usctrojancpa
Well-known member
Just goes to show, some people have more money then brains.
2011: Year of the iPad 2!
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NEW -> Contingent Buyer Assistance Program
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3406
The video you posted is for people trying to activate the iPhone without a SIM card.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8YowaBEQrU[/youtube]
We'll see if Apple starts suing them too.
In non-tablet news, I'm really looking forward to the new ultrabooks category... super light/thin PC notebooks... yet another niche that Apple has carved out for itself with the MacBookAir.
Interesting...wife and I are going the other way...AT&T to Tmobile...cheaper plan better coverage. Verizon is just too expensive.
I'm still waiting for the Galaxy S2 although the Nexus Prime is very very interesting. Wife wants the iphone 5.
irvinehomeowner
Well-known member
This reminds me of those guys who used to sell speakers out of their white delivery van claiming the order was for 5 sets and they got 15 so they would hook me up and sell them to me for a discount.
Beware of $500 tablets being sold for less... unless of course they are HP TouchPads... hehe.
Beware of $500 tablets being sold for less... unless of course they are HP TouchPads... hehe.
Irvinecommuter
New member
Interesting...DOJ blocking the merger between AT&T and Tmobile.
Good for the consumer...we are likely moving to Tmobile.
Good for the consumer...we are likely moving to Tmobile.
irvinehomeowner
Well-known member
I'm getting one of these... even if it cost more than an iPad:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIDF-uBQzns[/youtube]
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 is thinner and lighter than it's bigger 10.1 brother and it has MicroSD expansion (the 10.1 doesn't). I think that form factor is really portable and the screen (Super AMOLED) is awesome. Hopefully it doesn't take them months to get to market.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIDF-uBQzns[/youtube]
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 is thinner and lighter than it's bigger 10.1 brother and it has MicroSD expansion (the 10.1 doesn't). I think that form factor is really portable and the screen (Super AMOLED) is awesome. Hopefully it doesn't take them months to get to market.
roundcorners
New member
I would have to totally agree... $699 is totally outrageous... I don't care if it's htc... on a 2-year contract, this thing must really be something to justify that price...
What ever happen to the G-Tag 8? Still the middle-child... and all of a sudden 7.7? But it does look and feel like the 10.1...
Did you see this today..?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfMmMrUwRnI&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Who needs a tablet anyways...? 5.3"...! and a stylus?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paxLc2bhRWU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
You know what... I can live with 5.3 inches in my pocket if it is thin enough.. really... I think pockets are designed for more width than height...
What ever happen to the G-Tag 8? Still the middle-child... and all of a sudden 7.7? But it does look and feel like the 10.1...
Did you see this today..?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfMmMrUwRnI&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Who needs a tablet anyways...? 5.3"...! and a stylus?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paxLc2bhRWU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
You know what... I can live with 5.3 inches in my pocket if it is thin enough.. really... I think pockets are designed for more width than height...
roundcorners
New member
We're getting more information on the Galaxy Note... take a look at the scale of this Beast as compare to an iphone 4...!
This is either the perfect combination of both phone & tablet or is simply to crazy and ridiculous to be carrying around... I was already checking out the Infuse's 4.5" huge screen... and to be quite honest... one of my "smaller" friend who is like 5'3" just looks slightly ridiculous carrying around the Evo's 4.3" screen... now.. I'm sure he is quite comfortable carrying around the thing... but subconsciously... it's a bit much in the front pocket...!
ok..ok... I know he is no Steve Jobs... with bad... korean/english... but not bad...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om22cOOzbgI&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpo-H9A5uEo&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFCY24l5djk[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdfNGNAOmXo[/youtube]
I need to think about this further... maybe make a wooden Galaxy Note, paint some icons on it and try it out this weekend...! ;D
This is either the perfect combination of both phone & tablet or is simply to crazy and ridiculous to be carrying around... I was already checking out the Infuse's 4.5" huge screen... and to be quite honest... one of my "smaller" friend who is like 5'3" just looks slightly ridiculous carrying around the Evo's 4.3" screen... now.. I'm sure he is quite comfortable carrying around the thing... but subconsciously... it's a bit much in the front pocket...!
ok..ok... I know he is no Steve Jobs... with bad... korean/english... but not bad...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om22cOOzbgI&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpo-H9A5uEo&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFCY24l5djk[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdfNGNAOmXo[/youtube]
I need to think about this further... maybe make a wooden Galaxy Note, paint some icons on it and try it out this weekend...! ;D
irvinehomeowner
Well-known member
Stupid move IMO.
