User: rwalford79
These are the most recent forum messages posted by rwalford79:
Re: Doesn't Exist
I stand corrected. Facebook hid the feature so well, it took me a while to find it. Even then, it didnt work, since people I told to answer, never got notice of the calls.
Doesn't Exist
No updates to Facebook Messenger, but still this feature does not work like reported. In fact, the feature doesn't work at all since it doesn't exist on any device I own with Facebook Messenger installed. Are ya sure you're reporting this correctly?
Re: Hell and No.
Lets also not forget that C-Spire was alongside Sprint when they were against AT&T buying up carriers like T-Mobile for more spectrum, yet they are more than happy to flip that company and spectrum to them for a price.
The chunk of PCS is a large one, and AT&T doesnt really need it in that area. They do need the 700Mhz however. That PCS spectrum should be divested to Sprint or T-Mobile. BOTH of which need it big time ...
Nothing New
This is not really news actually.
Pandora stated a long time ago, years ago in fact, that they would impose a limit on all devices of 40 hours per month. The only way around it would be to subscribe to the Pandora One account, which would allow unlimited listening as well as ad-free listening.
Maybe I misunderstood all that years ago but to me, I always kept my listening well under 40 hours when I have better options like ...
Re: what I took out of this is....
T Bone said:
I think carriers are just sick and tired of getting screwed over by customers who get a steep discount on a device, then cancel service a couple months later and take the device to another carrier....
Except on Sprint and Verizon, there are major limitations to doing that. Who are you going to go to? MetroPCS? A lot of phones Sprint and Verizon sell arent even programmable to be used on MetroPCS, BlackBerry for instance, many Android devices, ...
Re: AT&T Dips Its Oar In
AT&T missed the point again, by saying that Softbank a Japanese company, would own too much of US Spectrum, but forgot that T-Mobile is ALSO foreign owned by a German company and they own a ton of spectrum too. So how is this different.
Lets take it one more step further however, and make it known that Sprint has stated openly, like T-Mobile USA that it will continue be HEADQUARTERED in the USA and OPERATED by Americans. The foreign ...
Only 16GB Memory?
You would think with a beast of a phone sporting HD screen and extremely high MP Cameras in front and back, with the intent of taking HD movies, that there would be at least 32GB maybe even 64GB onboard memory for this device. If not, 16GB will cover it, if HTC included a Micro-SD Card slot for 64GB cards. Otherwise, this is just limiting the phone and its user. Which in my eyes is the only thing wrong wit ...
Blocking Unpaid Balances
Now that this is live, I wonder how many phones T-Mobile and AT&T will block (since Sprint and Verizon already do this), when a customer doesnt pay their bill and gets terminated. I wonder what the legality will be when AT&T and T-Mobile say that they technically own the phone until the ETF is paid or the remaining balance is paid.
Ive actually had Sprint one time tell me they owned my phone until I was out of a ...
Re: WRONG!
You're right, I misunderstood. I had not seen them post about SoftBank operating a CDMA network. But yes, you are right, going forward any compatibility issues will work out via LTE investment from both compatible network technologies, but at the same time, SoftBank investing in Sprint could come with the bonus of swapping out EVDO for HSPA+ giving Sprint an advantage over Verizon fall back. Personally I welcome foreign investment where the mistakes of Voda/Verizon aren't repeated and Sprint ...
Re: WRONG!
No, not wrong. They said an investment and two incompatible networks CAN merge since Sprint is moving to LTE, and you yourself said SoftBank has a TDD-LTE network. So yes, moving forward thwy can be compatible. Additionally, SoftBank is doong it for two reasons, one of them has to do with larger, more exclusive device orders that will benefit both SoftBank in Japan, but also Sprint in the USA. It also gives SoftBank an in to a lucrative market, ...
Where?
Never even heard of half these places. Lawrence Kansas? Waukegan-Lake County? Barnstable-Hyannis/Mid-Cape? Why the hell is Sprint deploying LTE in places that people never even heard of? It seems Sprint is deploying in areas that arent even their network, and are on affiliate networks first, or at least places that never even had 3G and were still running 1xRTT.
If Sprint is saying they are improving 3G network performance in the nations three largest cities, I hope that means, ...
Android Feature
This is an Android feature offered in HTC phones since 2.2. I have this on my MyTouch4G (T-Mobile). Pick it up and the ringer will silence, flip it over the ringer will silence. If you are on a call, just bring the phone away from your face, and put it face down on something and it will turn on the speakerphone as well. Its a novel feature, that ironically, I found MOST convenient and the "move to silence" feature ...
Re: How sweet
I find it an insult that Dan Hesse continues to speak at all. Not only has Sprint gone from being consumer friendly, possibly the most so in the industry, to one of the ones that has the slowest data of all networks becoming a bigger joke than AT&T was on iPhone launch, but also introduced throttle plans on all its prepaid line plans, has raised its ETFs, surcharges, upgrade fees, as well as have limited credits for customer issues ...
