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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tsekh501:
One advantage is that you can see all your previous transactions electronically more conveniently (not having to log into your credit card account, or wait a day or two before the transaction showing up there).

Another advantage is that coupons and deals can be used more easily. For example, right now if you go into Google Wallet, you can choose offers like 15% off entire purchase at Gap & Banana Republic when you pay with NFC. The offers are pretty limited right now, but I reserve my judgement until Google Wallet or Isis (Verizon/AT&T/T-Mobile NFC payment system) take off.

In principle, it is more secure since even if you lost your phone, with your phone unlocked, other people can't use it for NFC payment since it requires an additional PIN code. But then of course losing the phone itself probably costs a lot too...

If Google Wallet or Isis gain traction, more credit card companies will jump in. And hopefully that means you can add more credit cards can be stored on your phone, eliminating the need to carry a number of physical cards.

Oh... and it saves a lot of time for a typical female not having to find an additional item in their over-stuffed purses.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tsunami1609:
Honestly, I think any one of us could make that TODAY. It wouldn't be as thin as a credit card, maybe more on the lines of 5mm (for the battery and touchscreen) but think about it. It could run android, have a small screen, maybe 3.5in or even smaller and a crappy resolution (think iphone 3GS), and the only interface would be Google wallet. No home screen, no other apps (aside from settings, maybe) The only hardware buttons would be the power button. It would have maybe one speaker (to sound off transactions) no wireless radios, no mic, we're talking bare minimum one purpose device. I could see that lasting for days on end (as the only time you'd use it is for purchases). The only problem is, a project like that would cost around $100 to work, and possible more to be made elegant. And there aren't nearly enough stores that use NFC to merit making one. But maybe someday.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] davedave1234:
Here is my issue with it, say I go to a sit down restaurant where they take my credit card and run it through in the back. There is no way in H**L I am giving a stranger my phone with the PIN for wallet and the phone already entered. Are there any portable NFC readers for that purpose? I don’t think they have those, yet anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mattywalnuts:
You need to go to a Nexus only restaurant so you can 'beam' your payment.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] VivianC:
You need to go to a restaurant that takes Square then you can pay your bill without losing sight of your phone.

The NFC readers are just a gimmick right now. We'll see if it catches on better than Mobil Speedpass did.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sblantipodi:
If you have one credit card NFC payment has really not much sense but having all credit cards in one device is really useful.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TonyHoyle:
Still plenty of places that need the mag stripe (even though they're not supposed to.. apparently the banks are 'encouraging' them to all go chip based), and then there's the setup they have in larger supermarkets where they take your card and put it in the till your pin is entered in a separate pad. I'm not even sure how such systems *could* be adapted for NFC, and I bet they spent a serious amount of money on those custom tills.

Then there's ATMs.. never seen an NFC enabled one of those.

Until everywhere, without exception, takes NFC you'll still need to carry your cards, so there's no advantage.

btw. Part of the security is you enter your pin in front of the cashier so they know you know it. Pre-entering is a bad idea.. what if someone steals your phone? Now they don't need to know your pin, they can just go on a spending spree.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] davedave1234:
That mobile speedpass kind of just went to the wayside huh? Was a cool idea but just as easy to use the card. I wish they would make it usable for your drivers license/ID then you realy would only need to cary the phone and no wallet.

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I agree and thats my point about the restauraunts. There is no way I would enter it then give them the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pictureaday:
+1

Take it from someone whose entire wallet was stolen just over a year ago... So no biggie right, I still have checks at home I use to pay my bills. I'll just carry my checkbook and passport... well I go to Wawa to get gas and a sandwich and my check is declined by Equifax*...

* The official response that the clerk received was "not enough information", which the manager then explained to me that it means in effect Equifax would not insure any checks that I wrote to Wawa...

