User: vlad213
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Re: Typo: It's the 900/1800MHz bands
So, if you got a "free" or a subsidized phone from T-Mobile, you'd pay, for example, $80/month for service, but if bought an unlocked Nokia elsewhere, you'd pay $60/month for the same service. Because they no longer offer this, I guess that few people liked the idea. But if you think about it, over the course of a 2-year countract, that's $480 that you paid for the "free" phone. And if you bought one of the ...
Re: Typo: It's the 900/1800MHz bands
Yes, exactly. By the way, I should've mentioned that T-Mobile USA used to offer a $20/month discount to those who bought their phones elsewhere: the Even More Plus plans. So, if you got a "free" or a subsidized
Re: Typo: It's the 900/1800MHz bands
Well, it's a little more complicated than that. The short of it is, the U.S. consumers prefer to pay the rather inflated price for their phones to the network operators over the course of a 2-year contract rather than buy the phones upfront, and this makes more of the money go to the operators rather than phone manufacturers, which makes the market more difficult and less lucrative for the manufacturers. If people did the math and realized ...
Typo: It's the 900/1800MHz bands
Typo in this article; source is correct.
Re: M$?
The deal with Yahoo! was worked out before the deal with Microsoft. It'd be interesting to see if they try and move Ovi services to the Microsoft platform as soon as the contract with Yahoo! ends.
Re: Bye bye
Of course, I realize they all have their pros and cons, but I think the two most viable choices at this point are Windows and Android, and if I had to choose now, I'd choose the latter, because it is a more open platform and I have more faith in Google than in Microsoft. What's of particular importance to me is that I like to buy unlocked and unbranded phones from the manufacturers rather than from network operators. What ...
Bye bye
I just terminated my Ovi account. I don't like Yahoo. I've been a long-time Nokia fan, but they seem to do everything they can to push me away. I'll stick with my N900 for a while, but the longer it takes Nokia to produce a nice new Windows smartphone, the more likely I am to switch to Android and never look back...
It it really dual-band?
If those frequencies are correct, that ain't a world phone but a curious American superphone. Verizon's world phones are typically CDMA 850/1900 and GSM 900/1800.
Easier Ad-hoc?
I believe the ability for Wi-Fi devices to connect directly to each other has been there since the beginning: this is called ad-hoc mode. (Most of us use the infrastructure mode, when the devices talk only to the access point, which acts like a wireless switch.) It sounds like this spec is all about making the process of setting up an ad-hoc network between any two devices easier and more transparent to the user, which is why it's just ...
Nights
Isn't it from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m.?
Re: Now that's a cool idea!
The assumption here is that the person you contact via PTT actually wants to be contacted in this manner at the given moment. I can see great potential for creating awkward and embarrassing situations with PTT.
Re: Now that's a cool idea!
Well, to stay on the topic, I was talking about this new system. I would go as far as question the point of PTT for consumers (unlike businesses) in general, but that's a separate discussion.
Re: Now that's a cool idea!
I seriously don't get the point. Why not just make a regular phone call to the person you want to talk to?
Wi-Fi Security Options?
What sort of Wi-Fi security options do the phones support? WEP, WPA, WPA2?
1700MHz and 2100MHz
Why is the 2100MHz band called complimentary in this news brief? Will the current European 3G handsets work in the American 2100MHz band?
Re: In a related story ...
Additionally, Sprint, not wanting to be left out of the Monday morning news, is changing their name back to Sprint Spectrum.
:wink:
Re: Paper-less Billing is NOW available!
You can do that without a customer's password?
Re: T-Mobile USA for sale?
I don't think Cingular has any need for T-Mobile. They would be buying the hassle of running a redundant network and not so many customers with it, compared to how many of their own they already have. Vodafone has already stated that they're not interested, although some speculate that it might dump its 45% share of Verizon Wireless in favor of the 100% ownership of a GSM network. I really can't even begin to guess who ...
Re: Voicemail.
lexical said:
I know that most voicemail systems allow you to send a message directly to someones voicemail without having to make a call. I know Verizon and Cingular have that
T-Mobile does, too, but you have to know what number to dial; it's not advertised in any way.
Re: Not really
BigRob said:
I think it's pretty cool. I'd use it. It's certainly easier than typing out messages. Call me lazy, but I like it
The beauty of SMS is that you can write and read messages silently, like when sitting in a meeting or in a theater.
