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Great for who? Got any examples?

@sbolen thats a great idea especially for kids

ipod performance preview is in and looking really good http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/07/ipod-touch-performance-preview-500-better-cpu-900-better-graphics/

can always ask. or break it.

take it back and get the *new* new one!

I wonder what hot spot they are referring to, the live pro ? Also, is there any particular forum thread/discussion that relates to this article?

not so great news, same cpu but lower clock rate; http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/07/new-ipod-touchs-a8-cpu-running-at-1-1ghz-includes-1gb-of-ram/ I still wouldn't expect it to be slow though.

you could try doing a network reset on the iphone that seems to have problems connecting to b26

now we need an in-depth look at past/present/future sprint.

new itouch's should make great pseudo-phones for kids.. itouch + google voice#/hangouts & facetime + wifi a8 + smaller screen should be awesome for games too

the only tablet with a working phone and more importantly, unlimited data!

If I had the extra money I'd be buying as much as i could. Along with some long options.

ideas and discussion are great. However none of us, nor you, have any power to consider implementing any of your pie in the sky ideas into actual reality. If you want to have some actually effectiveness, you're going to have to get a job at sprint (or some other applicable carrier) which has some kind of influence or power to do so.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/07/apple-releases-the-first-ios-9-public-beta/

Right, just save 1 credit card with around 1k $ balance, you can buy your new device outright, swap it on to your existing #, then sell your old one business as usual. Unless you hold that phone balance for more than a month, you typically don't pay much CC interest on it, and if you have a good credit card you can even get cashback/points/etc for doing it like that.

This will have to change at some point, as VOIP vs VOLTE will be indistinguishable and any technical differences will be irrelevant. Either VOIP will have to be brought under the same rules as VOLTE, or VOLTE rules will be relaxed. Like they say, packets is packets. Content is irrelevant (or should be to anyone other than sender and receiver).

yeah. something about that older version of your surf firmware can recognize the zing modem without the drivers, but apparently that newer firmware won't recognize the zing modem. once you've installed the zing drivers on your pc, the drivers stay installed/inactive unless manually removed, so after the first time driver install, the zing will be recognized quickly.

the problem with the zing and tethering is that the zing needs external drivers to enumerate as a modem. My clearspot (wimax) will tether just fine to my asus router via usb, however it doesn't use any external drivers and shows up as a modem. The zing is recognized by the asus, however it won't tether or pull an ip. When you plug the zing into a pc, it has to load special zing drivers, either from the device itself or downloaded from the internet.

Er, would you rather have slow speeds, or overage charges on your shared data? Any type of shared data plan is subject to one (or more) persons screwing the others and using up all the allotment. My opinion is a combination; On any tiered plan (shared or individual) of a specified data bucket, if you go over your limit you get throttled (at a still reasonably usable speed), however if you wish to keep full speed data rate, you pay a reasonable price per gig to extend your bucket until the next billing cycle. This way there is no 'surprise' overages, yet there is both the option to continue at reduced speed, or option to pay additional for full speed. Lots people keep them more than 2 years, but not necessarily as the active phone. Ie, hand them down to family members and/or backup devices. And of course there is the option to sell them or trade them in for credit.

what about when a part on your car breaks? do you buy a new car?

there was some kind of beats app update i think was supposed to help with playlist migration. that said I never used beats.

Yet another plan which is not an improvement. vs + $50 unlimited iphone plan + $20 iphone6/16 *and keep it*

hmm, to jailbreak 8.3 or take 8.4/imusic

Erm, by definition that is exactly throttling, setting or limiting the speed or amount of something that would otherwise be unconstrained. You can be throttled (or capped), by either the amount of total bandwidth used, or by a particular speed limit. Uverse and cable are likewise throttled to the speed tier you pay for, that is how they can magically upgrade your speed without changing out hardware and/or replacing the lines into your house. Of course the one of difference between mobile and land lines, is that land lines are typically fix bandwidth, whereas mobile is highly variable.

carrier aggregation, expanded bands for lte roaming, *wireless charging/quick charging*, and while the 6+ batter is already pretty phenomenal I'd always appreciate more battery. I can't wait for the day that phones will self charge (either via solar and/or by movement/walking etc) and last a week or more.