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Tether htc hero with ipad

Will it work and will get charge extra for tethering?

Apppppppllllleee!!!!!!!!111
bron019 said:
Will it work and will get charge extra for tethering?
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GET YOUR APPLE CRAP OUTTA HERE, Lol
but yea if you have Wifi teather as USB is not an option for Such a well built device. You can get it some where around here if you don't have it now.
EDIT: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
Also no there is not Extra price for Tethering, I have Sprint and have never had a problem. If you want to get better speeds right now Sprint is advertising their Overdrive for 3G and 4G speeds.

we don't like the word apple round here. apple + android = fail!

But Orange is alright

oxymoron
jk. just make sure you have unlmt data...

I'm doing that exact thing. I have not been charged (or even arrested). =P

Also, yes it does work. Works quite well actually. I got to play with a few yesterday morning before the store opened. They're nice, and I was going to pick one up, but instead I left with a couple thousand dollars worth of speakers.

This is exactly why I can't justify buying the 3G model

Thanks for the reoplies Btw apple plus android best equals best of broth worlds

bron019 said:
Thanks for the reoplies Btw apple plus android best equals best of broth worlds
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Seriously, why would you buy an iPad when it is basically a slate tablet PC that does not allow you to download anything besides app store software and only stuff that carries a higher price than the same iphone apps. Don't tell me you believe that line of BS that they need to charge more for apps because the ipad has a higher resolution. Throw in the lack of gps and 3g on the current model and you have a big loser, IMHO.

If you bought an iPad, wouldn't it get really red-stained after a while? It's just a giant iPod Touch that goes onto a vajay-jay.

Very classy.

I used to think the same
I used to think the same, but not anymore. I am a PC guy, and have been for the last 15+ years. I just recently bought the iPad 2. My fiirst one! I actually got it on release day and HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN SINCE THEN! I used to have the same misconception: a gigant ipod. To me is more like a ipod/kindle/iphone/netbook/movie-music-application-gaming center. It does not replace a pc. (It was never intended to do) But it is definitely a gadget that you must try if you call yourself a geek or a "tech-guy". I love the portability and battery life!! After the Ipad I waited for the non-apple community to release something worth trying. And what did they give us?...a Galaxy Tab. *giggles* So I decided to give Apple a try, and I must say i wish i would of purchased the Ipad the first day it came out. Now Im here eating my apple ipad funny comments but happy i gave it a chance.

I still wish our heros would tether to ps3s
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Viewsonic viewpad ftw. Dualboot win7 and android. Cheaper than ifad. Has apps AND replaces computer.
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All the new tablets

Can anyone explain to me why all these new tablets coming out insist on being tied to data plans with these carriers?
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Could it be???
Its all about MONEY!

Because unfettered internet access is nice (Yes, there are alternatives.)
Also, It's easier to sell a $400 device + $30/mo than it is to sell a $700+ device.

Not all of them are like that.
Personally I don't see the appeal. 10 inch devices are not very portable, so why would I want a data plan with that? Plus Mifi is going to kill all this anyway, once people figure out the cost savings.

roebeet said:
Not all of them are like that.
Personally I don't see the appeal. 10 inch devices are not very portable, so why would I want a data plan with that? Plus Mifi is going to kill all this anyway, once people figure out the cost savings.
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What is MIFI exactly?
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What is MIFI exactly?
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Mifi is a type of device that verizon and some other stores cell that come with a contract and it puts out a wireless signal for devices to connect to anywhere there is a cell signal but it than runs a cell phone speeds, its like if you have a rooted phone and just get the wifi app to make your phone a hot spot thats what it does.

when i first saw the xoom data plan 1 gig a month for 20......what wft what am i going to do with 1 gig....despicable, and the audacity 10 gig for 80 shameful

Mifi makes sense if you have a few devices on hand like a tablet, an iPod Touch, or anything else with Wifi - and want them all to have 3G. And there's a big cost savings if you wanted to get 3G for every device you own as an alternative.

