My mother (in the US) needs a new phone and would like basic email capabilities, but cannot justify the high cost of a monthly data plan. Do they still have 'feature phones' that do basic email without the high cost of a data plan? Also, sprint does not have good coverage where she lives and it is nice if she has a worldband phone that she can use when she visits me in Europe.
I am looking to "cut the cord" on wired broadband cable. Looking at 2 providers Clear and Verizon mobile hotspots. Can someone share their experience with the above vis a vis: Reliability of network Customer Service Speed - upload and download Clear offers unlimited plans vs Verizon which caps at 10GB but Verizon is more reputable...any comments on how best to choose
I want to "cut the cord" on TimeWarnerCable and opt for a mobile solution e.g Verizon mifi 4G LTE hotspot. I am worried about the 10GB data cap - I stream 2-3 TV episodes on AppleTV and will blow my 10GB data cap in no time with mifi...what are my options?
The folks over at Wired have gotten their hands on an interesting Department of Justice document from August 2010 called "Retention Periods of Major Cellular Service Providers" that details how long they hold onto your data: this includes subscriber info, cell and text message details, IP sessions, and so on. Wired has helpfully created some easy-to-read infographics to lay it all out: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/cellular-customer-data/ As a T-Mobile customer it concerns me that they...
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Watching some Monday Night Football and just saw this commercial for the iPad 2 on Verizon. Has anyone seen it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKBebh_3Ub8 I know commercial advertising takes a lot of liberties, but nearly all the scenes show people using the iPad 2 outdoors under bright sunlight! Hah. Anyone who has used any smartphone or tablet (with a non e-ink display), knows it's pretty unenjoyable under bright sunlight. See previous discussions on gdgt:...
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My ISP in NYC, Time Warner Cable is possibly one of the worse companies that I've ever had to deal with, along with giving super bad and inconsistent speeds. I've had more arguments with representatives from TWC than any other company that I've had to deal with over my course of living in NYC. It's unfortunate that they're my only option if I want Internet service or else I would have dropped them a long time ago. If Verizon offered an unlimited LTE tier in NYC, I would drop TWC in a second. I...
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I say yes. I am not an iphone fan, I am too tied to my google products (gmail, google calendar, google voice) to move to the iphone. More than anything I am baffled about how little I have touched my laptop since getting my Thunderbolt.
As I'm sure you've heard by now T-Mobile USA is getting bought out by AT&T. According to the press release that means that T-Mobile is going away in about 1 year. Anybody who stays will become part of AT&T. So I ask are you going to switch to Verizon, Sprint or a regional; or stay with AT&T? Personalty I thing Verizon will be getting my money as soon as they come out with an LTE phone I like. Though the EVO 3D may tempt me mighty in the mean time.
As a loyal Verizon wireless customer I have for the longest time been waiting. For being such a major provider it has been amazing to see just how long it has taken them to actually get some of the major devices on their network. First was the long wait for the iPhone. I have wanted one since they came out but was not able to and willing to switch networks to acquire one. While waiting for the mythical Verizon iPhone to rear its head Microsoft launched Windows Phone 7. Admittedly I am a bit of a...
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Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T (rumored, not official yet) are making some pricing changes that look cost prohibitive to their customers or taking away some discount offers that they've offered for years to keep customers. Usually when these types of pricing changes go into affect for one carrier, the rest follow. It's like clockwork. Here are the details of AT&T's purported pricing changes:...
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* Here's to hoping AT&T allows mobile hot spotting, since it will be one less thing that I'll need to jailbreak my phone for. Ever since the iPhone came out, Apple's updates to iOS and the iPhone have slowly checked off things I've been jailbreaking my phone for: - Third party applications - Custom ringtones - Video recording - Multitasking - Themes / backgrounds (okay, iOS only allows custom backgrounds right now) Providing mobile hotspot comes to AT&T, the only...
