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  1. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    The press release said absolutely that they'd be AT&T and T-Mobile interchangeable for Sprint sold phones after Feb. 25, 2015. (date might be off a day or two, its off my head from yesterday)
  2. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    Lots of carriers are doing things to try to help people break their contracts now. But yea, being stuck sucks. Sidenote on that however for the thread in general - apparently Sprint is going to be SIM friendly next year, so only Verizon will have the "stuck ditching your phone to change...
  3. Vaclav

    Smartwatches / Fitness Trackers

    Not fanboying. I can see the benefit of iPhone competing (well , competing against, they're flagging a bit this gen) but a competing product at 10-100 times the cost isn't of any benefit to the consumer for likely a decade. What you're referring to is accurate when they're at a similar price...
  4. Vaclav

    Smartwatches / Fitness Trackers

    $10k devices that look like watches and $1k ones that look like dollar store bracelets for women.... Right now it's like saying XBox One is influencing PS4 into a better product. Already the Android Wear feature set is things that the Apple Wear docs are playing catchup with. And AW is going...
  5. Vaclav

    Smartwatches / Fitness Trackers

    For me its not an option to consider Apple: A) Android user, and very antiapple. B) The mockups made based on Apple's own descriptions look horrendous for a man to wear, they might be passable forsome women though - the mockups end up looking like loud plastic bracelets. Unlike Android...
  6. Vaclav

    Smartwatches / Fitness Trackers

    Doing searches on it now, having not seen it before: it looks like a scam.
  7. Vaclav

    PSN Flash Sale - 30 games for 99 cents each until 04/21

    PS1 didn't have analogs until late in life so any unaltered versions won't have analogs for anything from the first X years.
  8. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    Thus the generally. If speed is a concern though the upgrade to the cable bill to up it is probably $10 ($0 if FiOS with their promo) vs the usage fees on 4G. All stuff to weigh. (and part of why the "unlimited" providers on normal tiers appeal to me. Sure it's 2G past a point, but never have...
  9. Vaclav

    Smartwatches / Fitness Trackers

    Oh and estimates are trickling out for G Watch and 360 - $200-350 is the range of the estimates. (on the high-end Motorola has talked about it pairing well with the Moto G, logic to them is an accessory won't market well costing more than it's host device)
  10. Vaclav

    Smartwatches / Fitness Trackers

    Updates: Apparently Nike is axing the Fuelband. LGs G Watch is looking like a nice Moto360 competitor. Also the "rules of Google watches" are public now, and the rules sound perfect. (stuff like Martian watch style mics being a must-have, always on displays, must be able to look like a...
  11. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    Indeed. Speed is generally lower too. Really happy with the lower drain not micromanagind Wi-Fi on the M8 has. Not sure if its the M8 or Sprint Conmections Optimizer that also saves having to reauthorize public Wi-Fi loginsbut its a hassle I now can ignore.
  12. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    If you're on Verizon, with their overage fees I'd say sticking to unlimited is warranted. Looks like the price structure is insane on overage fees.
  13. Vaclav

    Buying PS4 best 4-5 games for it atm and next 30 days?

    Oh him... That would do it. Not up on most name changes.
  14. Vaclav

    Buying PS4 best 4-5 games for it atm and next 30 days?

    Confused about the random aggression on him - I miss something in another section or something? For the IMO on the actual question: Out: AC4, Infamous: SS Coming Soon: Watch Dogs, Child of Light (downloadable - $15).
  15. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    Up to $650 is their quote - up to $300 for the previous phone (my old Galaxy Nexus doesn't even register - the wife's older Nexus S actually holds more value at $13 oddly enough) and up to $350 for "contract breakage costs" - so the sting might be less than just the pittance they're offering for...
  16. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    So I'm guessing for her, since they just verified it's fine on calling just that the tower near the house is sucking (80% capacity or something with no repair on the way because they've not figured out a precise cause yet - "underperforming" - sounds like a small update from the stuff you PMed...
  17. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    Two questions, Tarrant: Had to replace the one phone under TEP (if I'd rushed in day it started fritzing was still in 14 days - alas)... there's a limit of 3 replacements a year and there's supposed to be a deductible on it or something? [I didn't get charged anything at the store though...]...
  18. Vaclav

    Dark Souls 2

    Best character start choice is the Petrified Something - but it's a crap shoot for what it gets you - everything else is consumable or the trivial +50 or something HP ring which is the next best thing. And it's mostly impossible to screw up builds too badly, there's a "reroll" mechanism in...
  19. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    And crap - update from earlier Framily: Z00262616NW - apparently handwrote it missing two digits before. Last 4 is 0079 since apparently that's needed or something.
  20. Vaclav

