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Im no rocket surgeon but i would have thought this would differ from country to country!
oh yeah. forgot i was on the WORLD wide web. and even in the states where i am there could very well be differences from state to state. anyone in florida?
This is the most I've found for Florida. Everything states theres is no restriction. There were a lot of rumors about a new law and handsfree devices but they are all false hoaxes.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/california.asp
Yet another July 2007 variant of the e-mail asserts the new traffic laws applied to Florida. That version is also false.
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The Florida Highway Patrol:
http://www.flhsmv.gov/fhp/html/cellphone.html
And this is from the Official Portal of the State of Florida:
http://myflorida.custhelp.com/cgi-b...nNlYXJjaF9ubCZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=&p_topview=1
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Did Florida pass a law that cell phone usage must be hands-free while driving?
Answer
No. There is a rumor circulating that Florida has passed such a law, but it is not true.
There were several bills introduced in the 2008 legislative session about driving while using a cell phone, but none of those bills has passed so there is no new law.
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Florida Laws
Florida currently has no ban or limitation on cell phone usage. However, since I live in Florida and might be in front, beside or behind you ... ... please use a bluetooth, they're are so cheap and keep you from driving erratically!
As far as Florida goes, it needs to be a single ear headset, because you have to be able to hear emergency vehicles. That means no bluetooth stereo headsets while driving.
Here's some tips from the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP):
http://www.flhsmv.gov/fhp/html/cellphone.html
Questions regarding cell phone restrictions from FHP:
http://www.flhsmv.gov//intranet/AskFred/all/CellPhones.html
Snopes.com (a wonderful Urban Legend site) reports on Urban Legends about laws regarding cell phones:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/california.asp
Finally, please remember that you have a RIGHT to use your cell phone, but you also have a RESPONSIBILITY to use it correctly and safely!!!!
thanks, yeah, i'm looking for some bluetooth speakers or single ear piece actually
Well no one can stop using his/her mobile while driving but yes keeping one hand busy and one to scratch your nose could lead to accident so now the law of almost all of the countries don't stop you using bluetooth even all the luxury cars are equipped with bluetooth devices and send the voice of call to the speakers and have builtin mic near your front shade
In California, the new law that's going to take effect in July 2008 basically states that people 18 and older can drive and operate a cell phone only IF they have a hands-free device... or if it's on speaker phone.
Anyone under 18 can't use a cell phone at all (unless for emergencies)...
smiffytheninja said:
In California, the new law that's going to take effect in July 2008 basically states that people 18 and older can drive and operate a cell phone only IF they have a hands-free device... or if it's on speaker phone.
Anyone under 18 can't use a cell phone at all (unless for emergencies)...
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By the way how old are you smiffy
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SUWON, South Korea (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, the head of its mobile business said on Monday.
J.K. Shin, also co-chief executive of the world's biggest technology firm by revenue, said the phone would be sold in South Korea as early as this month.
Samsung was in talks with several overseas carriers to take the phone, Shin told Reuters in an interview at Samsung's headquarters in Suwon, just south of Seoul. He declined to name the carriers.
"We'll be the first with the commercial launch of the advanced 4G version of the smartphone," Shin said.
The new S4 will use LTE-Advanced 4G technology, an upgrade from conventional 4G called LTE, or long term evolution. LTE-Advanced offers data transmission at up to twice the normal 4G speed. The phones will be powered by Qualcomm chips.
A movie download that takes 3 minutes with conventional 4G would take slightly more than 1 minute, Samsung said.
Samsung's shares have lost almost $20 billion since June 7 after analysts cut forecasts for Galaxy S4 sales by as much as 30 percent on industry data that showed the high-end smartphone market was getting saturated.
The same problem is hitting sales of the iPhone 5, made by Samsung rival Apple Inc.
Samsung's market capitalization is still a hefty $195 billion. Its shares closed down 0.2 percent on Monday.
Shin showed little concern about sales prospects for the S4, which hit stores in late April. The mobile devices division is the company's biggest profit generator.
"S4 sales remain strong. It's selling far stronger than the (Galaxy) S III ... and the new LTE-Advanced (4G) phone will be another addition to our high-end segment offerings that ensure healthy profit margins," Shin said.
Shin declined to provide forecasts for S4 sales. He said the new S4 would be slightly more expensive than the current one.
The South Korean firm hopes the addition of hardware offerings such as faster data transmission, along with its widely anticipated move to introduce models with unbreakable or flexible displays, will help it protect margin growth.
"As operators seek to provide more data-centric mobile services, I think this will become mainstream 4G technology globally in the coming years," Shin said.
Shin also said sales of Samsung's tablet products in the U.S. market jumped 3.3 times since it installed brand shops within Best Buy's stores in April, and is now considering expanding the format in Latin America and Britain. Samsung declined to name potential retailers.
