.