I am guessing that third party sellers will offer rebates on phone, I'm thinking Amazon and Best Buy. They can cut deals with Manufacturers and move volume of phone that can be used in any carrier...
Generally buyouts are good for investors cause you get an instant return in very short order, however I want to ride the wave that NV will bring so as a shareholder I would want to have the stock for a long time.
So apparently the FCC just issued a ruling that on top of setting standards for boosters it also requires that they be OK'ed by the carriers.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/fcc-orders-2m-people-to-power-down-cell-phone-signal-boosters/
Also allowed more bandwith on 5GHz for WIFI.
Any thoughts?
Call Sprint and have them remove the device from your account and reprovision it. The red light means that the unit is not allowed to create a signal since the other lights are solid it means that every other part of the airwave is good.
That might be solved by a chip supporting it. Then handsets will simply support it even if its not yet there (without any cost penalty)... kinda like 1x advanced.
Any idea why this might be? I am guessing with time this will even out since the tech is so new. LTE-Advanced might have built-in advantages as well. I really don't know, what does everyone think?
If it works like it does with Duramax then it should be based on what tower you are on. So when I was in Virginia Beach a few months ago we got a tornado warning alert for that area. It came in as an urgent SMS, apparently on the admiral it comes through within that app and probably with a notification. You have options on that app to change how it is displayed.
Something interesting is the support now for emergency alerts, which you can configure to let you know where there are weather alert, or any nearby emergency situations. Very useful for people who are constantly are moving around.