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Reepicheep
| | Posted on Friday, February 05, 2010 - 12:21 pm: | 
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I saw that Steve, but the full emulator was just too freaking cool to pass up 
(It even has a stealth macro mode, and you can edit the macros after the fact...) |
Steve_mackay
| | Posted on Friday, February 05, 2010 - 12:32 pm: |
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Once you get used to RPN, ya never can use a normal calculator again. |
Hootowl
| | Posted on Friday, February 05, 2010 - 12:37 pm: |
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Cool calculators no longer turn me on. I stopped being a math geek the second I passed my calculus final. |
Milt
| | Posted on Friday, February 05, 2010 - 01:18 pm: |
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Anyone remember analog computers, e.g. slide rules? |
Milt
| | Posted on Friday, February 05, 2010 - 01:26 pm: |
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I used to work in the wireless data bidness. The problem with NYC is that many users violate their user agreements: For example, some blast huge volumes of data, essentially turning a cell phone into a data pipe. |
Phelan
| | Posted on Saturday, February 06, 2010 - 06:09 am: |
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My question is, how do you violate a data useage agreement with an iPhone? All variants of the AT&T service plan include unlimited data transfer. |
Aptbldr
| | Posted on Saturday, February 06, 2010 - 06:58 am: |
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Significant bottle-neck in system is capacity of hard-wired network that supports the wireless network.
Physical networks based in 'old tech' cost more time & money to upgrade. Band-width demands of smart-phones, highlighted by iPhone, caught industry short in some markets.
iPhone service here in SC has been seamless, when I'm on ATT's "map".
: ) |
Froggy
| | Posted on Saturday, February 06, 2010 - 11:19 am: |
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"Unlimited" typically means about 5 GB of transfer before they cut you off. You should be fine if you use it as a phone, but if you are like me and tether my phone to my laptop and use that for internet, you can easily exceed that. |
Milt
| | Posted on Saturday, February 06, 2010 - 12:49 pm: |
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"Unlimited data" means unlimited email, browsing, SMS, downloading, and so forth for personal use only bla bla bla. What it doesn't mean is streaming gigabytes of data all day long (think market and trade data for energy futures).
Somewhere buried in all service contracts, there is something about "terms of use" covering stuff like that.
So I'm not talking about anything a reasonable person would do with a data-enabled cell phone. I'm talking about truly abusive behavior. |
Froggy
| | Posted on Saturday, February 06, 2010 - 01:04 pm: |
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Watching one movie using Netflix streaming will use up a good chunk of that 5gb cap. |
Loki
| | Posted on Sunday, February 07, 2010 - 01:18 am: |
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I really liked Alltel. Then Verizon bought em out. Not the hype that is was a merger.
I kicked Verizon to the curb due to their attitudes towards the customer.
Picked up a 3Gs and switched to AT&T. No problems here in the heart of Arkansas. |
Blake
| | Posted on Sunday, February 07, 2010 - 06:30 am: |
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Who the heck is this "Loki" Character?
Hey Bryan!
(Message edited by blake on February 07, 2010) |
Phelan
| | Posted on Sunday, February 07, 2010 - 11:21 am: |
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Hey Froggy, unrelated PM sent. I see what you mean about the 5GB. I dunno if I'd ever hit the limit. I'm at 23GB received, 1GB sent for the life of my 3GS (bought openning day). Plus, I use mine 3-4 times as much as the other 3 iPhones (and 1 Blackjak) on my plan, so even if I did go over, it'd probably just roll over from one of the other phone's plans. |
Loki
| | Posted on Sunday, February 07, 2010 - 02:21 pm: |
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Been around, sometimes not much to say. Waiting for the warmer weather to ride. |
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