TL;DR: NFC payments would have saved me a boat load of pain and suffering when my wallet was stolen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 2ksilverbullet:
I've got the George Costanza wallet goin' on. If I could have my cc's, health care cards (dental, vision, medical), all the stupid f-ing rewards cards, drivers license, member clubs, (you see where I'm going with this) on my phone, the planets will have aligned and I could die peacefully.

I find half the places I try to use GW at, their readers are broke, unplugged, or underneath a bunch of junk on the counter because they're unused...

I love the potential for it though, especially with custom profiles, etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mobilehavoc:
I've been using Google Wallet successfully for 2 weeks now, first with Google debit card and now a Citi Mastercard. I like it because of the fact that I'm paying with a phone - it's the future. In reality it's not as appealing as it will be. What will be the real turning point is when they onboard more retailers as OneTap merchants like Jamba Juice.

i.e. You tap your phone once, it sends payment, coupons and even your rewards card in one action.

Just using coupons and getting rewards with a tap is worth it to me. I used it at Jamba Juice around Christmas and in one tap I paid and got $2 off. No coupons, no remembering. Simple. Can't wait until I can start getting rewards on things I care about - best start would be BestBuy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] VCURamEngineer:
Or TabbedOut. We've got a place nearby. Works great.

https://market.android.com/details?...xLDEsImNvbS5hdHhpbm5vdmF0aW9uLnRhYmJlZG91dCJd
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingkurry:
So now that Sprint is moving to the LTE standard, does this mean that WiMax will no longer be developed? I mean, i just signed a damn 2 year contract 3 months ago, and am paying an extra 10 bucks a month per smartphone for 4g service, which i was promised i would get in the future. The rep even told us that within a year WiMax coverage would encompass most of Sprints network.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] il buono:
Wimax will still be supported by Sprint. It's not like they can drop it entirely with an abundance of Wimax users on its network. I wouldn't expect widespread expansion of Wimax though since LTE is what's "in"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AVAH0LIC:
Was on the phone with *2 today and while waiting i slipped that question in. The guy said that wimax will be supported for the life of all current devices
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kc_exactly:
Ya, they are dropping Wimax. But, you won't be using this phone when it happens.

On my Epic mobile phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] spitefulrain:
The 10$ fee is not a 4g fee. Even non 4g smart-phones come with the extra 10$.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AVAH0LIC:
Used to be called a 4G fee.. they only changed it so iphone owners wouldnt get their panties in a bunch lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gotmilk702:
It was never, ever called a 4G fee. It's always been called a Premium Data fee from the launch. The confusion comes from it initially only being charged on 4G phones (however, Sprint was always VERY careful to position it as a Premium Data fee for phones that Sprint expected to consume more data and to protect them from the complaints of 4G not being available in all areas).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j_shelton1988:
The rep lied to you about wimax expansion. They will continue to serve wimax until all wimax devices have reached their "life expectancy" but lte is the new 4g standard. Enjoy your wimax device and by the time your contract is due to renew, Sprint will hopefully have a decent lte coverage area.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lafester:
Doesn't matter what sprint calls it... We all know what it is.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Judah001:
I called the local sprint store today asking about spotty service in my area and asked about lte. He said there will probably be some sort of update for our phones so we will be on the lte network. Does this sound right?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j_shelton1988:
No, that would be a false statement
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] il buono:
Yeah...umm not going to happen unless Sprint pulls an AT&T and releases an LTE variant as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Judah001:
lol yeah it sounded way too easy.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
WiMax will continued to be supported until the absolute earliest they will turn it off; the end of 2015.

