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Home > News > DataMan Stalks Your iPhone Data Usage
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DataMan Stalks Your iPhone Data Usage

November 10, 2010 by Brodie Beta

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In a perfect world, telcos would offer everyone unlimited data plans at reasonable prices with no bandwidth caps — not the case especially if you live outside the US.

If you were lucky enough to have snagged a decent plan (like the discontinued 6GB plan in Canada) it’s really unlikely that you’d be able to exceed the data, believe me I’ve tried.   But let’s assume you wanted to tether your iPhone to the desktop for some heavy downloading while roaming.  While you still might not hit the cap unless you were downloading movies, it might be something you’d think twice about doing when you take a look at the additional astronomical costs you may get hit with for going over the limit.  And, from what we hear, it’s even more grim for users living in the UK whom are often relegated to 500MB on average.

DataMan will keep an eye on data for you by monitoring both WiFi and cellular usage in real-time.  Users can control their usage by setting the monthly bill cycle and by assigning data allowances; daily, weekly or monthly and when the threshold is reached DataMan will let you know with an alert.

There are four alerts that can be customized to specify the percentage of the data reached, regardless of whether or not the app is open.  For example, for the first alert, a user could set it to send a notifications when 10% of the data threshold is reached.   This app supports all carriers and adds geotagging (with the date) to the usage which is viewable on a map within the app. This could be highly useful while traveling/roaming if you need to monitor the consumption.

The only drawback with this app is within the real-time reporting feature. Apparently users signed up with AT&T will currently need to wait between two to five days for the usage to show up, so it’s not really “real-time”.  According to the developer, the newest version of this app (Dataman 3.0) is awaiting approval in the app store and promises a more precise tracking system with the added benefit of sending alerts the second you exceed.

DataMan – Real Time Data Usage Manager with Geotag is .99 and works with the Phone 4, 3GS and 3G. iPad support is coming in November.  Get it! (iTunes link)

UPDATE: According to the developer, DataMan will update AT&T data in real-time, it’s the AT&T app that has the delay (AT&T’s own app myWireless). That app depends on AT&T updating its records.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Mobility

About Brodie Beta

Brodie Beta aka @iPhonegirl is a tech blogger, social media strategist and the Co-founder of Drink Social Media. She has written columns for well-known technology sites including The Next Web and a national newspaper in Canada, The Globe and Mail.
Brodie is also the social media strategist at CountMeIn, a social-gifting platform for collaborating on gadgets and products on Facebook.

Comments

  1. premium financing life insurance says

    July 4, 2011 at 10:07 pm

    I’d love to hear all that you know regarding this subject. You have only scraped the surface of your knowledge about this and that is apparent from the way you blog. Have you considered devoting an entire web site to ensure that other people will not overlook what you have got to say?

  2. Kevin Mark says

    December 23, 2010 at 2:20 am

    It seems so great,DataMan will update AT&T data in real-time, it’s the AT&T app that has the delay (AT&T’s own app myWireless). That app depends on AT&T updating its records.where can I update the system,I used to have a friend pellet millhelp me, now I’m just on myself.

  3. Johnny Ixe says

    November 10, 2010 at 7:15 pm

    Brodie, thanks for your great review of DataMan. However, I like to make a correction. DataMan reads the usage info from your phone, without any need to access your carrier’s records. This makes DataMan real time. There’s no delay even when it’s used with AT&T. However, if you are using AT&T’s own myWireless app, there’s a delay. As far as AT&T’s reporting goes:

    “There are delays in reporting and processing call or data records. It may take up to two to five days for usage on the AT&T wireless network to show up in any Voice & Data Usage category. Additional delays may occur due to technical difficulties. Further delays may apply to roaming usage, which is based on call records received from other carriers. ”

    I hope you can clarify this to your readers. Thanks for your support!

  4. Jared says

    November 10, 2010 at 11:40 am

    You can check your data usage by calling a specific phone number. On AT&T for example, dial *DATA# (*3282#) and AT&T will text you your current data usage, total allowed, used minutes and when your billing cycle ends.

    • Brodie Beta says

      November 10, 2010 at 11:43 am

      Jared,
      Good to know =) I’m in Canada so I’m not using AT&T. Does AT&T send the information in real-time?

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