using a smartphone as laptop modem - Re: [Hidden-tech] Re: unlocking
cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'roundthese parts?
andrew bellak
andrew at stakeholderscapital.com
Tue Dec 30 06:51:38 EST 2008
What's the deal with limits on using a smartphone as a laptop modem?
There's something about the amount a data limit for mobile data using a
smartphone vs. a wireless adapter connector for 'regular' computer data
transmission?
Because if someone has an unlimited smartphone data plan, it'd be great to
use it as a mobile laptop modem even for limited use.
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Jeff Hobbs <jeffehobbs at gmail.com> wrote:
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> If you're just in it for the Google phone, you may want to consider getting
> a contract-free developer version that you could use on whatever network you
> choose:
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> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081207-google-introduces-developer-g1-phones.html
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> (Not that you asked but: At this point, Android as a mobile platform has a
> lot of promise but it's still pretty rough -- I'd take a hard look at an
> iPhone as a mobile option as well.)
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>> 1. To keep records or not to keep... | CLARIFICATION |
>> (DAVID F. FARKAS)
>> 2. RE: unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'round these
>> parts? (Arlen Collins)
>> 3. Re: unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'roundthese
>> parts? (ussailis at shaysnet.com)
>> 4. Re: unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'round these
>> parts? (Chris Hoogendyk)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:30:39 -0500
>> From: "DAVID F. FARKAS" <david at farkas.com>
>> Subject: [Hidden-tech] To keep records or not to keep... |
>> CLARIFICATION |
>> To: <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>
>> Message-ID: <20081218183048.BF5E5414C2 at homiemail-a4.dreamhost.com>
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>> Hi folks...
>>
>> Thanx for all the ideas for HOW to keep records electronically rather
>> than on paper. Some of the ideas on work flow and storage were great!
>> I think I need to move to cloud computing for my CRM and apps so I
>> can streamline a lot of my report / record keeping process.
>>
>> BUT... my real dilemma is whether to keep most of the notes at all. I
>> ask clients for some photos and I use GoogleEarth pix for maps. But,
>> other than contact info and a summary of findings before and after
>> the work, I'm not sure why I need to keep all the scribbles from the
>> process. They would need to be scanned to be included in electronic
>> records.
>>
>> UNLESS... there are legal, marketing or other reasons I'm not considering?
>>
>> Since my work is unusual, it is to my advantage to have not records.
>> Then nobody can challenge the process... which is esoteric and
>> confusing to most people. As a child of the McCarthy era and of our
>> litigious era, I'm wondering what advantage / disadvantages there are
>> in keeping fewer notes. I can't claim clinician, fiduciary, or legal
>> confidentiality either.
>>
>> Healers in indigenous cultures have clinics where they go from
>> patient to patient doing their work and take no notes at all. They
>> are not in the western world running a business... so I'm looking for
>> a balance.
>>
>> If any of this makes sense and/or illuminates flashes of insight...
>> please pass them along. If it does not... well, you see the problem, eh?
>>
>> Merry Everything and Happy Always!
>> David
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>> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:41:37 +0000
>> From: Arlen Collins <acollins at rxemedia.com>
>> Subject: RE: [Hidden-tech] unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G
>> 'round these parts?
>> To: <andrew at stakeholderscapital.com>, Hidden Tech
>> <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>
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>> The good news is that T-Mobile has a decent policy for unlocking phones.
>> When I last checked, they required the phone be on an active plan for 3
>> months. My brother who lives in Indonesia half the year got them to do it
>> immediately when he got his new phone, but he had been a long term
>> customer. I also travel to Asia nd wanted the flexibility to install SIMs
>> while there. I got a T-Mobile pay as you go quad-band phone. After 3
>> months they gave me the code. One thing you might want to try is going in
>> and making their unlocking of the phone conditional on your signing up with
>> T-Mobile. It is a competitive business.
>>
>> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:51:15 -0500
>> From: andrew at stakeholderscapital.com
>> To: Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
>> CC:
>> Subject: [Hidden-tech] unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'round
>> these parts?