It is still a good technology for many things, and I could see them using and maintaing the network beyond that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] expertzero1:
you wont be on LTE but you will have faster data speeds on 3g though when the towers are upgraded
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Blu3Fr0g:
Actually they called it that because Dan Hesse, Sprint's CEO said at CES that there would not be a surcharge for 4g data service.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wizard Knight:
Our phones can't run on lte because we don't have the lte chipset
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mx499:
according to engadget, and ceo of spint, they will support wimax until 2015, and phase it out of their network as lte gets in place. by 2013 they will offer lte- advanced. which is ten times faster then the current lte.

this does not mean there will be more expansion of wimax.. wimax is just a pit stop.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tommydaniel:
Well if you want to look at it that way, it's just a way for Sprint to make more money and has nothing to do with 3G, 4G, or anything else.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lafester:
No, it is used to pay clearwire for 4g and to pay for network vision (4g).

In other words it is a 4g fee.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
You're incorrect, Network Vision has more to do with updating the backbone on our internet and improving 3G speeds while reusing old IDEN spectrum than it does with 4G.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shoulon:
I find it stupid how we gotta pay 30 for the data then 10 for this "premium data" sprint just wants a lil extra cash from us.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jok3sta:
Lol this argument again.. it most definately was a 4g fee until sprint realized they couldn't call it that anymore because 90% of the people who had 4g phones weren't getting 4g service and were complaining about this. So they decided to change the name.. simple as that. I had a epic 4g launch day and was told when avtivating it that since my phone is a "4g " phone I had to pay the extra 10.. my girl had the samsung moment at the time and didn't have to pay. And we all know they use the same amount of data. Especially since I've never seen 4g since the epic and now the epic 4g touch.. both android smartphones, both samsung.... difference? One had 4g capabilities. Sprint changed the name to save their asses.

Oh and it just do happened this "premium data fee" started when the evo "4g" came out :screwy:

Jus Sayin :rolleyes:

Tapatalkin it from my Epic 3g Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KaoMinerva:
Yea, I wonder what 4g is like! I've never used it >:(

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zx3junglist:
I imagine that the smartest move would be to sell off the equipment and/or spectrum to an ISP or the like. Some people would be surprised that it gives a decent speed and coverage in some areas. Now, pricing it is another story.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wynand32:
Honestly, I couldn't care less what they call the fee. I requested, and received, a credit for that $10 fee on all of my lines for the last three months because 3G data service in my area has been absolutely atrocious. Terrible. Completely unusable. And I don't have 4G in my area either.

And I'll continue to push for a credit of the fee until I can get more than 50kbps down on 3G on my freaking Epic 4G Touch.

Bit of a rant, sorry...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j_shelton1988:
When I do have it, which requires some travel, I get around 10 mbps download
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DevilStrider:
Yes it was. I got the evo 4g on day one and it was promoted as a unlimited 4g fee. They changed that **** because they knew a class action lawsuit would come down. They knew they would come under fire once they stopped expanding wimax so they threw that **** on every smartphone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jmelendez1:
Sprint will no longer invest in wimax. When the time comes, enjoy your Epic Touch 3G.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j_shelton1988:
Wimax will still be offered, just not expanded
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jok3sta:
Guess I won't be changing my sig then lol.. either way I'm not too worried.. I change phones at least once a year anyway galaxy s III here I come

Tapatalkin it from my Epic 3g Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KaoMinerva:
So when lte comes evo3d will be crap?

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lafronz:
I didn't think it was dependent on LTE... lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KaoMinerva:
I'm saying, by the time this happens my 3d will be worthless?

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j_shelton1988:
From what I've read wimax will at least be around til 2015 so by then the 3d would be considered outdated tech
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KaoMinerva:
Has the successor to the 3d been stated yet?

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] QBANBOY407:
Im glad im always on 4g. I live in orlando fl
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ophois:
Yeah. http://bit.ly/AnNRbv

Here's the order page for it http://bit.ly/xyNl7y
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KaoMinerva:
O_o you dudes are really weird!

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
Ya i havent ever seen 4g, not sure it actually exists. Twice i turned it on for ****s and giggles half hoping there was a unnoficial tower that was activated and trlesting 4g. :-( any one. Else thought that when turning 4g on? Haha, ill show my self out of this forum now lol

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bacardi222:
Yeah I think I've had 4g a total of 3 times, each time it lasted about 30 seconds to about a minute.