I would actually shelf the 8.9" since it's so close to the 10.1" in size. 7-8" is a much better market to go after since Steve said Apple is not going there... and that would make them sue-proof (hehe).
I don't really care about the Galaxy Note but it might fill the needs for some people where a phone is too small and a tablet is too big for their PDA purposes.
I would actually shelf the 8.9" since it's so close to the 10.1" in size. 7-8" is a much better market to go after since Steve said Apple is not going there... and that would make them sue-proof (hehe).
I don't really care about the Galaxy Note but it might fill the needs for some people where a phone is too small and a tablet is too big for their PDA purposes.
roundcorners
New member
What I love about Android is the relative inexpensive barrier of entry. Most of you out there including our family have cut back on our budgets; some of you are having to decide on whether to pay the cell phone bill or the cable bill and the remaining few of you are going broke having run up hundreds of dollars in your mobile plan every month.
Let?s talk hardware first, in looking at craigslist... you can pick up a Nexus one running the latest gingerbread for about $300... in the sub $200 range you can also find year old phones that will all run the latest Android and Apps... You will be able to do EVERYTHING that I have ever posted...
Nexus Onehttp://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/ele/2578840349.html
Thunderbolt - $150http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/ele/2581862014.html
Inspire 4G - $150http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/ele/2581888259.html
With new or used Android phones, you don?t need a phone number or activation in order for the phone to work. When buying a used phone, you can factory reset the phone and all you need to use the device is a Google Account and WiFi of course.
I know there are some carriers such as T-Mobile & Metro PCS that won?t sell you a phone without a plan, but try some other retailers such as Best Buy where there is usually a phone price with a plan and a price for the phone alone.
The same goes for Android Tablets... roughly $200 and you can be an Android user...
Lenovo?s Idea Pad A1 - $199
http://www.androidcentral.com/lenovo-announces-199-gingerbread-powered-ideapad-a1-tablet
With the hardware, you basically have a personal computer that does everything your Laptop & Desktop can do and more. Now let?s talk connection & data...
Again, the phone/tablet is fully functional without linking it to a carrier or phone number. All you need is a WiFi connection. I remember my home WiFi from Cox started at around $30 a month in Irvine; along with your cable modem, you?ll also need a wireless router, those start around $70. If you can?t afford that, the closest thing to a national free WiFi network can be found at your nearest Starbucks, McDondalds, Panera Bread, Barns and the public library. With WiFi your phone comes alive, you can even make free Skype phone/video calls, send txt messages, take pictures, email and surf the web. You can access the Android Market download thousands of free apps including word processing capabilities and turn your new device into a fully functional personal computer when you don?t have WiFi access. With any US cdma Android smartphone even without activation, you can still access any Over The Air update for the OS, the phone can still pull the Time & Location from the local cell service, along with the GPS atenna turned on, the cell towers can pin-point your location on Google Maps.
WiFi hotspots are everywhere you go, even in the places you least expect it. Most are locked but with a little persistence you can find out most WiFi codes. Usually, it is some serial # found on the router itself. Start with the places you frequent the most and work your way out; most restaurants have WiFi and all you need is to ask the waitress for it, most office buildings I visit have it for the employees, and almost all retail have some form of it. Basically you?re pretty much covered wherever in society you go except for in the car, where you shouldn?t be using the phone anyways.
If your phone is rooted or de-branded, you can take virtually any Android phone from Craigslist and activated it at any carrier of your choice. Other added benefits of having a rooted phone is you don?t have all the carrier specific Bloatware that they bundle the phone with, you have what you want on your phone.
If you want constant data with you; most carriers can start around $35; along with minutes and a cell plan can run anywhere up to $100 a month. That does add up especially if your data is tiered like Verizon's and the more you use up band-with the more you pay. I believe the cheapest truly unlimited carrier is Metro PCS which starts around $40.
So with as little as $150 (& hardly anything monthly) and a little perseverance you can have your Android; unlike the iphone, as far as I know would need activation and a phone number to work, correct me if I?m wrong, here; but that is what I love about my little robot.
Let?s talk hardware first, in looking at craigslist... you can pick up a Nexus one running the latest gingerbread for about $300... in the sub $200 range you can also find year old phones that will all run the latest Android and Apps... You will be able to do EVERYTHING that I have ever posted...
Nexus Onehttp://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/ele/2578840349.html
Thunderbolt - $150http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/ele/2581862014.html
Inspire 4G - $150http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/ele/2581888259.html
With new or used Android phones, you don?t need a phone number or activation in order for the phone to work. When buying a used phone, you can factory reset the phone and all you need to use the device is a Google Account and WiFi of course.
