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On 8/29/2010 12:21 PM, John Navas wrote: On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:15:57 -0700, in , SMS wrote: On 29/08/10 8:39 AM, NotMe wrote: snip I don't have a dog in this fight but wavelength is but one part of the

On 9/6/2010 11:59 PM, danny burstein wrote: Home area. It wasn't until after I had 2 service requests in the system (and the first one was closed/resolved with an engineers note of "Indoor reception not supported") and had my ETF waived that I came to this group and see the notes...

I have an HTC Evo. As everyone's probably noticed, battery life on this device is ridiculous. I installed Advanced Task Killer, but I see that many apps keep opening when I don't want them to. (Some of them are apps I've never used.) How can I prevent apps from opening unless I am actually using...

On 9/6/2010 10:07 PM, Larry wrote: Now, The Borg bought out Alltel and control BOTH 850 Mhz A and B cellular bands, a virtual monopoly on the low band coverage across the whole state, except for a few horrible swamplands where Verizon "unloaded" Alltel's coverage on some Bubba or...

"Paul Miner" wrote in message ... On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:54:26 -0600, Todd Allcock wrote: At 06 Sep 2010 15:02:57 -0700 SMS wrote: A lot of people only initially check if their phone...

On 9/6/2010 8:59 PM, danny burstein wrote: b: It also hits us indirectly since TM will, natch, have to pay more for a roaming partner. Which will heavily weigh on their decision to continue that option. So (no) thanks to the FCC/FTC approval, a good chunk of this state is about to step...

I currently use a Razr on the ATT network. Would I be able to signup with Sprint and use this phone? What kind of contract, if any, would be required? Thanks

"Jane" was stumped by eventually credited my account. How many people can Sprint Scam without anyone noticing? I did manage to bluster Jane enough for her to lose the Midwestern dialect and stumble back into Hindu mumbling.

On 8/26/2010 6:38 AM, Todd Allcock wrote: There's no white on the T-Mo map. Correct, but the legend for the map does show white for no-coverage, not light gray. "Partner coverage" (newspeak for "roaming") is dark grey, no coverage is light grey- the color on your map.

On 8/30/2010 2:46 AM, SMS wrote: On 8/25/2010 9:36 PM, Todd Allcock wrote: No, not really- again, there's very little AT&T roaming left, Unfortunately, personally experienced it today, you're right, and it sucks. This also explains the some problems my friend's from Minnesota were...

In article , Todd Allcock wrote: Are you expecting major updates to iOS or Android in the next 30-60 days? i dunno about him but i am. ios 4.1 is expected to be announced on wednesday and will probably ship that day, at least for...

In article , Todd Allcock wrote: I see zero OSX in business, some Linux. In desktop. OS X has a small amount of desktop traction in small professional businesses (e.g., small law firms). uh, no. os x is...

John Navas wrote in : Hell, no -- didn't Obama promise us all OC-48's?! :) I can't remember that "Promise Number"....(c;] There's so many.....

In the FWIW Department: AfterI power down my phone, the phone won't start up in 1 of 3 or 4 instances unless I plug it into the charger or pull the battery and reinstall it. The Sprint tech at my local store said there is a bad internal hardware connection for the battery. A new phone is...

At 02 Aug 2010 23:05:00 -0700 SMS wrote: The problem with T-Mobile and AT&T is that the coverage footprint is so much smaller than what you get with Verizon or even Sprint postpaid. I just went on a trip with some friends from Minnesota, driving in two cars from their house near Young...

Has anyone had a problem with charging the battery? Mine keeps telling me it is not an approved battery. It will not charge. It is the original one as well as the charger. It is less than 5 months old.

In alt.cellular.verizon John Navas wrote: Apple has released few videos on YouTube to demonstrate antenna problems in other smart-phones including Nokia, Samsung Omnia, Blackberry, HTC Droid. These videos show that iPhone is not the only handset such problem...

On 7/20/2010 1:54 AM, nospam wrote: In , SMS wrote: 1. Virgin Mobile is limited to Sprint's native network, no roaming, not even at extra cost. That means that the coverage, outside major urban areas,...

hi - currently a sprint customer considering switching to boost. i was told by a cellular dealer that porting my # from sprint to boost is easy but if it doesn't work out and i want to switch back to sprint (i'm off contract) it's more difficult to retain my number. is this true? doesn't seem...