I never really expected there to be insane 4g coverage everywhere but I figured it would at least be usable considering this is one of the phone's main selling points (or should I say marketing gimmicks).

3g speeds are a disappointment as well.

Hell, I was in DC for a concert one day (Dream Theater!) which supposedly has 4g around the city, I was standing in the middle of the street and there was no 4g, I mean come on.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Gary13579:
Dunno where all you people live but jeez. Sprint has WiMAX in quite a few markets. I'm tethering from it atm, pulling 12mbit down. It's pretty damn nice.

Sprint will continue to maintain (but not expand) the wimax network. Our phones aren't going to be worthless. We'll still get 1.5-2mbit 3G (after Sprint upgrades their towers, which they are doing atm), and wimax coverage where-ever we already do.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KaoMinerva:
In Memphis dude, I have yet to use 4g

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cds0699:
Your EVO 3D is already worthless.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jok3sta:
I'm in NY so you would think id have 3g.. only time Ive smelt 4g is when driving past the city

Tapatalkin it from my Epic 3g Touch
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
for those of you who like to drop your phone in the toilet:

Completely submerged phone in water

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7Ama47RGdL4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ln0daAowdJI

Only a few devices are supported now but as they get started I'm sure they'll include more phones...this thing is amazing, I would pay to have my phone water proofed for around 60 dollars is what is listed on their site.

www.liquipel.com

http://www.liquipel.com/liquipel/

wish they had it for our phones, hopefully soon :), wonder if i can call them and see if they can do our phone!!!
[HTC Amaze 4G] psxnitro:
I was gonna send my mytouch 4g to them, but then I got the Amaze... now I gotta wait... One thing that's good is that I have a backup phone once I send my phone to them.:p
[HTC Amaze 4G] nguyendqh:
I just don't see how that's possible if they don't cover the ports that give access to the inside of the phone.

Considering our ports on our phone lead right into our battery cover and all of our internal components.
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
nano technology, gets everywhere in the phone....1/1000 as thick as human hair.
[HTC Amaze 4G] nguyendqh:
What do you think though? Legit? Doable?

Guess we won't know til we can test it. Lol.
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
its legit, but I don't know if they'll do our phones yet, there's only a small list, iphone a a bunch of HTC's like evo, but not our phone yet, if we call them maybe they'll do it...I don't see why not.
[HTC Amaze 4G] danielelias:
This technology has been in the works for a while. I remember reading about it and seeing videos of it in action a while back, like at least 5 years ago. I'm super excited to see that it's finally coming around!

It's basically a spray, or a vapor, or a liquid itself, that they spray on or dunk the electronics in. It coats literally EVERYTHING inside it. Imagine dipping your phone in thick paint and letting it dry. Same concept but this is a nano thin layer of a clear substance that repels water. Amazing stuff.

I'm definitely going to give it a shot if their site ever loads and I can find out how much it costs. Haha
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
costs 60 dollars, but they don't list amaze as one of the phones they support, I'm going to call them right now see if they can do it.
[HTC Amaze 4G] ajbk4life1:
seems cool. waiting for the amaze to be one day available
[HTC Amaze 4G] youngunner-2:
I have seen some other companies doing the same thing, except with car windshields. It's like a high-tech rainex. Very cool, didnt thing it would be out for phones this soon, but that's incredible! I wonder if you will be able to remove the housing on your phone after it get's sprayed with this stuff, and it still be waterproof upon putting it back together. like nguy said earlier it has to seal off the ports, and dis-assembling it would definitely break this seal.
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
Yes you can, they did this with and HTC device and there's a video of it on their website on the bottom. you can take off the back, the battery, heck you can dissasseble put it in water and put it back, IT WILL STILL WORK. This nano spray goes into every SINGLE CREVICE OF YOUR PHONE. it is nano technology!!
[HTC Amaze 4G] xManMythLegend:
Sound or heating issues ?
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
This does not affect the phone in any way...its nano...search nano and see how small it is, 1 nanometer = 1.0 × 10-6 millimeters, its at least 1 millionth of a millimeter or smaller... you can see on a ruller how big a millimeter is. does that answer your questions, if won't affect anything, just repel water. if it doesn't affect the conductance between the battery and the phone, it really wont' affect anything else...but call and ask them, i'm sure you'll get the same answer :)