roebeet said:
Mifi makes sense if you have a few devices on hand like a tablet, an iPod Touch, or anything else with Wifi - and want them all to have 3G. And there's a big cost savings if you wanted to get 3G for every device you own as an alternative.
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But if you have a phone capable of being a hotspot, isn't that the same thing?
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Frrrrrrunkis said:
But if you have a phone capable of being a hotspot, isn't that the same thing?
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yup!
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Have you all heard about the notion ink adam? Is it worth purchasing?
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Frrrrrrunkis said:
But if you have a phone capable of being a hotspot, isn't that the same thing?
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Similar, I believe. But don't you need to make changes to the cellphone to do that?
What I like about Mifi is that you don't need a cellphone for it. It's whole purpose is to give your Wifi devices access (up to 5 for Sprint, I believe). I have a work crackberry that's locked down, so Mifi makes sense for my needs.
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Have you all heard about the notion ink adam? Is it worth purchasing?
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(back to the thread) -- hard to say. Depends on your needs, of course. The good is that the screen angles seem to be a little better than a GTAB, the LCD devices seem to be free of any major defects (the PQ devices might have a few), and a Tegra 2 1GB device means it's fast and will likely get faster when the software catches up. The bad is the same software issues that plague the GTAB affect the Adam, and of course there's a risk with using a startup in India if they happen to go belly up.

IMO.......no....wait until a tab with a better screen comes out. There are IPS tabs coming and unless you spend a ton of time in direct sunlight then the pixelqi is not worth the expense

MiFi and its equivalent are the "killer app" for these type systems
I have to agree with roebeet, MiFi or its equivalent are the best way to go. I have a Cradlepoint Cr300 with (german) T-Mobile usb stick and it works for all of my systems (Mackbook Pro, iPad and G-Tablet).
Not having to buy a "plan" makes it easier to collect more toys!

It looks really good. I have been following it for several months on the Notion Ink website blog. It looks like it might be well designed and tightly integrated.
BUT,
It is designed in India and made in china (and ships directly from there). I don't think there is a US presence (that is probably not a deal killer).
You probably can't get one any time soon. Unless you are part of the select group that gets an invitation.
The wifi LCD version is the same price as the GTab. The higher end version (3g or Pixel Qi) is in the Xoom range. I think the GTab is a kick ass platform and with Vegan, it runs really well.
Notion Ink has no market and no access to google market. They are promising to open a market soon, but I don't know how many aps they will have. I suspect that normal android apps may not run very well because the software is so customized. So you are stuck with the apps that ship with the device.
Feedback from early users is that there are problems with the update process so the Adam really doesn't work very well.
I ended up buying a gtab and am having a blast.
Montyhp

If you are considering a Gtab I highly recomend buying it from a place that doesn't have restocking fee. I am not trying to be a troll, I really enjoyed the Gtab but the viewing angles on the screen are so aweful that I ended up returning mine after 10 days. The commmunity support and the hardware for the gtab is excellent but the screen was the deal breaker for me. Also, with viewsonics other tablets coming out, I really wonder how long viewsonic will continue to sell the gtab.

I canceled my Notion Ink order and got a G-Tab instead. Couldn't be happier. Rooted with Vegantab and running great.
I then retired my trusty Palm Centro for an old Moto Backflip we had hanging around. Rooted the Backflip and am tethering away with Barnacle Wifi Tether.
Hacking heaven!

HP Touchpad price dropping to $99/$149 tomorrow!

Hey guys I saw no slickdeals that the price of the HP Touchpad is dropping 300 bucks tomorrow cause they dropped it! I called to confirm and its true, I bought 3 for the full price and they 100% guaranteed that I would be given credit when the price adjust tomorrow at 7AM EST.
Heres the Slickdeals thread:
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3220862
You can either wait till tomorrow for the price drop or call in right now and pay full price and have it adjusted tomorrow morning. Some are saying the new price is live for the Academic shop but some people can't see it with .edu email addresses.
I have played with the tab in a store and I have to say for $99 this is one Hell of a steal.
Good luck.