I know there are some carriers such as T-Mobile & Metro PCS that won?t sell you a phone without a plan, but try some other retailers such as Best Buy where there is usually a phone price with a plan and a price for the phone alone.
The same goes for Android Tablets... roughly $200 and you can be an Android user...
Lenovo?s Idea Pad A1 - $199
With the hardware, you basically have a personal computer that does everything your Laptop & Desktop can do and more. Now let?s talk connection & data...
Again, the phone/tablet is fully functional without linking it to a carrier or phone number. All you need is a WiFi connection. I remember my home WiFi from Cox started at around $30 a month in Irvine; along with your cable modem, you?ll also need a wireless router, those start around $70. If you can?t afford that, the closest thing to a national free WiFi network can be found at your nearest Starbucks, McDondalds, Panera Bread, Barns and the public library. With WiFi your phone comes alive, you can even make free Skype phone/video calls, send txt messages, take pictures, email and surf the web. You can access the Android Market download thousands of free apps including word processing capabilities and turn your new device into a fully functional personal computer when you don?t have WiFi access. With any US cdma Android smartphone even without activation, you can still access any Over The Air update for the OS, the phone can still pull the Time & Location from the local cell service, along with the GPS atenna turned on, the cell towers can pin-point your location on Google Maps.
WiFi hotspots are everywhere you go, even in the places you least expect it. Most are locked but with a little persistence you can find out most WiFi codes. Usually, it is some serial # found on the router itself. Start with the places you frequent the most and work your way out; most restaurants have WiFi and all you need is to ask the waitress for it, most office buildings I visit have it for the employees, and almost all retail have some form of it. Basically you?re pretty much covered wherever in society you go except for in the car, where you shouldn?t be using the phone anyways.
If your phone is rooted or de-branded, you can take virtually any Android phone from Craigslist and activated it at any carrier of your choice. Other added benefits of having a rooted phone is you don?t have all the carrier specific Bloatware that they bundle the phone with, you have what you want on your phone.
If you want constant data with you; most carriers can start around $35; along with minutes and a cell plan can run anywhere up to $100 a month. That does add up especially if your data is tiered like Verizon's and the more you use up band-with the more you pay. I believe the cheapest truly unlimited carrier is Metro PCS which starts around $40.
So with as little as $150 (& hardly anything monthly) and a little perseverance you can have your Android; unlike the iphone, as far as I know would need activation and a phone number to work, correct me if I?m wrong, here; but that is what I love about my little robot.
irvinehomeowner
Well-known member
Uh... you can get an iPod Touch without activating and it has all the same functionality of an iPhone without the phone service. You can even Facetime on it for video conferencing. You can also do the same thing with an old iPhone... without the voice service, it becomes an iPod Touch.
And there is a lower barrier of entry to phone service... the older iPhone 3GS, $99 with contract... or just wait until next month, a cheaper version of the iPhone 4 will be available.
Don't let your FAndroidism color your posts too much... hehe.
And there is a lower barrier of entry to phone service... the older iPhone 3GS, $99 with contract... or just wait until next month, a cheaper version of the iPhone 4 will be available.
Don't let your FAndroidism color your posts too much... hehe.
roundcorners
New member
$145http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/sys/2584849529.html
$350http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/sys/2584896651.html
$520http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/sys/2584896651.html
Ok, I see some people selling the iphone on craisglist starting for around $145... But unlike the iphone which is designed to be used with a sim card, activation, data plan and phone number... the Android architecture from the ground up is built around data that you can pull either from the phone carrier or WiFi...
Android is a device you can use out of the box... versus all these iphone videos on how to hack you iphone by trimming your sim cards... or software hacks to get the phone to work...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA1bb9C7vNU[/youtube]
IHO... are you really saying that if you stop paying your phone bill and give your old iphone to someone, that after wiping everything off the phone it would still work, with full capabilities of a iphone just on WiFi? I don?t know...
In other Android News...
Got some quality time with the Jetstream... really nice, quality build... very similar to the Galaxy Tab 10.1, very solid, thin and light. Of all the Honeycomb tabs out there, the Sense UI is the most refined and most thought-out... IMHO, all your favorite Sense widgets and more.. the lock-screen, sense app such as the weather and more. HTC's sense is what all Android manufacturers and app developers strive to be but fall short... can anyone tell I'm really missing Sense?
