2011 Verizon - Droid/iPhone Speculation/Facts thread

81

perhaps this is a discussion for the moving train.

overall tho, it just doesn't bother me that much. a nice compromise would to allow you to shut if off completly.

i would think they should have to get a warrent to search your phone.

norm

81 wrote:

overall tho, it just doesn't bother me that much. a nice compromise would to allow you to shut if off completely.

i would think they should have to get a warrant to search your phone.

RKCNDY

81 wrote:

perhaps this is a discussion for the moving train.

overall tho, it just doesn't bother me that much. a nice compromise would to allow you to shut if off completly.

i would think they should have to get a warrent to search your phone.

:evil: I don't like trains...not trying to start anything 81. I want to get a smart phone, this article just creeps me out. I was already using the internet/GPS thing on my phone way back in 2000.

mickeyrat

81 wrote:

mickeyrat wrote:

yes I did. It said nothing there about a release date. an earlier post said april 7. My clicker is just fine thank you. You wanna go for two weeks , young man?

did you read my post about it being out in two days. pay attention old man. :P

sorry, a beautiful blond walked into her bedroom when this was posted. I got distracted!!

Gary Carter

RKCNDY wrote:

:evil: I don't like trains...not trying to start anything 81. I want to get a smart phone, this article just creeps me out. I was already using the internet/GPS thing on my phone way back in 2000.

i've had a smartphone since 08 and don't really care if big bother or verizon knows what i'm doing. is it right they can know i'm looking at porn or sending raunchy and racist text message forwards or know what i'm apps downloading, no, but i don't let it bother me.

norm

stevie trying to cover his ass

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/techn ... .html?_r=1

HeavyHands

norm wrote:

stevie trying to cover his ass

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/techn ... .html?_r=1

Covering his ass or take him at face value, he's waaaaay less creepy than Android's granddad Eric Schmidt and has now committed to doing something about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6e7wfDHzew

Also, read the "Would you prefer someone else?" section from http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/03/11/top-five-moments-from-eric-schmidts-talk-in-abu-dhabi/

Good stuff.

norm

HeavyHands wrote:

norm wrote:

stevie trying to cover his ass

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/techn ... .html?_r=1

Covering his ass or take him at face value, he's waaaaay less creepy than Android's granddad Eric Schmidt and has now committed to doing something about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6e7wfDHzew

Also, read the "Would you prefer someone else?" section from http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/03/11/top-five-moments-from-eric-schmidts-talk-in-abu-dhabi/

Good stuff.

oh they're all creepy...but with the iphone, most users are not tech savy enough to know about this whereas i believe android users are a little more informed as to the technology

either way, neither apple, google nor our government should collect information on us...i'm pretty sure there is something about that in our constitution

81

norm wrote:

but with the iphone, most users are not tech savy enough to know about this whereas i believe android users are a little more informed as to the technology

maybe in the early days of android, but not that has taken over the world, not so much

81

mickeyrat wrote:

81 wrote:

mickeyrat wrote:

yes I did. It said nothing there about a release date. an earlier post said april 7. My clicker is just fine thank you. You wanna go for two weeks , young man?

did you read my post about it being out in two days. pay attention old man. :P

sorry, a beautiful blond walked into her bedroom when this was posted. I got distracted!!

it's out

CJMST3K

81 wrote:

it's out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Vm8VLj5dQ

Phantom Pain

Just got a text from Verizon I'm eligible for an early upgrade for any phone with a 2yr agreement

choices...choices...choices

81

Phantom Pain wrote:

Just got a text from Verizon I'm eligible for an early upgrade for any phone with a 2yr agreement

choices...choices...choices

today? thunderbolt hands down.

Phantom Pain

81 wrote:

Phantom Pain wrote:

Just got a text from Verizon I'm eligible for an early upgrade for any phone with a 2yr agreement

choices...choices...choices

today? thunderbolt hands down.

yeah..I was going to have to wait until December but they said i can upgrade now

LloydXmas

Samsung galaxy S II clears FCC. Att rumored. Can someone give me the skinny on this?

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20060139-251.html

81

BabaBooey1979 wrote:

Samsung galaxy S II clears FCC. Att rumored. Can someone give me the skinny on this?

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20060139-251.html

that's a solid phone. imo, the only issue is that it's manufactured by samsung. if you don't need much in the way of software updates, it would be a solid choice.

samsung is still working on getting the fascinate (galaxy S) updated to froyo (android 2.2). of all the phones acorss all the carriers, i think it's the only one stuck on eclair (android 2.1).

samsung has a bad rep at pushing out software upgrades/fixes

LloydXmas

81 wrote:

BabaBooey1979 wrote:

Samsung galaxy S II clears FCC. Att rumored. Can someone give me the skinny on this?

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20060139-251.html

samsung has a bad rep at pushing out software upgrades/fixes

Ok. So it's the manufacturers decision to push the updates through? I don't get this. Why can't google push an update through? It would really piss me off to have outdated software while others have the most current. I
Does HTC update the fastest? I like the sense ui (from that I've used)

Anyway. I'm a solid iPhone user but I've been considering testing out the android platform for a 30 day period.
I would probably just get a new android phone and use my iPhone 4 as an iPod touch.