    COME AT ME BRO'S (TYPING COMPETITION)

    No thumb for space? Weird... Or just discounting how much it's used because of only being one key? But yea, you can get high WPM with those two plus thumb, as stated, I've only got that set usable really. And actually typing this response and making me think of it, I do use my left ring a...
  21. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    Depends how aggressive you are about it - I've had 4 straight through since we switched to it. I've never been aggressive about sales though. Always been the "market the item right and it'll sell itself" type, heh. Frankly, if joe didn't mention seriously considering the Framily plan I...
  22. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    Depends how often all the units in the package upgrade largely with Framily, joe - if everyone is upgrading every 24 months to a top of the line device, not sure the savings are there. For one like ours - wife did almost 4 years comfortably with hers, 3 with mine and the in-laws have no plans to...
  23. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    Caps at 10 people with no savings past 7, but yeah $100 for 4 lines is tasty in theory. Definitely better for those more into pushing the marketing though. I'm so passive about it.
  24. Vaclav

    COME AT ME BRO'S (TYPING COMPETITION)

    65 wpm - not too bad considering I've only got 6 usable digits IMO. (my genetic thing includes webbed hands - so my ring and pinky are useless for typing) Not sure what an appropriate handicap would be, but I won my race even without one. (90.6% accuracy could be better though) PS -...
  25. Vaclav

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Looks to me like you made a broken graphic link, personally...
  26. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    Actually what the hell - no harm in sharing it so just in case you decide to go Framily and want to hook up with mine (with separate bills obviously), joeboo - or anyone else. Just gonna post the Framily code here. Framily Code: Z002626NW - as stated earlier currently at $40/line with 4 lines...
  27. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    4 lines on Framily for me was $182ish after taxes, etc. with no line upgrades, so you'd be squeaking by as slightly better if taxes don't vary by state with one upgraded to unlimited. ($160 in lines, $22 in taxes)
  28. Vaclav

    Blizzard: Overwatch

    Why does this give me visions of Blizzard doing something like Space Hulk? Man that would be awesome - sure there's no chance though.
  29. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    Abe: Make sure you read his follow-up too. It's less awful than beforehand, but still need to be somewhat wary.
  30. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    Yea joeboo upgrade is per line. Can even split into multiple bills if there's any worries of confusion. Unlike before like many upgrades, they're all line explicit now - like TEPS.
  31. Vaclav

    Playstation 4

    Heck: Depends on how their PSU is set up it might actually. My PC PSU keeps some power once cut - not more than a few seconds though.
  32. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    If you decide to stick with Sprint and do Framily let me know Joeboo. Could link up to 6 more to us, and with 3 more we'd all be paying $25/mo per line once savings hit. ($40/mo right now)
  33. Vaclav

    Playstation 4

    My guess would be dust in the fan assembly - not had that happen on my PS4, but that's how I'd describe my PC's large 50mm or whatever case fans the rare times I powered my machine down before I cleaned the fan around the ball bearing area.
  34. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    Wow, thanks for the info on the Jump! thing Tarrant - I'd never realized in the wording that you're still paying on the old device... that's rather obnoxious... (And considering T-Mobile would be my carrier if I switch [in the far future at this point though] more than likely... relevant)
  35. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    Verizon, ATT May Face Bidding Limits in Spectrum Auction - WSJ.com That going to be good for TMo and Sprint if true, Tarrant? Not sure what 600MHz spectrum band means, but they say it's "highly desirable" in the article, if you could explain it.
  36. Vaclav

    Health Care Thread

    I'd consider them a superpower - personally I'd say the G8 pretty much deserve to be. (or ex-G8 since it's G7 still, right?) Should be a factor of influence not arbitrary military numbers and nonsense like that. India is probably about where I'd start debating it - the EU in general (and...
  37. Vaclav

    Tablets

    Also just got on Blinkfeed in the past hours apparently for the HD 7 and the HD 8.9 2012 models (like that one should be hardware wise) Cyanogen now has a modded kernel for it to make it stock android as well now. Not really read the article in full though since I was in an argument with the...
  38. Vaclav

    Health Care Thread

    China is close on economy and winning on population I believe - but besides China, yup.
  39. Vaclav

    Smartphones

    Indeed - it was heavenly for the 2 weeks it worked - was faster loading webpages than loading them on the FIOS in the house with Spark - even doing voice searches and such it was quicker versus manual searching. I look forward to it being back.
  40. Vaclav

    Tablets

    MicroSD? The clip hole covers seems the norm for microSD stuff I've seen.