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not buy the Verizon Iphone. http://gizmodo.com/5729273/dont-buy-the-verizon-ip... 4 iterations into the product lifecycle, it is much more predictable that there will be an Iphone 5 or '4G' this summer, so buying this one will only invalidate you from getting the new one. On the subject of the new Iphone, I really hope they plan to make peripherals similar to the Motorola Atrix. Years ago I thought this was achievable, and with the already minimalist aspect and...
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I always viewed the Pre series as the CDMA answer to the iPhone with their slick looking software and smooth, minimal design language, you'd get the Pre if you couldn't get the iPhone, that's what I did at least, it was fairly competitive against the 3GS. Now that the two largest wireless carriers sell the iPhone along with a profusion of Android devices where does Palm fit in? Palm had three problems during the launch of the original Pre, hardware(really not that bad at the...
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I believe that an announcement will be either on the 18th or 25th of January, coinciding with the the 2nd generation iPad. Just as Apple did the day before Macworld 2008 for the Air announcement posting "There's something in the Air" on the homepage, I can see Apple doing a post. The trick could be similar to the Beatles announcement with, "You've caught us Red-Handed," indicating that Verizon is "red." All a red hand making a Verizon V could be placed...
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Does it make sense to get the droid x or the fascinate now, or wait until early 2011 to see the new dual core/LTE phones? How long before dual core/LTE android phones come for Verizon?
Originally published in the gdgt newsletter, sign up at http://gdgt.com/newsletter/ It looks like sooner or later we're going to witness the end of unlimited wireless data plans here in the States. They had a good run, but all indications are that eventually all of the major US wireless carriers are going to follow AT&T's lead and institute data caps of some kind. I'm not sure anyone is super happy about this, most people like the idea of being able to surf the web, watch online...
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So I am a big football fan and think of myself as a very tech savvy guy. I am in the process of getting Direct TV installed for my condo and then will cancel my comcast TV service. I would love to cancel comcast altogether, but only if I can get a fast, reliable and decent price for internet service. I live in Billerica, MA, about 25 miles north of Boston. My development is wired for Verizon, but every plan I look at online is a lot slower than comcast. My current comcast plan I believe is set...
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I'm up for my upgrade next month, and it doesn't look like I'll be able to get what I really want (a Windows phone) anytime soon. I don't want the iPhone, so I'm just wondering what the best options are.
I rooted my phone and I attempted to install the OTA ( I performed the necessary steps to keep my phone rooted), but the update didn't install correctly. However, I'm constantly reminded to install or download the update and it's getting annoying. Does anyone know if you can disable this notification using SQL Lite Editor or by any other means?
P.S. I'd rather not deal with unrooting and rerooting my phone and am trying to avoid it by any means possible.
My favorite part about Google Voice is using it for voicemail. Unfortunately, in the initial Google Voice setup on my Galaxy Nexus, it tells you that my carrier doesn't support that action or something. Apparently Verizon just wants to squeeze money out of their customers because they have their own visual voicemail but its $36/year (see also: phone and data plan costs).
Is there a workaround I can use in order to use Google Voice for voicemail on Verizon?
Last week, C.W. Nevius, a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, wrote an editorial on how to potentially curb smart-phone thieves. He argued that some carriers in foreign countries (e.g., Australia) will actually block mobile phones from their networks if reported stolen. (See: http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-12-03/bay-area/30473599_1_phone-companies-smart-phone-phone-thefts) From the SF Chronicle: Australia uses something akin to a serial number, basically a 15-digit fingerprint found on ...
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I have verizon now but I don't have a data plan, however i am paying 10 bucks a month for unlimited texting. My plan ends at the end of December and I want a smartphone. Being a college student I would love to save money and Verizon's unlimited data plan is 30 bucks a month and stops at 2GB (i hear rumors of 4GB now). However I was searching on the internet and found out that Sprint has great smartphones and their unlimited data plan is not just actually unlimited(no cutoff mark or slowing you...
