AT&T Mobile Backup

[jkirk994]

AT&T Mobile Backup, will be launching on July 24th. Mobile Backup is a downloadable application and will be launching on 6 Motorola handsets with more devices to be available in the near future.

[TehJoE234797]

Originally Posted by jkirk994

AT&T Mobile Backup, will be launching on July 24th. Mobile Backup is a downloadable application and will be launching on 6 Motorola handsets with more devices to be available in the near future.

I've heard about this, not to anxious to support this though.. Can't imagine how much fun it's going to be to tell people that they phucked up when trying to back up their contacts and now that they need them, too bad... so sad.

[jkirk994]

I thought that was what the sim card was for, well unless you loose your phone, then you are Out of Luck

I see in this link AT&T Mobile Backup launches June 8 - Engadget Mobile that at&t is planning on charging their customers $1.99/month for the use of this application....Any word on if they plan to offer it free of charge if you have an account on line with them like Verizon does?

[jkirk994]

I don't know if they do, From what i've seen. its a fee based service

[TehJoE234797]

Originally Posted by MobilePrincess

I see in this link AT&T Mobile Backup launches June 8 - Engadget Mobile that at&t is planning on charging their customers $1.99/month for the use of this application....Any word on if they plan to offer it free of charge if you have an account on line with them like Verizon does?

You can do the same things on the at&t website.. you have to go through your bill and select contacts and add them to a phone book that you can save on your online account..

[Fire14]

Originally Posted by TehJoE234797

You can do the same things on the at&t website.. you have to go through your bill and select contacts and add them to a phone book that you can save on your online account..

But with this you can't upload the contact list to a phone, I am guessing this service will allow you to do that as well correct?

Didn't Verizon have a fee for their service like this in the beginning, then they went to it being free just a short time ago?

Maybe they won't go free with it, since people do have the SIM cards & most would use that, but it is a good idea especially if you don't have software to back them up to your computer.

Originally Posted by TehJoE234797

You can do the same things on the at&t website.. you have to go through your bill and select contacts and add them to a phone book that you can save on your online account..

I might be wrong here, but this method that you are referring to here does not sound like this new program that cost $1.99/month. AT&T Mobile Backup launches June 8 - Engadget Mobile Although the two do sound very similar.

[Fire14]

Originally Posted by MobilePrincess

I might be wrong here, but this method that you are referring to here does not sound like this new program that cost $1.99/month. AT&T Mobile Backup launches June 8 - Engadget Mobile Although the two do sound very similar.

I agree with you, it seems this will do a backup & allow you to upload it to your phone.

Doing the system thru OLAM allows you to designate names to the numbers, and in your phone book see the names & numbers and print them, but that is the limit of it.

Originally Posted by Fire14

But with this you can't upload the contact list to a phone, I am guessing this service will allow you to do that as well correct?

Correct. The new program will allow costumers to set up their contacts on line, and download the backup assistant application onto their handsets. Once they have done this, they can set up a period of which their contacts are backed up (ie; daily, weekly, monthly).

Didn't Verizon have a fee for their service like this in the beginning, then they went to it being free just a short time ago?

Yes, Verizon did charge a fee of $1.99/month and still does unless the customer signs up for My Account online (then it is free). https://www.getbackupnow.com/

Maybe they won't go free with it, since people do have the SIM cards & most would use that, but it is a good idea especially if you don't have software to back them up to your computer.

I use this program myself for free as a registered My Account user, and I have found it to be very beneficial given the fact that I have 3 handsets with Verizon. However like you said, if I still had at&t and had all of my contacts saved to my SIM card, I don't think I would bother paying $1.99 for the use of this application.

[TehJoE234797]

Originally Posted by Fire14

I agree with you, it seems this will do a backup & allow you to upload it to your phone.

Doing the system thru OLAM allows you to designate names to the numbers, and in your phone book see the names & numbers and print them, but that is the limit of it.

Exactly, you can save them on there but not upload them to your phone if you need them.

[hf1khal]

That would be a good thing to offer customers and hopefully it will be for free like VZW does it. I can say this would save a lot of head ackes from the too many changes of handset that happens in my family.

[jkirk994]

has anyone known any carrier to offer anything for free?

Detail Billing was free, now some charge for it.

[danny boi]

Does it backup more than just the name/phone number?

VZW's backup assistant allows you to backup multiple phone numbers along with an email address.

I guess that would be the difference than simply having your contacts on a SIM, correct? Can you backup multiple numbers and email addresses on today's SIM's?

[Fire14]

AT&T Launches Mobile Backup

New Product Provides Management of Contact Information.

AT&T Inc. has announced that people will be able to easily store, update and access the contact information on their wireless phones through a new downloadable handset application. Called AT&T Mobile Backup, this application eliminates the need to spend hours re-entering contacts into a new or replacement phone. AT&T Mobile Backup also provides several features that help customers easily manage their wireless handset's contact information.

AT&T Mobile Backup will be available on a variety of handsets, beginning with six Motorola devices: the Motorola RAZR V3xx, RAZR V3i, RAZR V3r, V365, SLVR L7 and KRZR K1. The service will be compatible with more handsets in the future.

"Most people have contact information on their wireless devices that they do not have stored anywhere else," said Carlton Hill, vice president of Voice Products and Devices for AT&T's wireless unit. "Because of this, we are excited to offer a secure backup option to protect this important information."

Subscribers may add new contacts to their account and edit existing contacts on the AT&T Mobile Backup Web site at AT&T Mobile Backup - Keep Your Phone Numbers Safe. Subscribers can also import contacts from Microsoft Outlook, Yahoo! and AOL. Those new contacts can then be sent to the device over the wireless network.

An automatic backup option gives customers the flexibility to back up their information daily or weekly or perform a backup at any time through the application menu. In addition to storing all contact information on secure servers, AT&T Mobile Backup adds privacy and security by allowing a subscriber to remotely erase contacts from a lost or stolen handset from the Web site.

AT&T Mobile Backup is powered by Asurion, a leading provider of enhanced services to the wireless industry. The product will be available on compatible handsets for $1.99 a month. There are no additional charges for the data transmission to back up or restore contacts.

Customers with compatible devices can purchase AT&T Mobile Backup by visiting AT&T Mobile Backup - Keep Your Phone Numbers Safe or an AT&T retail store or by texting "MBU" to 386.

AT&T Launches Mobile Backup | Wireless IQ

[danny boi]

Originally Posted by Fire14

AT&T Launches Mobile Backup

Subscribers can also import contacts from Microsoft Outlook, Yahoo! and AOL. Those new contacts can then be sent to the device over the wireless network.

That's a cool feature: Being able to import from Outlook or other email clients.

[hme83]

Originally Posted by Fire14

AT&T Launches Mobile Backup

New Product Provides Management of Contact Information.


An automatic backup option gives customers the flexibility to back up their information daily or weekly or perform a backup at any time through the application menu. In addition to storing all contact information on secure servers, AT&T Mobile Backup adds privacy and security by allowing a subscriber to remotely erase contacts from a lost or stolen handset from the Web site.

AT&T Launches Mobile Backup | Wireless IQ

This is cool and piqued my interest somewhat.

[josephd]

Originally Posted by hme83

This is cool and piqued my interest somewhat.

And what a surprise, it will only be offered on a Motorola handset.

[Fire14]

Originally Posted by josephd

And what a surprise, it will only be offered on a Motorola handset.

Just for right now Joe, it says soon other handsets will be able to use it.

I do agree it has some interesting features with the Outlook import & abilities to erase contacts from stolen/lost handsets.

This sounds different then what Verizon had, can someone verify that?