Wow. I was expecting a liquidation, but this is remarkable. For browsing the web and random Document editing, this is an amazing price!
Does anyone know the hackability of this device? Do you think that, despite discontinuation, that the app market might become at least respectable (with xda involvement)?

yoyomonk said:
Wow. I was expecting a liquidation, but this is remarkable. For browsing the web and random Document editing, this is an amazing price!
Does anyone know the hackability of this device? Do you think that, despite discontinuation, that the app market might become at least respectable (with xda involvement)?
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I don't know about the hackability but I'll tell you this tab handles flash like a boss. Its the only one I've seen that can do 1080p youtube without a hitch. And I dunno, they are killing off the touchpad itself but they want to keep webOS alive, I don't really know what that means for webOS on the tab.

Think we can get android on this?

iankellogg said:
Think we can get android on this?
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Uh, I've heard that someone is making progress with ubuntu but I've seen nothing on android. And its probably not gonna happen for all I know cause isn't honeycomb based on tegra?

So I can just buy this to just surf the internet? If so, I am ready to buy a couple.

Dattack said:
So I can just buy this to just surf the internet? If so, I am ready to buy a couple.
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Yep, and its pretty dam smooth while browsing too.

Looks like I'll be buying one of these.

Is this only through slickdeals or is this hp's doing?
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I'm torn between buying it or not. If an android port was confirmed to be possible and in the works, I'd definitely buy one.

**** 100 for a dual core 10 inch tablet it's on like donkey Kong.
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Thank you for the information I'll keep this in mind

Does anyone know what stores have lowered the price? I've been checking the usual suspect's websites and they haven't updated yet. I'd rather walk into a brick and mortar place to get it though. I don't want to wait for shipping if I don't absolutely have to.
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greymalken said:
Does anyone know what stores have lowered the price? I've been checking the usual suspect's websites and they haven't updated yet. I'd rather walk into a brick and mortar place to get it though. I don't want to wait for shipping if I don't absolutely have to.
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Target and amazon both had it but they sold out in minutes. I don't know but maybe bestbuy might have it tomorrow, I say this because Bestbuy Canada had the $100 price online.

dreadlord369 said:
Uh, I've heard that someone is making progress with ubuntu but I've seen nothing on android. And its probably not gonna happen for all I know cause isn't honeycomb based on tegra?
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Honeycomb has been ported to the galaxy s line, galaxy tab and evo... Probably more too, I think Nook. So... Maybe it's possible?
*might* have to get one of these... If I can afford it
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I'm DEFINITELY buying one and I'm sure ICS can be ported to it when the time comes since the source will be released for it. This is a SNAPDRAGON QUALCOMM CPU and GPU and HTC uses that for their CPU/GPUs so I don't see why it's not possible, someone would have to write a kernel from scratch though to make it smoother, just like how the HD2 has Android, but it's not perfect since it's not using it's own kernel. If someone actually takes the time to unlock the bootloader(if it isn't already unlocked) and write up a kernel for it and port ICS to it, this tablet can be badass ;D $99 Android Tablet with ICS pl0x.

Oxirane said:
Honeycomb has been ported to the galaxy s line, galaxy tab and evo... Probably more too, I think Nook. So... Maybe it's possible?
*might* have to get one of these... If I can afford it
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Cool, that sounds awesome!
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I'm DEFINITELY buying one and I'm sure ICS can be ported to it when the time comes since the source will be released for it. This is a SNAPDRAGON QUALCOMM CPU and GPU and HTC uses that for their CPU/GPUs so I don't see why it's not possible, someone would have to write a kernel from scratch though to make it smoother, just like how the HD2 has Android, but it's not perfect since it's not using it's own kernel. If someone actually takes the time to unlock the bootloader(if it isn't already unlocked) and write up a kernel for it and port ICS to it, this tablet can be badass ;D $99 Android Tablet with ICS pl0x.
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Might wanna do it soon, the 16gb just went out of stock.