Besides, think about this: it's been possible to record and send voice messages via Internet email for many years. 10 years ago, Eudora email client had a voicemail plug-in which made it very easy ...
Do we really need this
It seems like they're just looking for ways to make people start using MMS. I seriously doubt that this will become the "killer app".
Re: You're going to call it Sprint-Nextel??? ARE YOU KIDDING?
Maybe Sprinex? :twisted:
Re: BOLD PREDICTION!! Cingular Absorbs T-Mobile Within The Next Six Months
SPCSVZWJeff said:
No,
T-Mobile is doing very well, especially in the customer base that values cool handsets over network. And I am not throwing stones at their network, it just is not as big as others nor as powerful as others.
Are you implying that T-Mobile USA has cool handsets? You've got to be kidding. What sets them apart is the cheapest airtime.
Re: BOLD PREDICTION!! Cingular Absorbs T-Mobile Within The Next Six Months
RUFF1415 said:
My point was that it would be difficult to deny an attempted buyout of T-Mobile by Cingular based on the sole fact that they are GSM. Nextel is the only U.S. provider using iDEN so it would be VERY hard for the government to just flat out say no to Cingular with the reasoning that they would be the only national GSM provider.
Well, Nextel didn't become the only iDEN operator by buying out all the others and ...
Re: BOLD PREDICTION!! Cingular Absorbs T-Mobile Within The Next Six Months
I didn't mean to stress GSM, I was thinking of spectrum.
Re: You're going to call it Sprint-Nextel??? ARE YOU KIDDING?
3GCDMA said:
In the case of Cingular and ATT there was no any merger. Cingular bought ATTW, so they are just CINGULAR.
But SPRINT-NEXTEL it's a very stupid name, i would prefer: SPRINTEL or SEXTEL or NEXTPRINT.
SEXTEL would certainly grab attention. Then Mr. Branson will decide to buy the whole thing and call it Virgin MegaSex.
Re: You're going to call it Sprint-Nextel??? ARE YOU KIDDING?
andersonsly said:
i thought tmobile was the dumbest thing i ever heard but they blew that out of the water, can we get any less creative
T-Mobile is not dumb, it's rather smart. The problem is, few people in the U.S.A. recognize the T brand.
The big magenta T is the Deutsche Telekom logo, and you can see it all over Europe. In addition to the global T-Mobile brand, there're also T-Com, T-Online, and T-Systems brands.
www.telekom.de
Re: BOLD PREDICTION!! Cingular Absorbs T-Mobile Within The Next Six Months
mannycoimbre said:
I do not think that would happen. T-mobile runs mostly off of Cingular and AT&T. The only reason T-mobile offers so much is because they do not have much of a network.blockquote>
Absolutely incorrect. T-Mobile operates its own network in the vast majority of the markets where it offers service, which is a big reason why Cingular would probably not be interested in it. They might want to consider buying T-Mobile just to get its spectrum and ...
Re: What it all means...
VZW2003 said:
sprint and nextel have the worst service right next to cingular & t-mobile
Personally, I've been using T-Mobile's network since 1996 and haven't ever felt any desire to switch. Somehow, I don't agree that out of 5 national carriers, 4 have the worst service. They all have many millions of customers, so they obviously must be doing something right.
Isn't Alltel all-CDMA?
Isn't Alltel running an all-CDMA network? What use will they have for the portions of AT&T's network that they're getting?
Re: super phone
buntain said:
if you could have a phone that could do anything given todays technology what would you enable it to do...?
be reasonable, for instance an i-pod type phone or the ability to watch dvd's on the move. DAB radio etc etc...
Yes, it would be nice to watch DVDs on the move. If they make a phone like that, I hope it will support anamorphic wide screen format and progressive scan. :twisted:
Re: Nokia 6600 launches for T-Mobile 4/19
Based on some of the reviews I've read, for about fifty bucks more, an unlocked 6230 is a much better deal.
Re: Future Nokia Models
I think the 6230 is the first Nokia with an active matrix TFT screen.
Re: T-Mobile and 850MHz
In the Carolinas - it was BellSouth Mobility DCS.
Firmware update after warranty period
I have a 6310i running 5.10, and the warranty has already expired. What are my options if I want to have the firmware updated in the U.S.A.? Does anyone know how much the Nokia center in Florida would charge me for this? Does anyone know if I can have it done somewhere else? I'm in Maryland. Thanks!
