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Re: Verizon, in what world is it okay to charge $30 for a 4G SIM?

Lynn Linder — Mon, 30 May 2016 21:05:51 -0000

You must have went to an "authorized retailer" not a Verizon store. Verizon will replace your sim card for free. An authorized retailer is out to make money. Contact Verizon and they can direct you to one of their stores.

Re: Apple Announces iBooks 2, iBooks Author, iTunes U App Availability

glynis redford — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 19:07:24 -0000

Hi Yuriko , my colleague worked with a sample Calendar version at this site https://goo.gl/HuYb8z.

Re: Apple Announces iBooks 2, iBooks Author, iTunes U App Availability

Yuriko Mosely — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 05:31:55 -0000

Good post . I was fascinated by the specifics - Does someone know if my assistant can locate a sample Calendar version to use ?

Re: How To: Delete Your iPhone’s Cache Library

Claude Zeitz — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 02:56:16 -0000

Delete music from iPhone
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Re: DROID Turbo Review

Christopher Gregory Wortman — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 15:56:33 -0000

they need to get lollipop rolling out for this device, still waiting after an empty promise!

Re: DROID Turbo Review

Nishit — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:54:19 -0000

King of Android !

Re: iPhone 6: First Impressions

David — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 06:57:39 -0000

How's the call quality, using the earpiece and loudspeaker? Call quality doesn't seem to get a lot of coverage these days!

Re: Uncarrier? T-Mobile’s new family plan sounds great, only until it isn’t

Andy G — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 13:17:06 -0000

No worries. Thanks for reading. :)

Re: Uncarrier? T-Mobile’s new family plan sounds great, only until it isn’t

Adam Knapp — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:59:56 -0000

Wow...I completely misread what you wrote...dang still must've been half asleep this morning haha

Re: Uncarrier? T-Mobile’s new family plan sounds great, only until it isn’t

Andy G — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:03:35 -0000

Adam, AT&T doesn't limit per-line access. They have truly shared data. One person can use 8GB and the rest can use 2GB.

Re: Uncarrier? T-Mobile’s new family plan sounds great, only until it isn’t

Adam Knapp — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 07:13:47 -0000

Could you provide a link that says where AT&T, with the 10GB shared data, limits each device to 2.5 GB? I couldn't find it anywhere. I'm trying to pick a place to go for my family (5 phones), coming from sprint, and I'm really between AT&T and Straight Talk. I'm not really in much of a metropolitan area, so I'm not counting on T-mobile to be as reliable.

Re: T-Mobile Test Drive Day 7: See you later or goodbye?

HeenDawg — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:00:16 -0000

Thanks for the thorough review, I'll be trying this out...getting really tired of the huge bill from AT&T!

Re: Uncarrier? T-Mobile’s new family plan sounds great, only until it isn’t

Andy G — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:34:42 -0000

I personally detest Google Music for a plethora of reasons, but it boggles my mind that it wasn't included in the launch of their Music Freedom initiative. You would think that Google Music, Spotify, Rdio, Pandora, and iTunes Radio would all be there, no questions asked, right from the start.

Re: Uncarrier? T-Mobile’s new family plan sounds great, only until it isn’t

Sahas Katta — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:30:02 -0000

Yup, pretty much. Sprint was looking super innovative in 2010 and then after 1-2 years they took the wrong turn into all the carrier nonsense. I hope the same doesn't happen with T-Mobile...

Also, awaiting for Google Music to be added to their free music streaming...

Re: Uncarrier? T-Mobile’s new family plan sounds great, only until it isn’t

Andy G — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:27:11 -0000

That would be an awesome deal, but would still bother me for the simple fact that it lumps them right back in with other wireless carriers. John Legere once defamed shared data. I wouldn't like to see him go back on his words like that.

Re: Uncarrier? T-Mobile’s new family plan sounds great, only until it isn’t

Sahas Katta — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 15:41:22 -0000

I pay $120 + tax for 4 lines (2x 3GB plan + 2x 1GB plan). This new 10GB plan would save me $20/month and can save $340 until Jan 2016 by switching to this. The problem? Two of us use nearly 2-3 GB / mo and the other two use only ~0.5 GB / mo. If they get rid of the 2.5 GB barrier per line, I'd instantly switch!

Re: Samsung Galaxy S5 Review (Verizon Wireless)

Andy G — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 23:16:59 -0000

Well, thanks for your input!

Re: Samsung Galaxy S5 Review (Verizon Wireless)

BROKEN — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 23:08:16 -0000

I do understand what a review is. And your review was kinda meh. I would learn more about the phone by looking at spec's on samsung Web page. I would learn more about the feel by going into the store. Since you nit picked so much about the phone, the only thing I learned was it had a great battery and vzw has good data speeds.

Also sorry you are correct. Those 2 features are with a different carrier. What your review lacked was, what is the difference from the s4 and s5. What would be the reason to upgrade. Any new must have features? What did samsung add or remove? And I did not hunt you down. I was looking to see how I can get into phone options with out pulling down the bar and clicking the gear icon.

And I do know what biased means. Since you added mostly opinions that's the reason I called it biased. Btw my girlfriend of 13 years loves the camera options.

And ultra power saver is much more then turn everything off. You can pick what you want enabled. It's a very great feature that will also let you know what your expected stand by time will be. And you see that time jump every time you enable something.

It's also laughable how you say samsung customers will leave the baby toys for HTC or LG. Again this is pure biased opinion. I understand people put their own thoughts about a product in a review, but we're is the actual review on the product?