Damn, and 2wks ago, i just bought my daughter a 7" 4GB android 2.3.3 Coby tab for 180$ !!!!! Damn damn damn damn.
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Got one for $90. I mean, at that point I couldn't resist. Heck, at worst I feel like if I use it, dont like it, I can still flip it for a tiny profit on craigslist or ebay.
Im really hoping for an android port. The specs on this tab are actually quite good. Im probably going to end up keeping it regardless. I'll probably just end up using it for bedside web-browsing, movies, and music.
There's a killing to be made by porting android to this thing. thousands of people just picked up this thing on slickdeals (there are literally over 11k browsing right now). I know tons are willing to donate (im good for 10$-20$ myself depending on quality and progress)
Looking forward to a touchpad xda forum soon

Sutitan said:
Got one for $90. I mean, at that point I couldn't resist. Heck, at worst I feel like if I use it, dont like it, I can still flip it for a tiny profit on craigslist or ebay.
Im really hoping for an android port. The specs on this tab are actually quite good. Im probably going to end up keeping it regardless. I'll probably just end up using it for bedside web-browsing, movies, and music.
There's a killing to be made by porting android to this thing. thousands of people just picked up this thing on slickdeals (there are literally over 11k browsing right now). I know tons are willing to donate (im good for 10$-20$ myself depending on quality and progress)
Looking forward to a touchpad xda forum soon
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How did you get it for $90? I should say "where?" On slickdeals, itself?
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Best prepaid device

I'm going to go off contact soon I want to know. The most cost effective way to get a new devices. I want to do some mobile game and check email stuff like that. At the moment I have a wilds fire s It works OK. I was looking at a Nexis 7 with a portable hot spot. Or the 3g ver. If I went this route I would be useing some kind of voip. I do a lot of manual work so Im a bit. Worried about the size and it getting damage. When you move into a phone the price shoots up a lot then I have to start looking into the used market like eBay. I would even use a iPod touch If need be but would like to stay with the Android platform. I don't mind a contact so much but prepaid see much cheeper I guess if I do get a contract I would get some kind of service plan. Just in case I know people ask this question all the time but it seems like tablets and phones get release on a weekly bases and it hard to keep track of it all. Thanks much
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raven.warsong said:
I'm going to go off contact soon I want to know. The most cost effective way to get a new devices. I want to do some mobile game and check email stuff like that. At the moment I have a wilds fire s It works OK. I was looking at a Nexis 7 with a portable hot spot. Or the 3g ver. If I went this route I would be useing some kind of voip. I do a lot of manual work so Im a bit. Worried about the size and it getting damage. When you move into a phone the price shoots up a lot then I have to start looking into the used market like eBay. I would even use a iPod touch If need be but would like to stay with the Android platform. I don't mind a contact so much but prepaid see much cheeper I guess if I do get a contract I would get some kind of service plan. Just in case I know people ask this question all the time but it seems like tablets and phones get release on a weekly bases and it hard to keep track of it all. Thanks much
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Craigslist and eBay.
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The best no contract device and service is hands down the Huawei Mercury on Cricket...It is a underrated high end device, i recommend it to anyone,the only drawback is it doesnt have very much dev support yet but were working on it...here are the specs http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_m886_mercury-4381.php

hello, lets buy an ubuntu phone

if all members of xda deveolopers buy an ubuntu phone
only that way ubuntu could reach its goal of 32 millions to make the ubuntu phone
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40 000 members x 700 dls= 28 millions

I thought about it, but I just received the Sony Xperia Z Ultra!!
They still have a long ways to go as of today. Only 9 million and they were after the 32mill. Too bad. I was hoping to see this a success.