EYES ON NETWORK BUSINESS
Having conquered the smartphone market that Apple virtually created with the iconic iPhone in 2007, Samsung is seeking to do the same in the network business with the booming 4G mobile equipment market, challenging bigger rivals such as Ericsson, China's Huawei and Nokia Siemens Networks.
Many countries need to upgrade mobile base stations to handle not just 3G but also 4G, or build them from scratch to support 4G connections.
Shin said the network gear market was one of Samsung's fastest growing businesses, mainly thanks to 4G equipment sales which had been rising more than 30 percent a year since 2010.
The new phone would help this part of Samsung's business, he said.
"Such technology leadership will set the pace for the competition and help us become a major player in the network gear market," Shin said.
Samsung has won some 4G network deals from all major South Korean carriers, U.S. Sprint Nextel Corp and Japan's KDDI Corp and Hutchison Whampoa's British unit, but it needs to crack China to close the gap with traditional vendors in the overall gear equipment market.
Shin said there had not been much progress in Samsung's push to penetrate China's 4G equipment market yet, but it was increasing investment in the country.
China's three mobile operators - China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom - plan to spend a combined 345 billion yuan ($56.3 billion) this year on network upgrades. That includes investment in 4G, which multiplies mobile broadband speeds by up to five times for users of iPhone and Galaxy phones compared with 3G.
Many analysts believe Huawei and ZTE Corp - already big suppliers of China Mobile since only 10-15 percent of 3G network contracts went to foreign vendors - will be winners, leaving others to fight for smaller bits of the pie.
Samsung hopes to show Chinese clients that 4G networks with new technology can be built faster and with lower operating costs.
Not to hate, but standard 4G still isn't completely commonplace yet.
Not sure if i should go after this or the note.
Good god there is going to be 30 different versions of the S4 before too long....
S4 rugged
S4 developer
S4 google
S4 lte advanced
S4 sugar daddy edition
S4 game of thrones edition
S4 pokemon edition
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But no 32gb Verizon edition
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Good god there is going to be 30 different versions of the S4 before too long....
S4 rugged
S4 developer
S4 google
S4 lte advanced
S4 sugar daddy edition
S4 game of thrones edition
S4 pokemon edition
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The GOT edition might be cool- if a 32GB version for Verizon
Samsung is being savvy with the S4 "LTE Advanced" edition, since that is an understatement in name. The Snap 800 is the newer fabrication process that runs cooler for cpu, gpu and the data radios. The Snap dual and 600 are the same fabrication and basic design family. The Snap 800 is the start of their new family. Seems deceiving calling it what they are. The Snap 600 to 800 is a bigger overall hardware jump than the Snap dual to the 600.
Perhaps S4 Big Kahuna, or S4 Mega are better and more relative names.
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But no 32gb Verizon edition
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Because that would conflict with Verizon backup assistance and their expensive cloud
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Lol these posts are getting old...there is always going to be something better a few months after you buy a phone...
CC268 said:
Lol these posts are getting old...there is always going to be something better a few months after you buy a phone...
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I must agree..I say it is an intentional ploy to get more of our money.
Yea if they actually do come out with another they are trying to get more of our money and its just outrageous that they would purposely do such a thing.
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Has anyone figured out a way to take connect to an unactivated phone and somehow use the cell/data plan of the watch on that phone.
it would be a great way to take advantage of the cheap service of the gear s (ie tmobile $5 plan).
Or different approach and different idea;
Connect a cheap old unactivated phone including a flip phone and use it merely as a bluetooth handset to make and receive calls (and text).
superflysocal said:
Has anyone figured out a way to take connect to an unactivated phone and somehow use the cell/data plan of the watch on that phone.
it would be a great way to take advantage of the cheap service of the gear s (ie tmobile $5 plan).
Or different approach and different idea;
Connect a cheap old unactivated phone including a flip phone and use it merely as a bluetooth handset to make and receive calls (and text).
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This will not be possible. Tizen is extremely limited in it's programming and was designed to be paired with an Android device as an accessory, not as a full fledged device. GSM service is only an added bonus to assert the device as a premier feature for those like me who may tend to leave their phone at home in a rush. Further, using the device in the manner specified would drive the cost of plans up very quickly, and kill the battery on the device just as fast. Keep in mind that while it CAN function as a full phone, that's not it's main design or intent and as such is lacking supportive features to enhance those capabilities. Sorry, but until we get Android on this device (with a much more full feature set), you're not going to be able to do something like this.
Use the Gear S for a phone
I use my Samsung Gear S for my phone when I'm traveling. It is the AT&T version but I activated it with an AT&T mvno, H2O Wireless, plans from $10 to $65, monthly or pay-as-you-go (https://www.h2owirelessnow.com/mainControl.php?page=planMin10).