BEEN Retired
Dude, that phone has been retired for months in my stores, and not too long after online as well... My sister has one, and I told her not to get it cause its a phone thats not going to be supported by T-Mobile after a few months...HA HA
Duopoly Confirmed
I guess the FCC is going to pull an AT&T-Mobile review and deny Verizon and AT&T the spectrum sale. This would benefit both companies as a stronger Duopoly but kill off all regional and smaller National carriers. Gee, how lovely.
Re: Enter AT&T haters...
According to both AT&T and Verizon, LTE isnt as spectrum efficient as they hoped.
With the market saturated in this country for customer counts, the only thing going on is shifting yearly from one company to another. Everyone gains a few million, then loses a few million... One year Sprint lost and lost and T-Mobile gained and gained, now its the other way around. AT&T and Verizon like to compete that way too, except their churn numbers are much ...
Re: Not a chance.
Its a statistical fact.
AT&T and Verizon moved to 2-Year contracts, then Sprint did, then T-Mobile.
AT&T and Verizon moved to Mobile to Mobile, then Sprint did, then T-Mobile.
AT&T and Verizon prorated their ETF, then Sprint did, then T-Mobile.
AT&T and Verizon raised their ETF, then Sprint did, and T-Mobile is going to soon.
Sprint introduced Any Mobile calls, then AT&T did and then T-Mobile. Verizon has still not.
So - when you say "nice try", you should look at the history of ...
Re: I Generally Find
That might be, because the vendors and distributors they buy from have now a surplus of materials, they want to get rid of them fast before spoilage dates and make some of the money back on their purchases, they also have to hold less stock = less space = less money spent on that too.... Publix then makes a longer term contract for medium rate prices, so its still less than when Albertsons was around but a little more ...
Re: Excuses...Excuses...Excuses
AT&T can blame the FCC and DOJ, but neither of them are responsible for AT&T raising prices.
AT&T sets the rate, not the government. AT&T makes a choice to continue to lower service and raise prices and bitch about spectrum (a lot of it, they hold in LTE compatible AWS and 700Mhz they chose not to deploy right now).
AT&T had $39 billion to blow on T-Mobile merger, plus the costs of converting T-Mobiles 2G and 3G into AT&Ts liking, and ...
Re: Enter AT&T haters...
A part of me thinks AT&T proposed this merger because there is too much competition in the market place and raising prices on its own wouldnt bode too well. So what do they do?
Make a bid for a company they simply cant buy, would get rejected and have to pay out a ton of cash and spectrum they dont have to spare to the company they tried to buy..
All this is great for T-Mobile as it makes them ...
Re: Hardware is EXACTLY what RIM needed...
Agreed!
Embrace the difference, but accept that one needs to assimilate for the customer to come back. Strongly support what makes you different, but strongly support what makes a customer loyal. Neither of which RIM is doing. They are like the opposite now.
Hardware is EXACTLY what RIM needed...
RIM doesnt need to differentiate itself from other hardware manufactures, its already different as it is. From tactile feedback touchscreen technology (which has got better over time), to full keyboards on all but the "Storm" line up, to QWERTY and Touchscreen on the same phone for a solid device (more than I can say about Motorola), they dont need to "be" different. What they need is internal. They need faster chipsets, they need LTE (in all flavors, dont favor ...
Re: ALL LIES
How can the article be UNTRUE if people WILL lose their jobs...
1. T-Mobile doesnt have the financial stability of employing people they dont need.
2. If T-Mobile is planning to fix their service and plans like they claim, less calls will come into call centers. Less calls = less people needed.
3. Im sure T-Mobile ISNT going to hand out checks for people to uproot and move and break leases so they can go to other call centers, some of which ...
Violation?
I believe the FCC stated that Verizon must, as part of the 700Mhz spectrum auction, let any compatible device onto the network. If you buy a device from Verizon it can be locked down, but Verizon can NOT prevent a device with or without a locked bootloader or any other compatible device from being used or activated on the 700Mhz network - provided the customer passes credit checks and other things like that.
Lacking Support
So let me get this straight... HTC has completely abandoned their not even 2 year old EVO 4G for upgrades? Have abandoned their not even a year old Glacier (MyTouch 4G) for upgrades, and is favoring the Sensation line up OVER the Amaze? REALLY?
There is a reason HTC is not the leader anymore.
While I used to HATE Samsung, and I still wont use anything with TouchWiz, Id rather buy a Samsung phone and root it and customize it than ...
Re: As the world turns . . . . .
LightSquared needs to give it up already.
From their announcement, their plan sounded fantastic, but I was always skeptical. Now it seems once they embezzled money from all these companies that are relying on a 4G technology to get their services at a competition level with AT&T and Verizon are out cash to build anything of their own.
At this point, it would be best to give away the spectrum to the companies that invested, in the amount they invested.
Needs Fine Tuning (no pun intended)
There are a few issues I see with this...
