$30/month is already a hefty fee for data usage. It surprising that AT&T can get away with charging more for tethering. Hopefully a bit of competition will solve that problem.
$30/month is already a hefty fee for data usage. It surprising that AT&T can get away with charging more for tethering. Hopefully a bit of competition will solve that problem.
Amen, brother. If I could keep my existing $30 unlimited plan and get the mobile hotspot service as lagniappe, I'd be extremely satisfied.
kinda off topic but...
so verizon iphone will have VZNavigator and Vcast Media Manager? and I assume it is impossible to delete without jailbreak... SO these apps will a part of ios 4.2.5 and eventually part of the ios 4.3 for cdma 4?
My question is what does Vcast media manager do? also I on my previous verizon phones.. I have been able to backup and restore my contacts via "backup Assistant" will I be able to restore my contacts to my iphone with that? or will I have to do it manually?
kinda off topic but...
so verizon iphone will have VZNavigator and Vcast Media Manager? and I assume it is impossible to delete without jailbreak... SO these apps will a part of ios 4.2.5 and eventually part of the ios 4.3 for cdma 4?
Is that proven anywhere? I can't imagine Apple allowing them to put carrier apps you can't remove. They didn't do it for any of the other providers around the world did they?
Is that proven anywhere? I can't imagine Apple allowing them to put carrier apps you can't remove. They didn't do it for any of the other providers around the world did they?
so verizon iphone will have VZNavigator and Vcast Media Manager?
Apple (Tim Cook) said explicitly - no crapware in ROM.
"Apple’s own Phil Schiller assured the press that Verizon would not be loading up the device with crapware, too. “We want the experience to be the same for every iPhone user. So there are no special Verizon Apps preinstalled,” Schiller told Ars. “AT&T offers customers some apps via the App Store. I’ll let Verizon comment if they are working on anything for that.”"
I updated my previous message to fix my reference to Tim Cook.
And Jason Chen is a douche.
Apple (Phil Schiller) said explicitly - no crapware in ROM.
Yes, but not as much as Nick Denton.And Jason Chen is a douche.
you get a call and all data stops.. I'll wait for LTE
Nah. Call goes to voice mail. (Which is better or worse, depending on your point of view.)
The phone call will interrupt the data transfer.
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/01/11/verizon-iphone-cant-handle-data-and-voice-simultaneously/
TUAW seems to have flip-flopped on the issue. My old CDMA phone (Treo) went to voice mail - did Verizon change something on their network?
well this is what Jason said
Jason Chen:
Tim Cook just sidestepped the question about whether people will have a bad experience not being able to use data and voice simultaneously by saying that all people have been asking is for it to be on Verizon. [Ars Technica]
8:30 AM ON JAN 11 2011
Jason Chen:
Verizons iPhone will have the hotspot app in there by default, as well as VZ Navigator and V CAST Media Manager. Verizon app spam! [Technologizer]
8:28 AM ON JAN 11 2011
Jason Chen:
A standard no comment on when an LTE iPhone is set to appear. [Technologizer]
..... does this mean as soon as you restore your phone you lose the crapware?
conclusion: Gizmodo failed for some reason, posted that.
but back to my question, can I get vcast from the app store restore my contacts with backup assistant
Yeah, you didn't get the memo that they weren't invited? How can they liveblog at an event they're not at.
UnseenLlama said:so whats the actual difference to tethering which ive been using for the last 2 years?
Tethering thru Bluetooth/USB allows for only one device. The Personal Hotspot would allow for multiple.