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I really like that the dock comes w/ it. My current phone is an og droid and I went out and bought the car and media dock immediately and find them very useful. While I can see the silly-ness of the charm, I miss most calls while I am out of the apartment. I do think it is cute and kind of a good idea. Earbuds notoriously hurt my ears. So, those aren't much of a factor for me. 4G just came to my area, but all I hear about is the battery drainage, so I am not sure that the lack of 4G will be a...
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I recall in the Samsung Unpacked event, it was mentioned that the new Dialer app had tighter integration with Google Voice. It would be awesome if that integration was as a result of Verizon integrating with Google Voice as Sprint does. Any thoughts/ideas?
I am currently on VZW with my wife and we both have smartphones with data plans grandfathered in as unlimited. Combined we pay $175 a month and it's as pared down as we can get it. I am intrigued by Republic Wireless but I don't think I could go from the Droid X2 I have now (I want the Galaxy Nexus) down to the LG Optimus One *shudders*
House-shopping for the wife and we've found an amazing spot, but there's a problem -- no broadband. Cable is not an option and I was surprised to find that it can't even get DSL. FIOS is also not an option, unsurprisingly. I just priced out T1 but that starts at $500 a month for a mere 1.5Mbps connection, and that increases linearly with the bandwidth ($1,000 for 3Mbps, up and up). Intriguingly this house does have LTE, and a solid connection at that (full bars on my Droid Charge, I got 15Mbps...
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So, it's complicated (my tirade is here: http://www.langeontech.com/2011/10/18/an-open-lett... but I'm getting booted off Cincinnati Bell next Tuesday and my family is switching to Verizon. So I need a phone before then, which rules out the Droid Razr and Galaxy Nexus (which I'm just assuming is coming to Verizon) as they won't be out til next month. Also, at least online, orders for all variants of the iPhone 4S are backed up until next month. So what do I do? Has anyone had...
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Now that new phones like the Droid RAZR and Nexus Prime are creeping up to the $249/$299 price points, are the Telcos under any obligation to adjust their ETFs? Are these new phones really that much more expensive to manufacture that the consumer has to pay $50-$100 more while still being handcuffed with a $350 ETF? Not to mention new policies like Tmobile's automatic contract extension if you want to change your calling plan. To me, a policy like this clearly contradicts the Telco's claims that...
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I activated my new iphone 4s for Verizon on Saturday night, but noticing that even at full signal strength, in areas where coverage is strong and other VZW phones are connecting fine, my iphone is struggling. Main errors are "Could not activate cellular data network" (again, despite full signal), or just overall lag. Do you think it's the phone, or the network?
So my phone (a Palm Pre Plus) has stopped working. I am due for an upgrade in less than a month, and Verizon will let me upgrade early. The only problem is, Verizon will let me upgrade early to any phone except for a 4s. I have called them multiple times, and they always say that it is Apple's policy to not allow early upgrades and there is nothing they can do about it. I do not like Android and just don't see getting an iPhone 4 which will be outdated in 2 weeks (plus a good camera and...
I had a Verizon iPad 2, but I only added data to it when I knew I was going to be travelling, otherwise I was content to use wifi both at home and at work. However, last week my car was broken in to and my iPad was stolen. Because I didn't have a data plan, Find My iPhone was unable to track it, since the thief presumably wiped it before trying to connect to wifi. I'm planning on getting a new one to replace it, but now I'm reconsidering my choice of carrier. My thought is that it's worth having...
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I currently have an android phone with Verizon - I pay $30 a month for unlimited data. If I switched to the new iPhone4s I would lose that old data plan and be forced to buy one of the new plans? 2Gb for $30, 5Gb for $50 etc.?
I live in the Denver area and currently have service with Verizon. The coverage is decent but I've read that the touted 14mbps will only work on ATT's GSM network. Would you switch? I just found a few posts covering this question: http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/04/iphone-4s-will-be-faster-only-on-att-unlimited-on-sprint-but-maybe-not-interchangeable/ http://parislemon.com/post/11054327513/the-carrier-question I will probably end up going with Sprint to save some money each month. And it will be nice not...
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