OT: Technology and Geek Stuff Thread

[bimmer84]

Malto,

From what I found in a quick google search, it seems that only the rear speakers are wireless. And even then they'll need power which means a wire going to an outlet.

That s how mine works. No wires to the rear speakers, but must be powered by AC.

[Malto Marko]

Well, just goes to show ya.

Never thought about just getting wireless speakers, thought for the Dolby you needed sub woofers and the like......

Thanks guys.

I can run power to speakers but do not want to run a wire across the room to hook up with the main unit.

I have it from here.

Thanks again, guys.

[LionsFanInJapan]

The system I was looking at had a sub woofer, but that and the three front speakers were all wired. Only the two rear speakers were wireless.

[bimmer84]

Same here.

[Coop]

so IOS 6 announced at WWDC, tmobile "coincidentally" has 3g iphone compatible hotspot running, should get the new iphone this fall as their network refarming completes.

so happy the death star acquisition failed!

[whodean]

There are some nice new prepaid IPhone plans now, you have to buy the phone upfront at an unsubsized price but you save signicantly over the two year time of a normal iPhone contract.

[nhwbrooklyn]

Verizon is drastically changing their billing model. Shared Data over 10 different devices/accounts. Step in the right direction I think.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/12/verizon-share-everything-data-plans-go-live-june-28/

[unknown lions fan]

That'll probably work out well for me nhwb. We currently have two smart phones sharing 700 minutes, and each one has 150Mb of data per month. Our current bill is $99.99 before all the surcharges and whatnot ($111.19 after).

So it looks like I could put us on 1GB shared with unlimited minutes for about $10 less.

[whodean]

Its a little confusing but I think under your scenario you would pay $50 for the 1GB data allowance PLUS $40 per smartphone, for a total of $130/month (before taxes etc.).

Verizon's move isn't to save their customers money, its to shift from voice centric plans to data centric.

[Coop]

definitely do the math on it - you pay per device to do it, and then for the data too....

[Tony G]

But for someone like me, who uses just one smartphone, they say this will drive up my cost.

[Topweasel]

But for someone like me, who uses just one smartphone, they say this will drive up my cost.

Which is why I renewed within a week of hearing this, and that I will be buying out of contract phones from this point out.

Which anyone wanting to do that Same before then, I have to say this. I love the Razr Maxx I got. Battery life is epic compared to my Droid X, its so slim, and honestly its the first time that Android felt stable and polished to be (even though I know the ICS on my Tablet is better). Motorola really went all out on fixing a lot of peoples complaints with the Razr and Razr Maxx.

[Tony G]

I love my Razr Maxx also. I waited so long to upgrade my original Droid because all the new and "better" phones had such terrible battery life. This phone was worth the wait.

[unknown lions fan]

Its a little confusing but I think under your scenario you would pay $50 for the 1GB data allowance PLUS $40 per smartphone, for a total of $130/month (before taxes etc.)..

I was trying to figure that out as well. It *looked* like what I described, but I'll definitely check it out before changing my plan. Since I've been with them for 8 years, I'll have the option to keep my old plan.

I've been looking at the 45-50 dollar/mo no-contract plans with the tracfone types, and may go that way as well.

[Coop]

U L F

Founders?

some day soon.