The Jetsteam is hands down my favorite Tablet, now here is the bad news... The tab I was holding wasn't $499, $599 or even $699... with tax out the door it came to $936!!!
that is simply ridiculous... we'll just have to see if we get a price drop soon
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEsAjyYDTbU[/youtube]
Oh well in the meantime... here is the Lenovo hands on...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RGf86dpyOw[/youtube]
$350http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/sys/2584896651.html
$520http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/sys/2584896651.html
Ok, I see some people selling the iphone on craisglist starting for around $145... But unlike the iphone which is designed to be used with a sim card, activation, data plan and phone number... the Android architecture from the ground up is built around data that you can pull either from the phone carrier or WiFi...
Android is a device you can use out of the box... versus all these iphone videos on how to hack you iphone by trimming your sim cards... or software hacks to get the phone to work...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA1bb9C7vNU[/youtube]
IHO... are you really saying that if you stop paying your phone bill and give your old iphone to someone, that after wiping everything off the phone it would still work, with full capabilities of a iphone just on WiFi? I don?t know...
In other Android News...
Got some quality time with the Jetstream... really nice, quality build... very similar to the Galaxy Tab 10.1, very solid, thin and light. Of all the Honeycomb tabs out there, the Sense UI is the most refined and most thought-out... IMHO, all your favorite Sense widgets and more.. the lock-screen, sense app such as the weather and more. HTC's sense is what all Android manufacturers and app developers strive to be but fall short... can anyone tell I'm really missing Sense?
The Jetsteam is hands down my favorite Tablet, now here is the bad news... The tab I was holding wasn't $499, $599 or even $699... with tax out the door it came to $936!!!
that is simply ridiculous... we'll just have to see if we get a price drop soon
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEsAjyYDTbU[/youtube]
Oh well in the meantime... here is the Lenovo hands on...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RGf86dpyOw[/youtube]
irvinehomeowner
Well-known member
Again... an iPod Touch has all the capabilities of an iPhone without the carrier services. Used iPod Touches are pretty inexpensive too.roundcorners said:
Yes... as long as you use a SIM card to activate it with iTunes, then you take the SIM card out and it's just like an iPod Touch, even Apple has a support article about it:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3406
The video you posted is for people trying to activate the iPhone without a SIM card.
I don't remember but have you mentioned the Toshiba Excite/AT200 yet? It's thinner than the Galaxy Tab and has all the ports that the Thrive has (this is what Toshiba should have come out with in the first place):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8YowaBEQrU[/youtube]
We'll see if Apple starts suing them too.
In non-tablet news, I'm really looking forward to the new ultrabooks category... super light/thin PC notebooks... yet another niche that Apple has carved out for itself with the MacBookAir.
roundcorners
New member
A close childhood friend of mine recently landed his all time dream job at Apple, this is the same guy who I remember owing all the Apple II?s, MaCintoshes, even the Newton... I am really happy for him, and this left me thinking what would be my dream company... I always talk to these manufacturer repts like LG & Samgsung at Best Buy, how cool would it be just to visit Best Buys all day, give stuff away and talk gadgets all day...
How about htc... or dare I dream... Google..! It?s good to dream, let?s see who is in my Linkedin network...! Time to brush up the resume..?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwdfgwq2E2Q&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnuliUsXtZU&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-0kg-VCW_8[/youtube]
In other Android news...
HTC sues Apple again, this time with patents acquired from Googlehttp://www.androidcentral.com/htc-sues-apple-again-time-patents-acquired-google
LOL... a good defense is a good offense..! This is fantastic... Google really giving all it?s major supports lots of ammunition to fight the good fight...
Motorola Droid Bionic now available from Verizon - $299 on contract...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fGfONwldBM[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fyi5pZS1xY[/youtube]
How about htc... or dare I dream... Google..! It?s good to dream, let?s see who is in my Linkedin network...! Time to brush up the resume..?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwdfgwq2E2Q&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnuliUsXtZU&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-0kg-VCW_8[/youtube]
In other Android news...
HTC sues Apple again, this time with patents acquired from Googlehttp://www.androidcentral.com/htc-sues-apple-again-time-patents-acquired-google
LOL... a good defense is a good offense..! This is fantastic... Google really giving all it?s major supports lots of ammunition to fight the good fight...
Motorola Droid Bionic now available from Verizon - $299 on contract...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fGfONwldBM[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fyi5pZS1xY[/youtube]
irvinehomeowner
Well-known member
HTC suing Apple is a bit of a hippo... they just criticized Apple for suing instead of innovating and now they turn around and do the same thing.
