Hello Everyone:
This site has been extremely informative, and I'm glad to have found it. I'd characterize myself as a pretty sophisticated computer and electronics user but as of yet I haven't made use of any sim card based phones/networks (I reside in the USA). I have also restrained myself from PDA's as I'm wired down in my life too much already. However, now that I'm running to meetings left and right, traveling a lot more, etc, I think I'm ready to finally leave the laptop at the hotel/dorm/room and have good functionality at my fingertips. Thanks to my educational institution I will be going abroad 3-4x in the next year or so. As you can see this builds up to what you guys probably love as much as me: decison time about what to get!
I like the Siemens X56 but am worried about the whole unlocking bit given some of the concerns with Radio 4.20, etc. Also then I just saw a post about a 64mb version (Not sure, but tmobile here offers a 32mb ROM, 32mb RAM version, is that the same or do you guys just look at ROM in the rating?). So with a few of these things here is my buying situation:
2 Weeks until I depart to London to study at LSE
-Will cancel existing plan/ditch phone (Ericsson T60D)
-Want to have unlocked and feature rich PDA/phone so I can use the prepaid SIM cards there
Will Return in Fall
-Would like to at that time use tmobile ($40plan)
-Will use PDA/phone to dial into a dialup connection in my dorm room for connectivity
Spring 04
-Participating in [email protected]
-Will do the same as London
Background Factors
-T-Mobile wants the service active for 90 days before unlocking
-T-Mobile has seasonality (where you keep open account but don't use it)
-Unable to take existing cell number with me (xingular) - damn U.S.!
-Would still like to keep existing number
-Looking for Windows CE based device (ala outlook integration, excel) that will last me until at least 2006.
So... what do I do?? I found a deal at amazon.com for $300 for the SX56 but then all the tmobile restrictions will haunt me. Reading this site it seems that I'm better off purchasing a SX56 elsewhere and unlocking, upgrading it to use abroad. I'm hoping to keep the price ~300USD. Also what's w/ the 4096colors, is there something on the market or just about to hit the market that I should wait for?
Any help would be appreciated, especially regarding upcoming products, and dealers/vendors that I can purchase from ASAP at good price.
Thanks for any and all help! I hope I didn't miss anything in the forum before reposting something by accident, if so I apologize!
patrick
I would make a huge recommendation for Dovid at On The Go Solutions. http://www.otgsolutions.com
He provides great service and the price is just $300 if you sign up for voice & data with him. Tell him I sent you. (No, I don't get any sort of kickback, but he usually tosses in a freebie for my referrals, such as a car cord.)
When to buy? Well, there's always another great device just around the corner. As a highly mobile professional, I can tell you that the time to see the ROI on having this device and service was maybe a month or two. It really does save me that much time, not to mention aggravation, plus provides entertainment.
I just came across this in the Tilt2 Marketplace. $30 one time charge for a GPS navigator sounds a lot better than $10 per month to AT&T for their navigator, especially when I already have a Garmin Nuvi.
Anyone tried this program? I notice that it appears more expensive on the NDrive website than on the phone's Marketplace--60Euros vs 30 USD--so I don't know what the story is there.
Does it support Text to Speech? Does it announce street name?
hey I'm from the US, any chance I can get this bbc iplayer thing working?
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Nope ...
It knows your location from your IP Address. So unless you're on a UK IP, it won't work. You can go via a UK proxy server on a PC to cheat (instructions here http://www.anonymous-proxies.org/2009/02/using-iplayer-abroad-viewing-bbc-via.html) but I don't know if a similar thing is possible from Android.
Don't believe it is. Hang fire until the paid version of iPlayer is released later this year - don't forget that us Brits pay nearly $240/year for the BBC, which is why it's geographically limited.
Though as one who travels abroad on a regular basis, there are ways around this.
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Don't believe it is. Hang fire until the paid version of iPlayer is released later this year - don't forget that us Brits pay nearly $240/year for the BBC, which is why it's geographically limited.