punkmexic said:
if all members of xda deveolopers buy an ubuntu phone
only that way ubuntu could reach its goal of 32 millions to make the ubuntu phone
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40 000 members x 700 dls= 28 millions
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Because ever member on xda has $700.00 just to spend on a new phone.
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They need another $21,000,000 to reach their $32,000,000 target! And only have 11 days to do it....not gonna happen I'm afraid
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Unfortuanely, most Americans won't be able to buy this phone. The monthly service bills are whack a$$ high because the carriers want you to sign a 2 year contract. That way, you get a higher monthly bill but a lower up front price.
You could buy an unlocked phone, but then you would end up paying the same service bill as someone who got their phone for 500USD less. So unless he or she is OK with paying for the phone almost twice, no American will buy this phone. Or any unlocked phone.
Or of course, someone may have money to burn. The only major carrier that (only 1month ago) doesn't use contracts anymore is T mobile.

punkmexic said:
if all members of xda deveolopers buy an ubuntu phone
only that way ubuntu could reach its goal of 32 millions to make the ubuntu phone
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whats so special about a ubuntu phone.

biker4033 said:
whats so special about a ubuntu phone.
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Nothing special at all
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superkang said:
Nothing special at all
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Except a sapphire crystal display, which I believe has a hardness of 9H; Diamond is 10H.
A 128GB capacity.
4 GB RAM.
Silicon Anode Li-ion batteries (as opposed to standard graphite) that are estimated to have 3X the capacity.
Stereo speakers (like the HTC One)
The ability to dual boot Android and Ubuntu.
The ability to connect to an external display and become a full desktop PC.
Dual-LTE antenna.
OTG support.
$700 price.
Nope, nothing special about this phone at all.
Obviously, this is only on paper. The Edge, unfortunately, will never see the light of day. The specs are unrealistic for the price, unless Canonical is working on a tiny, tiny margin. I would LOVE to have this phone instead of my One. But I live in 'Murica, where everybody who doesn't sign a contract pays double for their phones...

I would love to see the Ubuntu Edge make it! Here's to hoping for a last minute "Hail Mary".
Samsung S4 AT&T on CM10.2 with IR Support

Too bad none of us are winners of that recent Powerball drawing.

Is there an Ubuntu phone?

Canonical is a kid compared to Google (the beast)...android is the best
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it would be really cool phone, 700$ dosn't sound to bad for the phone.

Canonical's Ubuntu Edge missed their indiegogo funding by $20mil

Too bad that they didnt reach their goal, wanted that phone
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Will the people whom donated get there money back, or did Mark Shuttleworth just make a crap load for nothing but shiny pictures and unreal expectations.

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Will the people whom donated get there money back, or did Mark Shuttleworth just make a crap load for nothing but shiny pictures and unreal expectations.
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You merely needed to have a look at the indiegogo page to see that nobody made a "crap load":
What if you fail to reach the funding target?
We appreciate every bit of support we receive during the 30 days, and every backer will be welcomed into the Ubuntu community. If we don’t reach our target then we will focus only on commercially available handsets and there will not be an Ubuntu Edge. All contributions will be fully refunded.
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Anyway... as a Maemo user (still), I'm glad Ubuntu will be focusing on commercial handsets. I've no use for a super Ubuntu phone that costs as much as a mid-level laptop; rather, I want Linux to breathe life in the low-end segment. Android is a RAM hog, and the low-end handsets don't quite have enough to run it properly; but a pure Linux system works wonders with low amounts of memory. My N900 does almost everything I'd want to do on a modern dualcore phone with a gig of RAM, and it only has 256 megabytes. If we got Ubuntu running on cheap phones we could get excellent performance on phones costing less than $150 - possibly even entry-level ones costing less than $100, if the system could be slimmed down enough.
I'm also hoping that the availability of drivers for Ubuntu might make it possible to run other systems - specifically, Debian-based ones.

I like its look and feel but Android looks and feels even better
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How long time to reach this goal.