"The first thing you do to avoid bill shock, is buy extra bundles.
The second is to be conscious of what you can and can’t do with a smartphone – and where you can jump onto a WiFi network. Many companies now offer them to employees who check their email on their smartphones, while coffee shops and friends will gladly give you their password. It’s a strange sign of levels of friendship, I’ve noticed, with how people share their WiFi at home with different levels of intimate friends. If you’re on the list, you’ve made it.
The third thing you can do to avoid bill shock is download a clever app called Onavo Extend. This works similarly to BlackBerry’s servers by compressing the data you use on your phone."
The second is to be conscious of what you can and can’t do with a smartphone – and where you can jump onto a WiFi network. Many companies now offer them to employees who check their email on their smartphones, while coffee shops and friends will gladly give you their password. It’s a strange sign of levels of friendship, I’ve noticed, with how people share their WiFi at home with different levels of intimate friends. If you’re on the list, you’ve made it.
The third thing you can do to avoid bill shock is download a clever app called Onavo Extend. This works similarly to BlackBerry’s servers by compressing the data you use on your phone."
