ZTE Peel 3G Case for iPod Touch to Launch on Sprint November 14th?

[nickjf20]

Lol

You guys are all getting ripped off
Im getting unlimited internet and texts (no fair use either! ) for £10 a month ($16)
And my phone becomes a hotspot at the touch of a button

 

[scy]

Actually we seem to get it just fine. If you want to make phone calls/Skype calls out in the park, you should have bought an iPhone or 3G iPad to begin with

The concept of buying an iPod Touch, 3G hotspot device and data plan to create some sort of FrankenstiPhone is ridiculous to me. Buy a goddamn phone.

This reminds me of a Penny Arcade strip/post from a while back.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/2009/12/4/

Yes but SOME people just HATE ATT. Me- I've had everything Mac since 1985 or so, but I will not have an iphone as long as ATT is the only carrier. This sprint device sounds interesting, but don't exactly get what it does. .. the latest ipod touch I have is the one before the latest ... mine has no camera. So what exactly would this sprint device do?

 

[ten-oak-druid]

Why does it need to be a case? Does it interface with an app that shows you bandwidth usage? Or does it use the iPod Touch for power?

Or is it just a bulky case that eliminates the need for carrying around two separate devices? (The iPod and the hotspot.)

They sell stand alone mifi cards. This is for convenience if it suits your needs.

 

[Rajani Isa]

Yes but SOME people just HATE ATT. Me- I've had everything Mac since 1985 or so, but I will not have an iphone as long as ATT is the only carrier. This sprint device sounds interesting, but don't exactly get what it does. .. the latest ipod touch I have is the one before the latest ... mine has no camera. So what exactly would this sprint device do?

The device is a sprint mobile hotspot in the form of an iPod Touch case, the idea being you only have to grab the one device (the iPod and case) vs. two (iPod and the normal mobile hotspot device). So, anywhere you can get sprint 3G/"4G" service, your iPod would have internet access.

 

[twoodcc]

yeah this sounds great, but make it 3 GB for $30 and you'll sell a ton

 

[brendu]

Man, I thought this was the same as the apple peel 520 being sold in china. this is no good because it does not have built in mic and earpiece like that does. That actually does turn your ipod touch into a phone if im not mistaken, this is no better than any other mifi other than it is also a case for the ipod. nevermind about thinking this was worth it in my earlier post.

 

[JerzeyLegend]

Like most are saying $30/month to check your email and facebook, and maybe Siri to look up some local information. I don't think so.

If you are out and about, use a Free Wifi finder program, or pull up to the nearest McDonalds and go on AT&T's free WiFi hotspots at most locations.

So many people are offering a hotspot at their locations. Go to them, update your status, check your email, get directions to the mall, and go!

Unless you are a traveler who needs internet access on the go, then I don't suggest this. Even if you are, there are much cheaper alternatives.

I'm surprised Sprint is charging this much. My shop will most likely become a sprint dealer come the new year, albeit the comments in the room, Sprint has some of the best contract plans going. They are the #3 provider right now. They also have some VERY high paying commissions.

 

[Rocketman]

If I could have an Apple wishlist wifi hot spot, it would be the following:

12 hour battery life no matter how much mass it adds.

Wifi abgn 5 suggested users.

Multi-channel/homing.

2 Cellular data network aware. Each are bucket of GB priced. AT&T out of the box, others by consumer install.

It is dockable itself and has an iPhone/iPod Touch dock to smart charge/discharge i device critical. You can view a movie in a variety of form factor modes. Handheld, docked H or V, pocketed with earpiece, microphone, and head's up display.

How close can we come this year?

Merry Rocketman

 

[Chef RD]

Sounds nice, BUT 30 bucks month for just one gigabyte? No thanks

How bout this? 20 bucks for 1 gb....plus throttled unlimited data. Something that would still get you thru the month with email and some basic surfing. But would stop really heavy users from watching YouTube 20 hrs a day.( and sending data prices thru the roof for the rest of us )

 

[HyperZboy]

WHo has 4G in the US? No one I know. LTE != 4G

SPRINT in Baltimore, Maryland, USA has 4G and SPRINT has released its 1st 4G phone.

Baltimore was a test market for the service. I don't know of any other markets.

I assume there are some others, but Baltimore was first and there are probably few others yet.

 

[Consultant]

SPRINT in Baltimore, Maryland, USA has 4G and SPRINT has released its 1st 4G phone.

Baltimore was a test market for the service. I don't know of any other markets.

I assume there are some others, but Baltimore was first and there are probably few others yet.

They are selling modified 3G as 4G. Jeez, why won't people have enough clue to actually read up on technology? Here's an easy read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G

 

[nixiemaiden]

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Why these companies always fooling around with customers especially american carriers. In some other countries you can pretty much receive sms for free if you're in any plan including prepaid. Smaller and unknown local carriers or just a third party carriers provides cheaper plans like Cricket in my area for example. They provide us way cheaper plan something you won't imagine how AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint charges us so much for every services they cater. What you don't realized is that these third party carriers uses the same tower that these bigger familiar names used. This is something you need to know for example the Virgin MiFi (I don't work for Virgin Mobile or known their MiFi). Since I did my research online or pretty much Virgin Mobile disclosed in their website that they are using Sprint's network. The MiFi is a prepaid that cost $150 and the data pricing for unlimited is $40. This is not a joke do your research it's only $40 for unlimited compare to this stupid looking case for $30 with 1GB limit. We don't even know if this is a hotspot that drains your iTouch battery "we don't know". Now tell me which is better I think none of them because Sprint sucks. That's what I think, I may not have experience their service but they are just a crippled version of Verizon using CDMA with limited coverage. Yes they have 4G wow a 4G look at you phone if you can see one( I referring to majoriy of their customers). I'm with AT&T and they suck too they are ripping me off every month. So as Verizon they are an overpriced CDMA with wider 3G coverage with a dead internet when you're in phone conversation. T-mobile would have been nice but not as big as AT&T coverage and 3G coverage is very limited. That's it I've said enough what we need here is an affordable data pricing with a wider 3G, 4G or 5G and all kinds of Gee's coverage. They need to invest their money on developing their networks instead of advertising!

I have a virgin mobile mifi and while it is great for me, there are catches to it. If you compare the data coverage maps for sprint and virgin mobile, Sprint offers way more coverage because you can roam. With virgin mobile's devices, you can't roam so in certain areas, you would be able to get signal using equipment from Sprint but you won't be able to with equipment from Virgin.