Google is trying to get Ice Cream Sandwich (Starlight: That's the newest version of Android that converges the Tablet and Phone OS) out by October because they are trying to have something to compete with the iPhone 5 and iOS5 coming out during that same time period.
I'm surprised we still haven't seen any spy pics of the iP5... rumors are there was another one lost at a bar (yet again) last month.
Google is trying to get Ice Cream Sandwich (Starlight: That's the newest version of Android that converges the Tablet and Phone OS) out by October because they are trying to have something to compete with the iPhone 5 and iOS5 coming out during that same time period.
I'm surprised we still haven't seen any spy pics of the iP5... rumors are there was another one lost at a bar (yet again) last month.
roundcorners
New member
Best Buy Phone Shame Commercials
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI67Yw0r19M&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvag4WcouLw&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CzPD9HHuBE&feature=related[/youtube]
IMO... totally lame but funny commercials...
I've lived in the company of smartphones for until middle of this year with my regular phone and I had no shame whatsoever... do you think these commercials work? I think BB is going with another marketing strategy now... but, in talking about salary information, being successful and all... I hope most of you have already put your self-worth in more than your net-worth, people, places, or things...
and if you still don't know what I'm talkin about... see U at church on Sunday... have a good Friday folks...!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI67Yw0r19M&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvag4WcouLw&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CzPD9HHuBE&feature=related[/youtube]
IMO... totally lame but funny commercials...
I've lived in the company of smartphones for until middle of this year with my regular phone and I had no shame whatsoever... do you think these commercials work? I think BB is going with another marketing strategy now... but, in talking about salary information, being successful and all... I hope most of you have already put your self-worth in more than your net-worth, people, places, or things...
and if you still don't know what I'm talkin about... see U at church on Sunday... have a good Friday folks...!
roundcorners
New member
I have written about many Android topics... the only thing I have not really touched are games... I?m not a huge gamer and the htc is still fairly low on memory... Cyanogen has certainly increased the amount of apps that I can now move to the SD card, but I still have some internal memory issues; I have plenty of RAM, but some how it didn?t partition correctly, so most apps are essential and games unfortunately are not... So a topic was created recently...
Android Central Asks - What type of games do you play?
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-central-asks-what-type-games-do-you-play
About the only game I ever played on the htc was Angry Birds, and after rooting the thing, all my levels were erased; Titanium Backup works great, but it doesn?t save all the caches... and I do not have the patience to get to where I left off... so the game is gone...!
Really interesting article marketplace did recently at E3 on the Dollar amount people are willing to pay for an hour of gaming entertainment...
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/...-model-for-big-gaming-companies-under-attack/
?In the early '80s, Gordon actually helped set the prices for video games. He says back then people were willing to pay like $1 an hour for entertainment. Today that's fallen to something like $0.15 or a nickel.?
(BTW... umm... somewhere in the mid 90s... my peers & I were spending on average $20/day on Street Fighter II - ...avg 2-3 hours/day... I'm assuming they are referring to gaming consoles only??)
That seems about right now... I don?t know about most kids now, but do kids still have the money to spend hundreds of dollars and attention span/patients to play month long RPGs?
What do you do on your down time with your phone? If I?m caught with some time to kill these days, even if I don?t have a signal, data, or WiFi... I can always catch up on some Google Books or Reader RSS News...
Other recent game reviews...
r-type (classic)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMlrLbxywGU&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
word ball
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zFTJt3_3HI&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
real 64
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJtLF0_xP2g&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
sleep impact
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2d-W_Facqk&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
x-men (classic)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfACxcQ1mbU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
sprinkle
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWTTVr0lvmo&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
Android Central Asks - What type of games do you play?
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-central-asks-what-type-games-do-you-play
About the only game I ever played on the htc was Angry Birds, and after rooting the thing, all my levels were erased; Titanium Backup works great, but it doesn?t save all the caches... and I do not have the patience to get to where I left off... so the game is gone...!
Really interesting article marketplace did recently at E3 on the Dollar amount people are willing to pay for an hour of gaming entertainment...
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/...-model-for-big-gaming-companies-under-attack/
?In the early '80s, Gordon actually helped set the prices for video games. He says back then people were willing to pay like $1 an hour for entertainment. Today that's fallen to something like $0.15 or a nickel.?
(BTW... umm... somewhere in the mid 90s... my peers & I were spending on average $20/day on Street Fighter II - ...avg 2-3 hours/day... I'm assuming they are referring to gaming consoles only??)