Though as one who travels abroad on a regular basis, there are ways around this.
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That's what pi**es me off about the Beeb. I'm a Brit, have lived abroad for 13 years, still own a house in London which I rent out and buy the TV licence every year for. Yet the Luddites at Shepherd's Bush still think I and countless others don't deserve iplayer.
Anyone would think they have a kind of expat shield......
Sorry, dupe post.
Yeah, needs an option where you can prove you own a TV license and then allow you access.
Hello,
What is a typical pricing for a paid app distributed preinstalled on Android devices?
For example, let's say I have an app for sale at $3 on the Play Store, and a distributor wants to sell 100,000 devices with my app preloaded. What would be a typical price per app?
Thanks!
I am not very sure about how much, but as far as i read in other places its not much, may be, 5 cents per install ...and in some cases i heared about 20 cents
take in consideration that preloaded installs payment is muuuch lower than selling the app...as its suppose to be very high preinstalation numbers.
Sorry Google Play Music subscribers. It looks like you won’t be getting an advertised three month credit when you purchase a new LG Nexus 5X or Huawei Nexus 6P. In the terms for the Play Nexus 90 promotion, it says the following:
“The Offer is only open to residents in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Austria, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Switzerland, Belgium, Norway, Poland, Greece, Japan, Australia and New Zealand (each an “Eligible Territory”) who:
1. have purchased an Nexus 6P or Nexus 5X in a Eligible Territory (“Phone”) between September 29, 2015 and midnight Pacific Standard Time on April 18, 2017; and
2. at the time the Offer is redeemed: (i) are not current Google Play Music subscribers; (ii) have not been Google Play Music subscribers in the past 12 months; and/or (iii) have not participated in a Google Play Music trial in the past 12 months.”
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In past cases, even as recently as the Nexus 6, current subscribers would get a credit towards their bill. I personally have a credit until December due to buying a Nexus 6 and I’ve been a subscriber since the service begun a few years ago.
Definitely disappointing but probably not something that will keep many people from purchasing the phone. If you’ve only used the free version of the service it appears that you’ll still be able to redeem the offer and get three free months.
http://www.androidguys.com/2015/10/03/current-subscribers-wont-receive-a-google-play-music-credit-with-a-new-nexus-purchase
Ugh
Makes absolutely no sense!
Existing customers get nothing.
And because I'm in the UK, I don't even get the $50 Google Play credit that everyone gets in the states either.
It's bad enough we pay soooo much more for the device aswell!
.... Thanks for nothing Google! (Literally)
I'm not even planning on taking advantage of it. 90% of my music listening is on the subway, streaming doesn't work for me.
Thats disappointing for sure..
Just create a new gmail. Should work and since you can have multiple accounts on a device it won't impact you. I did this with Nexus 6 promotion last year
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I'm not even planning on taking advantage of it. 90% of my music listening is on the subway, streaming doesn't work for me.
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You can create playlists and then select to download them to your device for offline use. Any future songs added to that list will auto-download on your device when you have data (you can select it to only happen on Wi-Fi).
I was planning on doing something similar with my car. There is an after market android head unit (not android auto) that I was looking at and I would put Play Music on it and make a playlist for the car and have it auto-download there. When the car is in my driveway it gets Wi-Fi and would download the music before I left
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;1975325]I'm not even planning on taking advantage of it. 90% of my music listening is on the subway, streaming doesn't work for me.
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You can download it for offline playback
i don't know what's so outrageous about this. i know you mention something about being able to take advantage of such offers before, but that's never been the case for me. Previous offers bundled with other nexus devices and chromebooks have been off limits to me as an existing subscriber. the only thing they've consistently allowed was google drive storage bonuses. ymmv but it's hardly shocking
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You can create playlists and then select to download them to your device for offline use. Any future songs added to that list will auto-download on your device when you have data (you can select it to only happen on Wi-Fi).