another video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7Ama47RGdL4
[HTC Amaze 4G] tedya:
I am guessing that all this does is protect the electronic components from shorting out or corroding if they are exposed to liquids. I also assume that if you submerge the phone, it will still sink and fill with water and you will still get water under the screen and have to dry it out, etc.

Finally, and I didn't read their web site, but does the process void the warranty?
[HTC Amaze 4G] stratax:
I watched a couple videos on this tested on the iphone and thunderbolt and it did work. i wouldnt want to test it unless i had a backup or something. it would be safe to have just cause though
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
what does this have to do with warranty? how would HTC know?
[HTC Amaze 4G] tedya:
I asked about the warranty because I had not seen the video on how this is applied to the phone. I have since seen that. So, if that is how it is applied, every phone should be supported soon.

Believe me, I am the same way; How would HTC know? I guess I am just not convinced that the $60 application is worth it. With any phone, i see it as paying $60 for this application, something other than water damage occurs and I get the phone replaced. If I understand this right, now I have to get this application done again for another $60 because my replacement is a different phone.

If not already, this company should be selling their technology to the OEM. I think the Moto Droid Razr already has this or something similar.

I know many of you will disagree, but this is just plain "gimmicky". I would only consider this if I didn't pay for monthly insurance. I am 10x more likely to drop and break the phone than I am to get water damage. I think most people are.

According to their own terms of use, they only warrant/guarantee that they will apply the coating, not that it will work.

Does anyone reading here work at a cell phone store who can say what the most common reason for a replacement is? I'd be curious.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] binlad:
how do i put oval circles to the names of the icons that are under the icons in the homescreen?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romuloxiii:
If you are creating your own icons you will need to create your images in Photoshop or GIMP (or image editing software you like).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stremax:
or you can try text icon creator in the market is an add-on for ADW launcher wich

can help you
[Samsung Infuse 4G] deathblade:
Hey I was wandering if there is an app or something that allows us to make calls and text over wifi and uses the same number and such that we get from our carrier??
[Samsung Infuse 4G] lol im feared:
i dont think they make that yet.

the only thing i can think of is google voice.

try and give it a shot haha
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] UPEngineer:
OTA Rootkeeper restored my root. woo hoo
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Noxious Ninja:
Yep. Same here. Worked perfectly.

EDIT: Sadly, touch emulation in Sixaxis Controller is broken. :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] DroidHam:
so I should root and install this before i update when mine comes?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] UPEngineer:
Although Titanium said something about being rooted but the su binary needed some access changed.. It said successful
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dpwhitty11:
Force SU to try updating again a couple times. Sometimes it can take 2 or 3 tries to go.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] UPEngineer:
It worked the first time. Can't remember exactly what it said. I think it changed the uid or gid to 0 instead of 1000 something if I recall.

Rebooted after if updated the su like it said and works like a champ!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
This

And when you say "restores" you mean post ICS?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] UPEngineer:
Yeah, post ICS. I saved root prior to ICS update. I guess the updated didn't format the system partition.

After ICS, ran rootkeeper and it installed root perfectly.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
Thanks. I just downloaded it, ran it, appeared to "save" it, now I guess when I finally get ICS - I am on West Coast - I will open it and run it and restore root after ICS.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] franky_402:
Can anyone post there su backup from rootkeeper and we can try to see if it will restore if we never saved, im so upset i didnt know about rootkeeper before i installed ics :((((

Sent from my rooted TF201