That seems about right now... I don?t know about most kids now, but do kids still have the money to spend hundreds of dollars and attention span/patients to play month long RPGs?
What do you do on your down time with your phone? If I?m caught with some time to kill these days, even if I don?t have a signal, data, or WiFi... I can always catch up on some Google Books or Reader RSS News...
Other recent game reviews...
r-type (classic)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMlrLbxywGU&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
word ball
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zFTJt3_3HI&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
real 64
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJtLF0_xP2g&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
sleep impact
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2d-W_Facqk&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
x-men (classic)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfACxcQ1mbU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
sprinkle
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWTTVr0lvmo&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
Our contract with TMobile recently ended. We'll be jumping to a different carrier. We were basically shafted by an authorized dealer for a rebate and TMo corporate told us to deal with dealer directly as it was not their problem. We'll be going with ATT or Vzn. The question now is which phone to go with. I know that a bunch of new phones will be coming out in Oct. If it was me, I'd be going with an Android phone. For the wife, we'll look at the upcoming iPhone 5 in addition to the new Galaxy S II and other phones.
For those of you that have reception issues inside the house, have you used a signal repeater/amplifier? If so, was it for 4G (700 mhz)? I was going to get one, but would like to get one that supports 4G.
For those of you that have reception issues inside the house, have you used a signal repeater/amplifier? If so, was it for 4G (700 mhz)? I was going to get one, but would like to get one that supports 4G.
Irvinecommuter
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jvna said:
Interesting...wife and I are going the other way...AT&T to Tmobile...cheaper plan better coverage. Verizon is just too expensive.
I'm still waiting for the Galaxy S2 although the Nexus Prime is very very interesting. Wife wants the iphone 5.
irvinehomeowner
Well-known member
I would recommend looking into Sprint for the iPhone 5... cheaper plans and still unlimited data unlike AT&T.
roundcorners
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bu0IPC2F2g&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9aynHibPGI&feature=relmfu[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA6JWTLkzb4&feature=related[/youtube]
Check out the motion settings...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntvDlFLA1Dc[/youtube]
What is Super-Amoled Plus...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqCnITMkQqg&feature=related[/youtube]
Yes people pick your weapon from your carrier of choice. Funny how each carrier has a slightly different hardware. Meet up with another old friend of mine that i havent seen in over five years.. over the weekend... It's great to see that we are all Android users.. even his year old Galaxy S is still crystal clear and rocks... can't imagine how the II will perform...
As for Verizon... they got the Bionic that is fairly similar but what most people are speculating is that the Nexus Prime would most likely be another Droid.. so.. somerhing in the line of "Droid Prime"...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9aynHibPGI&feature=relmfu[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA6JWTLkzb4&feature=related[/youtube]
Check out the motion settings...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntvDlFLA1Dc[/youtube]
What is Super-Amoled Plus...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqCnITMkQqg&feature=related[/youtube]
Yes people pick your weapon from your carrier of choice. Funny how each carrier has a slightly different hardware. Meet up with another old friend of mine that i havent seen in over five years.. over the weekend... It's great to see that we are all Android users.. even his year old Galaxy S is still crystal clear and rocks... can't imagine how the II will perform...
As for Verizon... they got the Bionic that is fairly similar but what most people are speculating is that the Nexus Prime would most likely be another Droid.. so.. somerhing in the line of "Droid Prime"...
irvinehomeowner
Well-known member
I think the biggest problem with the S2 is that we are getting months after everyone else and at the pace technology moves... it's already getting outdated. For instance, instead of qHD (960x540), it uses WVGA (800x480)... and both are still less than the iPhone's 960x640.
With the Prime coming out soon, the iPhone 5 hitting next month (and highly anticipated), I would probably wait to see before jumping on an S2, especially because the S3 will be out early next year (if Sammie doesn't keep losing in court).
Did you know that HTC is looking into its own smartphone OS? Looks like they don't want to get caught in the middle of this Apple-Google war:
http://www.bgr.com/2011/09/12/htc-may-buy-its-own-smartphone-os/
With the Prime coming out soon, the iPhone 5 hitting next month (and highly anticipated), I would probably wait to see before jumping on an S2, especially because the S3 will be out early next year (if Sammie doesn't keep losing in court).
Did you know that HTC is looking into its own smartphone OS? Looks like they don't want to get caught in the middle of this Apple-Google war:
http://www.bgr.com/2011/09/12/htc-may-buy-its-own-smartphone-os/