1. Didnt Qualcomm try something like this with MediaFlo?
2. Dyle is a poor name, and it uses the font from SyFy TV, which is likely to have issues later if it gets bigger.
3. If this technology is marketed to consumers left and right with an abundance of TV networks, manufactures, and devices on the market - there will be no need to charge for it. One reason is its not ...
LG copies Samsung Conquer
Wow LG! Cant come up with your own design? Had to rip off the Samsung Conquer 4G huh?
Its the EXACT SAME design!
Re: THEY DO NOT APPLY TO SMARTPHONES???
Smartphone data will remain unlimited till January 2012.
Sprint will then introduce tiered data plans (will include a specific amount of data and overage prices) for contract customers similar to AT&T and Verizon.
For Sprint prepaid customers on Virgin Mobile and Boost, Sprint will introduce throttled data for their unlimited plans.
This new plan for data devices is very similar to the plans Sprint will offer for their tiered data plans for Smartphones coming in January 2012.
What kind of report is this?
So from my understanding is that they havent done anything that wasnt done in the Android version of the Card Case....
Why are we reporting that suddenly (at least this is how the article is written) that the iPhone has some "contactless payment" options, when it doesnt. None of this is NFC and certainly nothing embedded into the phone.
Square is great, believe me, I know people at that company who work on tech, and I have the product myself, ...
Re: Big Deal
The big deal is that Sprint is changing the plan you signed up for. Thus it is a materially adverse change to the contract. They cant uphold the contract if you dont agree to it. Limiting data in a plan you signed up for is a change of the agreement. Sprint will try to claim its not a materially adverse change if you never used more than 3GB, 5GB, or 10GB combined but it doesnt matter, you signed a ...
Re: 1st The Premeire program is going away, now this?
Dont forget Sprint also raised the Administration Fee from $0.99 to $1.50 PER LINE on 9/9/11 as well, and amended the Terms and Conditions that same day. However, this is a MATERIALLY ADVERSE CHARGE, so we can get out of our contracts, since Sprint is raising fees left and right, has NOT increased 3G speed at all (matter of fact they slowed it down) and have not launched a single 4G WiMAX market in 2011 at all (SF was ...
Re: EVO 4G Update DID NOT force install Netflix
Lets also further clarify that this particular install and update happened almost 6 MONTHS AGO on December 14 2010 (I bought my phone for my birthday the day after, with the previous install).
Oh and lest not forget that one MAKES A CHOICE if they want the install or not. I have mine set to NEVER install NEVER update. I look on Sprint Support site first and see if its anything I want, then if it is, look in ...
Re: Dumb choices
I agree San Francisco needs more competition in the LTE market. We have Verizon LTE and MetroPCS LTE, why not let AT&T see how great their LTE could be? Ill tell you why it wont happen soon enough - because people dont even trust their 3G or HSPA+ roll out in SF, it sucks!
If people want FAST data they chose T-Mobile and Verizon now, and dont use AT&T or Sprint
Contradicting Words of Philipp Humm
I read the report that T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm set out this morning and while a lot of it sounds like it makes sense, a lot more of it sounds bogus...
He mentions both AT&T and T-Mobile are short on spectrum and that neither company can launch LTE 4G on their own to the expectations of a national network - but if BOTH companies are short on spectrum then what happened to all that spectrum T-Mobile bought and is NOW ...
Re: Test dummy
Except if you are on Sprint... Then 3G is actually 1XRTT data, and the fastest speed you MAY get averages 120kbps. If you think thats okay, then sure go ahead and stick with 3G.
Re: This is exactly how it begins
Well fret not... Cause Sprint 4G WiMAX is ALSO down in San Francisco in many areas that are normally the ONLY strong areas for WiMAX.
I tested this with browser, speed tests, and did the Sprint Zone App in the phone that checks for Voice, 3G, 4G connectivity, and it straight up said that 4G is not working.
So - its definitely a major thing when not only does Verizon 4G go down, but Sprint and AT&T have all had ...
None of this benefits the consumer
And per my headline, none of this will benefit the consumer because...
1. Sprint STILL will pay Clearwire a fee for devices that are 4G capable, regardless if they can access 4G or not.
2. Sprint still wont waive any fee associated with 4G when 4G or even Sprints own 3G doesnt work or slows to a speed deemed unusable.
3. Volume pricing means nothing to the consumer since we arent going to actually pay LESS for 4G even if its costing ...
Re: If they divest markets.....
I am NOT all for T-Mobile being bought by AT&T.
It creates the nations ONLY GSM network through one carrier, meaning exclusive deals will ONLY be though said carrier. This will be beneficial ONLY to AT&T and OEM who will have an instant potential 130Million customers to build for rather than creating a CDMA version for Verizon and its 94Million. More people = more money = more expensive and longer exclusivities.
It will dismantle the FASTEST and LARGEST HSPA+ network ...
Re: Keep the positive things coming Sprint.
Yeah but this is Sprint we are talking about... Where one positive thing comes, multiple negative things happen as well.
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