I was planning on doing something similar with my car. There is an after market android head unit (not android auto) that I was looking at and I would put Play Music on it and make a playlist for the car and have it auto-download there. When the car is in my driveway it gets Wi-Fi and would download the music before I left
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You can download it for offline playback
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I'm just extremely anal about my music collection. I like organizing it on my NAS so I can put it on any device I feel like with a simple copy on my local WiFi. I also have Amazon prime (where I buy all my mp3s anyway for a large number of years) so I'm already paying for being able to stream a decent chunk of my purchases and whatever Amazon throws in for free in Prime from time to time if I want to stream something on my laptop that I don't actually "own" in a rare case. I don't need yet another music service I will rarely want to use. I like having full control over my mp3s. I definitely see the draw for people that like to use it or if you don't have a music collection at all. But I've got like hundreds of gigabytes of music that ripped from my CD's (which I rarely buy anymore, but I've still got a ton of them) and purchased from Amazon MP3. I've still got all my CD's going back to like the late 80s (I'm old..relatively..)
bummer. i like free credits.
but this phone is so awesome, i'd buy it again. credits be damned.
AS someone said, its pretty trivial to create a new google account and use it for music for the 3 months.
indianajonze said:
i don't know what's so outrageous about this. i know you mention something about being able to take advantage of such offers before, but that's never been the case for me. Previous offers bundled with other nexus devices and chromebooks have been off limits to me as an existing subscriber. the only thing they've consistently allowed was google drive storage bonuses. ymmv but it's hardly shocking
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Then credit me the 3 months of service in my google account.
Pisses me off. We should get something.
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Pisses me off. We should get something.
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Why do you feel entitled to this?
The world is full of "for new subscribers only" type offers. The concept is well understood. The terms were posted when you purchased the device. What ever Google did previously with other releases is not relevant.
I ask because I don't understand the sense of entitlement and anger people expresses in this thread over what amounts to less than $30.
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Why do you feel entitled to this?
The world is full of "for new subscribers only" type offers. The concept is well understood. The terms were posted when you purchased the device. What ever Google did previously with other releases is not relevant.
I ask because I don't understand the sense of entitlement and anger people expresses in this thread over what amounts to less than $30.
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Well, it sucks when companies screw current customers in order to gain new customers. We've contributed to the success of the service and when there's incentives to be had, you'd think current loyal customers saw something from it. One month free would be fine with me....something to say thanks for being a customer as well as thanks for spending $590 on our new phone. I don't feel i'm owed anything, btw....just think there should be something for us all.
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Why do you feel entitled to this?
The world is full of "for new subscribers only" type offers. The concept is well understood.
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How about the $50 Google Play Credit & the fact it's only U.S only.
You don't think this is unfair?
Especially when everyone outside of the states pay a much higher price for the devices already.
Would have been nice to have credit towards my current service - but doesn't surprise me they aren't doing this. Also, would be nice to buy a case with the $50 - Is what it is, not why I bought the phone anyways.
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Well, it sucks when companies screw current customers in order to gain new customers.
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Well, that's what I don't understand though. From my perspective, I'm not being screwed. You're not being screwed. Google hasn't increased the price of the service, or deleted our music libraries, or whatever just to be spiteful or to screw you. Nothing is changing for us. Google is just offering new customers a little incentive to use their product.
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How about the $50 Google Play Credit & the fact it's only U.S only.
You don't think this is unfair?
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I don't understand the decision, but I wouldn't call it unfair.
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Especially when everyone outside of the states pay a much higher price for the devices already.
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Let's examine that.
In the States the 32GB black Nexus 6P costs $499. According to Google, the current conversion rates makes that 324.89 British Pounds.
In the UK, the same phone costs what? 449 pounds?
449 pounds converts to $689.62 usd.
$689.62
-499.00
=You're getting screwed.
BUT - considering I have no idea what other costs go into selling the thing in the UK (tariffs, taxes, etc), I couldn't say for sure that this is completely unfair. Easy to look at it and say it is though.