>>
>> Dear HT,
>>
>> I would like to try the new T-Mobile Google phone. I plan to switch to
>> T-Mobile in January from Verizon and get the phone with a 1 or 2 yr.
>> contract.
>>
>> But this Verizon phone # is not my primary number, it's my wife's.
>>
>>
>> Therefore, I want to unlock the G-phone so I can use it with my other
>> carrier, ATT. Both ATT & T-Mobile are GSM so I think compatibility should
>> not be an issue.
>>
>> I have had a phone unlocked before. I used eBay to find a vendor but
>> would rather do that locally, if possible.
>>
>>
>> Part two of the plan, is to maybe switch to Sprint from ATT in June 2009,
>> when that plan expires, so I can get the $99 deal: unlimited voice, data, &
>> text.
>>
>> Anybody use Sprint around here?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andrew
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>> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:23:04 -0500
>> From: "ussailis at shaysnet.com" <ussailis at shaysnet.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G
>> 'roundthese parts?
>> To: site-hidden-tech at sherbang.com, andrew at stakeholderscapital.com,
>> hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
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>> Another issue is where you plan to use a T-Mobile phone. Not everywhere in
>> the Valley, and not at all in some hilltowns.
>>
>> I have a T-Mobile phone and battle with the problem.
>>
>> Jim Ussailis
>>
>> jim at nationalwireless.com
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>>
>> Original Message:
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>> From: Brian Johnson site-hidden-tech at sherbang.com
>> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:18:48 -0500
>> To: andrew at stakeholderscapital.com, Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
>> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G
>> 'roundthese parts?
>>
>>
>> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>> ** If you did, we all thank you.
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>> andrew bellak wrote:
>> > Dear HT,
>> >
>> >
>> > I would like to try the new T-Mobile Google phone. I plan to switch
>> > to T-Mobile in January from Verizon and get the phone with a 1 or 2
>> > yr. contract.
>> >
>> > But this Verizon phone # is not my primary number, it's my wife's.
>> >
>> > Therefore, I want to unlock the G-phone so I can use it with my other
>> > carrier, ATT. Both ATT & T-Mobile are GSM so I think compatibility
>> > should not be an issue.
>> >
>> > I have had a phone unlocked before. I used eBay to find a vendor but
>> > would rather do that locally, if possible.
>> >
>> > Part two of the plan, is to maybe switch to Sprint from ATT in June
>> > 2009, when that plan expires, so I can get the $99 deal: unlimited
>> > voice, data, & text.
>> >
>> > Anybody use Sprint around here?
>>
>> T-Mobile and AT&T use different 3G frequencies. As a result the G1 will
>> work on AT&T but will _not_ do 3G (high speed data).
>>
>> There is another Google Android phone about to be released in January
>> that will work on AT&T's 3G network, but not T-Mobile's. It's the Kogan
>> Agora
>> http://www.kogan.com.au/shop/android-powered-kogan-agora-3G-mobile-phone/
>> This phone is sold unlocked so you wont have to bother with that part.
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>> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:17:12 -0500
>> From: Chris Hoogendyk <hoogendyk at bio.umass.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G
>> 'round these parts?
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>> If you want to be socially conscious, go with Credo (used to be Working
>> Assets Wireless). They use the sprint network. They currently have a
>> deal where you can get a Solio solar recharger along with a phone with a
>> 2 year contract. We have used them for years, and everyone in my family
>> has their own cell phone line. Every year you can participate in the
>> voting to determine what causes profits get contributed to.
>>
>> Nobody has total coverage, but I've been happy with ours. Ours drops off
>> when we go down the hill south of the main shopping areas of
>> Northampton. Picks back up if we are high in the building or get back up
>> on the main drag. I think the towers are probably on north King Street.
>> I actually got coverage once on a southwest facing slope of a mountain
>> along the N.H. border of Maine. We were coming over the top after a
>> couple of days of backpacking, dead tired, and decided to try and call
>> our favorite B&B to see if they had a room available. It worked.
>> Leverette is sort of like that. You have to be on the right bend of the
>> road for any cell phone to work.
>>
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