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  1. WiWavelength
    Then, put your phone in the microwave. That will wirelessly give it a "charge," too. Folks, I will be perfectly blunt. The industry has standardized around Micro USB, so there is no more fumbling to find the right charger -- any one will do. If you cannot be bothered to take the five seconds to plug in a Micro USB charger, you are flat out lazy. AJ
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    Why in the world would you want wireless (inductive) charging? It is quite inefficient, so it wastes electricity and takes longer to complete charging. AJ
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    Not gonna happen. Consider yourself lucky that it is only 4.7 inches. The trend this year for flagship handsets is to push 5 inches. And I suspect that your wish will be in the minority. If anything, people will complain that the HTC One should have had a larger screen to take on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and expected Galaxy S4. AJ
  4. WiWavelength
    Unsurprisingly, Brian Klug at AnandTech has the best technical breakdown of the HTC One: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6754/hands-on-with-the-htc-one-formerly-m7 I am a bit disappointed that HTC had to go with the Snapdragon 600 (APQ8064Pro), which is a processor but not an integrated modem. The MDM9615 will cover modem duties, and the BCM4335 will cover Wi-Fi/Bluetooth. So, battery life will probably not be as stellar as in some of the singular MSM8960 devices, such as the EVO LTE, which have processor, modem, and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth all on one SoC. AJ
  5. WiWavelength
    Highly unlikely. PhoneScoop is reporting that HTC has learned from its mistakes last year, allowing the One series to become so fragmented, and that hurt overall sales compared to Samsung and the singular Galaxy S3. So, sorry, guys, I know that some of you were oddly attached to the EVO name, but it is going, going, gone. AJ
  6. WiWavelength
    Oh, and goodbye EVO name. Some here will probably wail and gnash, then hold a funeral for you. AJ
  7. WiWavelength
    PhoneScoop appears to have the first hands on with the upcoming HTC One: http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=11942&p=all#page5545 AJ
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    Nah, you got it all wrong. This is Missourah. See that smoke shop 700 feet south of the site? It needs Internet access to process all of the EBT card transactions for the smokes, porn, fireworks, and walnut bowls it sells. That is why the site is there. AJ
  9. WiWavelength
    The site is there for highway coverage on the primary route between Pittsburg and Joplin. Plain and simple. AJ
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    AJ
  11. WiWavelength
    No, that is a good point about the Photon. It is a world phone, so to speak, and supports GSM in the Cellular 850 MHz, GSM 900 MHz, DCS 1800 MHz, and PCS 1900 MHz bands, plus W-CDMA in the Cellular 850 MHz, PCS 1900 MHz, and IMT 2100+1900 MHz bands. But none of those have any bearing on a Sprint activated Photon in the US. AJ
  12. WiWavelength
    Three. Cellular 850 MHz, PCS 1900 MHz, and BRS/EBS 2600 MHz. The first two are limited to CDMA1X/EV-DO, the last limited to WiMAX. AJ
  13. WiWavelength
    Careful. That it just conjecture; the actual utility of the LTE Record file has never been firmly established. My LTE Record, for example, contains the maximum 999 entries, but many of them are duplicates. AJ
  14. WiWavelength
    You people disappoint me. This one was so ripe for wisecracks, and you let the opportunity pass. AJ
  15. WiWavelength
    FL-FL-FL-FLORISSANT. AJ
  16. WiWavelength
    Yes, I suppose this comes as no shock, but this is all interesting to me, too. And I have had to figure out a lot on the fly the last nine months as LTE, SVDO, and SVLTE devices have become available. What I have learned is this: any device in which EV-DO and LTE share a path -- and I believe this covers all SVDO capable devices that we have detailed in our series of articles -- will be able to operate on either EV-DO or LTE, exclusive. In other words, if EV-DO is active, then LTE is shut down and vice versa. The Galaxy Nexus could be another case, however. For better and mostly for worse, it has two separate CDMA1X/EV-DO and LTE chipsets. So, it might be able to do EV-DO and LTE at the same time, but I doubt it. AJ
  17. WiWavelength
    Nevertheless, the above actually furthers my point that shutting down Wi-Fi during long periods of hibernation is a power conservation measure because the handset continues to monitor to the mobile network regardless of Wi-Fi state. AJ
  18. WiWavelength
    You know what? Scratch that. I forgot that I also had LTE signal. It was LTE, not Wi-Fi, that fully shut down EV-DO. Now, with the EVO LTE set to CDMA1X/EV-DO only and connected to Wi-Fi, here is the EV-DO engineering screen: AJ
  19. WiWavelength
    While the EVO LTE is connected to Wi-Fi, here is the EV-DO engineering screen: Note the difference? The Galaxy Nexus may be disconnected, but it continues to monitor the EV-DO carrier. The EVO LTE does not. I surmise that is due to SVDO, but I am not sure. AJ
  20. WiWavelength
    Yep, you were wrong. AJ
  21. WiWavelength
    Possibly. But I would not take the regular old user accessible status screen as gospel. I would have to see the EV-DO engineering screen to know for certain. AJ
  22. WiWavelength
    No, I said "mobile network." I never said EV-DO. Different handsets seem to handle Wi-Fi vs EV-DO differently. My experience has been that SVDO capable handsets shut down EV-DO when connected to Wi-Fi, but non SVDO handsets do not. However, do not quote me on that. Regardless, we are talking about power management during a hibernation period, not during "heavy usage." If you are not using the handset for long periods of time -- say, you are asleep -- then you want it to shut down as much connectivity and conserve as much power as possible because, after all, you are not using the handset. Timely notifications do not matter until you actually start to use the handset again. AJ
  23. WiWavelength
    Fluorescent or Florissant? AJ
  24. WiWavelength
    Wi-Fi or not, unless you enable airplane mode, you stay connected to the mobile network. So, no, that battery drain is basically the same, regardless. AJ
  25. WiWavelength
    The issue is much less what Apple *can* do, far more what Apple will actually *choose* to do. AJ
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