Most people need a reason to upgrade to the next model, no were in this review gave me an idea of what's new. Well, maybe your water test?

If this is all you could come up with after using a device for 4 weeks then I guess you put no thought into this review, don't know how to make a review, or just stared at the device and only thought about how it looked so "ugly".

Re: Samsung Galaxy S5 Review (Verizon Wireless)

Andy G — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 21:57:14 -0000

"Your review is clearly biased. It's based mostly on opinions."

Do you know what a review is? It's a publication of my (subjective) thoughts on the device. When I write reviews, I think about things that bother me and things that would bother other people that I know - from family members that aren't tech savvy to friends who know just as much as I do. You need to research the definition of bias, because you're using a word whose context you don't understand.

"But too many camera options? How is that even part of a review? Or the battery cover? Most people like a glossy feel."

How is that part of the review? It's a very legitimate thing. The camera options are great, but overall, I didn't find that they added anything to the experience other than annoyance and complexity. The glossy feel is nice, but once it gets covered with oils from your hand, it becomes a miserable experience.

"Also why did you not mention with the s5 net booster? Or making calls with wifi? No mention at all of what this phone can do in terms of functionality. You had this phone for a week correct?"

The Verizon version doesn't have the Download Booster feature, nor does it have WiFi calling. I had the phone for longer than a week and I talked about plenty of the phone's functionality.

Re: Samsung Galaxy S5 Review (Verizon Wireless)

BROKEN — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:40:03 -0000

Wow love how Crome just stopped responding. Had everything typed out.....

Your review is clearly biased. It's based mostly on opinions. Example, touch wiz. You did call that your opinion. But too many camera options? How is that even part of a review? Or the battery cover? Most people like a glossy feel. But what would you expect a battery cover to be made out of? Carbon fiber? First off people buy a case for their phones. So you never get to see it or the siding.

The s4 siding was cool. Better then the s3. I think the s5 siding looks better then the s4. It looks like shiny crome. You are correct in saying no phone is perfect. But samsung phones seems to be better then LG and HTC.

One thing about Samsung that bothers me is they keep taking away "useless" changes and putting them back. In the s4 you can no longer hide apps. You can rearrange the screens. In the s5 you can hide apps but can no longer rearrange screens. I personally like to hide apps and rearrange the screens. I had to hide all apps, then unhide to get my apps in order of scrolling screens.

Also why did you not mention with the s5 net booster? Or making calls with wifi? No mention at all of what this phone can do in terms of functionality. You had this phone for a week correct?

And too many phone menues? I found the s5 menue better then the s3 s4.

Re: Samsung Galaxy S5 Review (Verizon Wireless)

Andy G — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 09:54:37 -0000

I know this. I don't know why I included that in my review. Someone else pointed it out to me the other day and I removed the paragraph that cites the charging cable. I don't know why it's still showing in your version.

Re: Samsung Galaxy S5 Review (Verizon Wireless)

jim — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 09:50:09 -0000

All I will say is you can use a standard cable in the one side of the port. The whole point of the new charge port is for speed of data transfer. All previous android USB called can be used.

Re: Samsung Galaxy S5 Review (Verizon Wireless)

Andy G — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:46:57 -0000

If the review was biased, I would constantly draw comparison with a product that I thought was superior. The S5, like I said in the review, is a good phone, but it has its drawbacks that would turn off every day consumers, to whom this site is aimed.

Reviews are subjective. Everyone is different. I don't give a product a glowing review to keep a solid relationship with a PR firm like other websites do. I speak my mind. Samsung's phones aren't perfect. You know that, I know that, and everyone else knows that. I respect your opinion. If you can't respect mine without name calling, please don't come back.

Re: Samsung Galaxy S5 Review (Verizon Wireless)

BROKEN — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:52:05 -0000

This guy is a moron. I like the backing on the s5. I like touchwiz. I hate how they changed the left key so I no longer get into phone settings. To create a folder is very easy. I also love options menue. The camera is awesome. Over all it just sounds like you hate samsung. And come on, in call interface looking cartoonish? The speaker is better then the s3 s4. And what's wrong with the charger cable? You connect the cord to the base and plug in any outlet. Or take the cord out and plug it to any computer usb. Also the s5 feels sturdy.

What ever, bias review is bias.

Re: Embarking on T-Mobile’s One Week “Test Drive”

Jason Gamble — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 05:58:46 -0000

So on day 2 of the test drive I discovered that is a lack of building penetration at my work causing no signal. At home however i just plain don't get service, not inside my house or outside. About one hundred yards away from my house I get pretty good LTE signal and a half mile away I get full bars. This is the same thing I experience with sprint just not this extreme. I am by far blown away with how fast T-Mobile's LTE is though, so far my peak download speed is 39.27 Mbps with a upload peak of 26.29 Mass. My iPhone and I don't always get along but I think I'm getting better, I learned how to uninstall an app last night! I do love the fact that even though I have pretty much zero service I can still send texts as long as I have wifi, that at least makes the experience bearable. I still hold it and call it a cute little toy phone though, it seems like my note 3 is twice as big!
I am looking forward to reading your next article on this Andrew, it is interesting to see how this will play out. So far I am far from convinced to switch, there are just too many dead zones in Michigan to make it practical. I am only 7.4 miles away from one of the biggest malls in michigan, if I can't get service how can anyone North of me expect to get service?