81

BabaBooey1979 wrote:

81 wrote:

BabaBooey1979 wrote:

Samsung galaxy S II clears FCC. Att rumored. Can someone give me the skinny on this?

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20060139-251.html

samsung has a bad rep at pushing out software upgrades/fixes

Ok. So it's the manufacturers decision to push the updates through? I don't get this. Why can't google push an update through? It would really piss me off to have outdated software while others have the most current. I
Does HTC update the fastest? I like the sense ui (from that I've used)

Anyway. I'm a solid iPhone user but I've been considering testing out the android platform for a 30 day period.
I would probably just get a new android phone and use my iPhone 4 as an iPod touch.

google could push it, if manufactures and carriers didn't need to control everything. ie, add bloatware (blockbuster app as an example), or UI skins (sense). plus since every phone is a little different, they need to make sure the new software works on the hardware (or at least i assume they test it)

i don't know if htc is the fastest, but they seem to do a nice job of getting updates out, at least from what i've seen. i will say with the htc evo, the first go around with froyo was a little buggy. it was slow down after 3 or 4 days of use and need a reboot. however, with the most recent update, it runs like a champ all the time.

assuming you do make the switch, you may just want to sell the iphone on ebay and buy a touch and pocket a few bucks.

Phantom Pain

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110519/tc_ ... -container


Verizon eyes family data plans


NEW YORK (Reuters) – Verizon Wireless expects to offer family plans at some point in the future for data services supporting multiple devices including smartphones and tablet computers, according to a top executive of parent company Verizon Communications. (VZ.N)

Verizon Wireless plans to kick off pricing changes this summer by eliminating smartphone plans that allow unlimited Web access for a flat fee. It will replace them with tiered pricing that forces heavy data users to pay more for mobile data.

After this change the company will look to soften the blow by offering more options such as family plans for data services, Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo told the Reuters Global Technology Summit.

While families can share a bucket of minutes for phone calls today, each family member with a smartphone has to pay $30 per month each for data services. If they own a tablet computer they pay another separate data fee.

"We had individual minutes for individual users. Then we eventually got to what we call family share where everyone in the family shares the same minutes," Shammo said.

"I think it's safe to assume that at some point you are going to have mega-plans (for data) and people are going to share that mega-plan based on the number of devices within their family. That's just a logical progression," he said, but did not provide a time frame for such mega-plans.

HIGH-SPEED IPHONE?

Like its rival AT&T Inc (T.N), Verizon is limiting usage of data services to avoid putting a strain on its network or increasing network costs out of proportion to monthly fees.

Operators are dependent on data services for revenue growth, and they are still figuring out how to cap usage in a way that makes data services affordable enough for consumers to use devices other than phones.

In February Verizon ramped up its competitive efforts against AT&T by launching a version of the Apple Inc (AAPL.O) iPhone, which had been exclusive to AT&T.

While Verizon has sold fewer iPhones than some analysts expected, Shammo said he was happy with sales of a "six-month-old phone" that only works in some countries. Verizon's device was a version of the iPhone 4, which AT&T had launched the previous summer.

When the next iPhone model launches, Verizon will be able to offer it at the same time as AT&T, according to Shammo, who had said in April that Verizon's next iPhone would have global coverage, like AT&T's iPhone.

Some customers held off on buying the first Verizon iPhone because they were waiting for a model that supports Verizon's high-speed wireless service, which runs on a new technology called Long Term Evolution (LTE).

Shammo said that even if the next iPhone does not support LTE, Verizon will have enough high-speed alternatives to sell.

"I think it's a bigger issue for Apple than it is for us," he said. "Depending on where Apple plays, that's where we'll sell."

PREPAID "IMPORTANT"

For voice services, Verizon focuses mainly on postpaid customers who pay monthly bills and commit to a long-term contract. It is also experimenting with prepaid services, where customers pay in advance but do not commit to a contract as this is the one area of voice services that is growing.

Until now Verizon's prepaid services have been uncompetitive with more specialist rivals and have made the biggest in-roads in the market by renting network space to prepaid provider Tracfone, a unit of America Movil (AMXL.MX).

The company has yet to decide if it will expand nationwide with a $50 per month prepaid plan it is testing in Florida and elsewhere, according to Shammo. He said Verizon would do what it needs to do in prepaid.

"We've always said we're a postpaid company," he said. "That doesn't mean that prepaid is not important to us."

Expansion of the prepaid plan would put Verizon into direct competition with smaller rivals such as MetroPCS (PCS.N) and Leap Wireless (LEAP.O).

Verizon Wireless is currently the top U.S. mobile provider, but it will be leapfrogged by AT&T next year if AT&T gains regulatory approval for its $39 billion plan to buy T-Mobile USA, a unit of Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE).

Verizon, which recently bought business services firm Terremark, may add to this deal with the purchase of boutique software companies worth less than $100 million, Shammo told Reuters.

Verizon is the majority owner of Verizon Wireless, its venture with Vodafone Group Plc. (VOD.L).

Verizon shares closed up 23 cents or 0.6 percent to $37.32 on New York Stock Exchange.

81

interesting read...

personally, i don't mind the 30 per month unlimited fee that i pay on sprint. not sure why anyone with a smart phone would buy a 3/4g tablet. just use the wifi or bluetooth it to the phone's internet. BAM