jimk
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join:2006-04-15
Raleigh, NC
 ·AT&T Southeast
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to skyfreedomdo
Re: if...
Apple cripples the iPhone, along with AT&T to a lesser extent. The application store is basically their version of Get It Now, but it is somehow OK when Apple does it. Sure, Apple's store is more open and better... but it is aimed at a different market - Get It Now is for regular phones, not smart phones. The iPhone only recently started supporting MMS and voice command.
Verizon's smart phones let you install anything. I can run Sling over 3G on my Verizon phone. I can download large files over 3G. Only the regular phones have limitations on VZW. To be fair, almost every other smart phone on every other carrier is also just as open.
Verizon allows tethering. There is a fee, but it is still cheaper than a separate 3G card. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| said by jimk  :Verizon's smart phones let you install anything. I can run Sling over 3G on my Verizon phone. I can download large files over 3G. Only the regular phones have limitations on VZW. To be fair, almost every other smart phone on every other carrier is also just as open. Verizon allows tethering. There is a fee, but it is still cheaper than a separate 3G card. Sure, you can install anything. But the selection is pathetic at best.
Also, Verizon does allow tethering but the price is MORE than a separate 3G card when you add in the $15 tethering fee. It's $60 (Smartphone Unlimited Package + Broadband Connect) to tether officially on Verizon, but $45 for a separate 3G card. |
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jimk
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join:2006-04-15
Raleigh, NC
·AT&T Southeast
·RoadRunner Cable
| said by Matt :Sure, you can install anything. But the selection is pathetic at best. Also, Verizon does allow tethering but the price is MORE than a separate 3G card when you add in the $15 tethering fee. It's $60 (Smartphone Unlimited Package + Broadband Connect) to tether officially on Verizon, but $45 for a separate 3G card. Selection is pathetic... that would depend on what applications you use.
Tethering: cheaper than having a smart phone and a data card. |
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60529262
join:2007-01-11
Chicago, IL
| reply to Matt
Selection is pathetic? Well, once you weed out all of the bubble wrap, farting and baby shaking apps the selection of actual, useful business-oriented apps is about the same. And VZW's tethering beats the snot out of Apple/ATTW's nonexistent offering, right? |
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dcdeadbeat
join:2008-10-07
Washington, DC
·Covad Communications
| reply to jimk
said by jimk :Verizon allows tethering. There is a fee, but it is still cheaper than a separate 3G card. AT&T and Sprint also allow tethering but not on every phone and not with every plan. People were tethering their Palm 650s and 750s and BBs on AT&T long before the iPhone came into existence. |
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LV49281002382
@cox.net
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you go ahead and keep your Verizon rip-me-off store, who by the way charges 3.99 for the eBAY app ---- oh and that is MONTHLY. At least the free iphone apps (like the same ebay app) are free, and no monthly charges. Verizon will nickel and dime you to hell, and then be rude on the phone about how the speed is only 1/2 that of their competition (e.g. on blackberry storm 3g vs iphone 3g, yes the old one) |
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sonicmerlin
join:2009-05-24
Cleveland, OH | reply to Matt
Why would you have to pay for tethering when you already pay for a data plan?
Does the idiocy of said policies occur to you? |
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eyes only
@sbcglobal.net | reply to LV49281002382
You can't figure out how to get to eBay without paying for an app? |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20
| reply to dcdeadbeat
I don't think it has anything to do with the iPhone itself for tethering, more than the pure volume of phones they have out there AND the clients that have them in their hands.. that customer base is FAR more likely to tether their phones as a group over other phone set users.. that number, I believe, is what scares AT&T to not want to allow that feature.. for now. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| reply to sonicmerlin
said by sonicmerlin :Why would you have to pay for tethering when you already pay for a data plan? Does the idiocy of said policies occur to you? Actually, no. The data plan is for your phone or handheld device. You don't use as much data on your handheld device because it's much more cumbersome to do so. It's easier to suck up a ton more data if you can tether to your laptop. So I'm fine with the extra charge. |
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