When I'm not traveling I use my wifi-only HTC One phone and all my calls on it & all incoming calls on the Gear S are via Google's free VOIP product, Google Voice. I have not "connected" the watch to a Samsung phone but activated/unlocked it by the tapping exploit discussed elsewhere in these forums.
My phone use isn't much so the Samsung Gear S on AT&T's fine "everywhere" network is perfect for me. A couple of complaints that I expect will be soon fixed by others on this site are the blocking of app usage by non-mated phones. I don't care about the fitness functions but it is a nuisance that I can't access the contacts manager. Messaging works in a limited way. Worst complaint is that the Samsung Gear S cuts voice calls off after a fairly short period of time, 5 or 10 minutes, with a message claiming that it's overheating. Doesn't feel warm, however.
I call so little when I'm on the road that I wouldn't even have ever discovered the time limit for voice calls if I hadn't called a customer support person on it. She put me on hold for 5 or 10 minutes and the phone didn't like it. Neither did I, though, so I'm not complaining. As long as I can call if I break down in the sticks somewhere I'll be happy and, as far as I've been able to tell, this thing will make & receive calls everywhere.
I don't understand the haters of the Gear S on this site--what is their motivation for trolling these posts and writing their hateful, untrue stuff? Makes you wonder--is the rest of their lives so bad that making up stuff about an obscure device is their entertainment? Or is there a business reason for their spewing of misinformation...
superflysocal said:
Has anyone figured out a way to take connect to an unactivated phone and somehow use the cell/data plan of the watch on that phone.
it would be a great way to take advantage of the cheap service of the gear s (ie tmobile $5 plan).
Or different approach and different idea;
Connect a cheap old unactivated phone including a flip phone and use it merely as a bluetooth handset to make and receive calls (and text).
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roebling said:
I use my Samsung Gear S for my phone when I'm traveling. It is the AT&T version but I activated it with an AT&T mvno, H2O Wireless, plans from $10 to $65, monthly or pay-as-you-go (https://www.h2owirelessnow.com/mainControl.php?page=planMin10).
When I'm not traveling I use my wifi-only HTC One phone and all my calls on it & all incoming calls on the Gear S are via Google's free VOIP product, Google Voice. I have not "connected" the watch to a Samsung phone but activated/unlocked it by the tapping exploit discussed elsewhere in these forums.
My phone use isn't much so the Samsung Gear S on AT&T's fine "everywhere" network is perfect for me. A couple of complaints that I expect will be soon fixed by others on this site are the blocking of app usage by non-mated phones. I don't care about the fitness functions but it is a nuisance that I can't access the contacts manager. Messaging works in a limited way. Worst complaint is that the Samsung Gear S cuts voice calls off after a fairly short period of time, 5 or 10 minutes, with a message claiming that it's overheating. Doesn't feel warm, however.
I call so little when I'm on the road that I wouldn't even have ever discovered the time limit for voice calls if I hadn't called a customer support person on it. She put me on hold for 5 or 10 minutes and the phone didn't like it. Neither did I, though, so I'm not complaining. As long as I can call if I break down in the sticks somewhere I'll be happy and, as far as I've been able to tell, this thing will make & receive calls everywhere.
I don't understand the haters of the Gear S on this site--what is their motivation for trolling these posts and writing their hateful, untrue stuff? Makes you wonder--is the rest of their lives so bad that making up stuff about an obscure device is their entertainment? Or is there a business reason for their spewing of misinformation...
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If you were successful in getting all this set up, please provide the OP with instructions on how to do so. Obviously stopping short of explaining the rooting process and such since we have a thread for it. I'm not bashing on the Gear S in the least, I love mine, it does what I expect it to do, but I've never seen an option on the Gear S to share it's internet connection with any devices even over bluetooth, so I'm curious as to how you're getting any sort of service on that HTC phone you mentioned. We look forward to hearing back from you soon as I'm completely curious now too!
Is there a way to bypass the textnow free 250mb data limit? I've been trying for about a week and found nothing
According to their website, TextNow does offer higher tiers of service with more data. In my opinion, their offerings aren't terribly strong, however. My personal experience has been that RedPocket has the best 1GB deals, (on their annual plans) Unreal (which is now run by RedPocket) has the best 2GB deals, (again, on their annual plans, albeit only on the T-Mobile network) and U.S. Mobile tends to have among the best offerings on higher (5-10GB) amounts of monthly data.
As far as creative workarounds go, I believe that the era of unpublished freebies is largely bygone. I miss the time of the Boost Mobile unlimited-free-data perk on their pay-as-you-go plan as much as anyone, but it's not 2011 anymore, so any loophole left open would be all the more quickly closed. With that, it would probably be a fool's errand to throw any real energy behind.