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[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
I went from Sprint to Straight Talk AT&T with a Galaxy S III (i9300). It depends;

1. Talk is Unlimited on Straight Talk

2. Text is Unlimited

3. Data is "Unlimited". There is no predetermined amount, but 2-3GB would be considered a safe amount. Anything over is grounds for getting your account terminated and requiring a new SIM and phone number.

Coverage is the same as AT&T (or T-Mobile if you pick a T-Mobile SIM) and you get the same HSPA+ speeds as AT&T (or T-Mobile with a T-Mobile SIM). The SIMs will worked in locked phones from the same carrier as the SIM (T-Mobile to T-Mobile SIM, AT&T to AT&T SIM). Both will work in unlocked phones. 99% of international phones are AT&T-compatible for 3G and 4G. Generally you get better coverage with AT&T, and speeds for me are great in here NYC, which is notoriously congested. I can go up to 5 Mbps in good areas, but more like 1.5-2 Mbps on average, which is great.

If you constantly stream and use a crapload of data, it's not for you. But if you use your data use is average or below average, you'll be fine. I've heard of people going up to 5GB of data and still being ok, but just know you're putting your account in danger if you do that. A good way to not lose your number if your data use is a little high (as in the one you have right now) is to port it to Google Voice for $20, and then use the Voice app to send and receive texts from your current number. You can also make your phone make and receive calls to and from that number as well. So if they cancel your account for whatever reason, you make another one and change the forwarding number in the Google Voice settings. That's it.

You really can't beat $45 a month. Unless you're not a big talker, then I would recommend T-Mobile's $30 plan that includes 100 minutes, unlimited text, and 5GB of data @ 4G speeds (unlimited altogether, but you get throttled after). But then you'll be sacrificing coverage vs. AT&T's coverage.
[General Questions and Answers] MrDavon24:
Thanks for the info. Straight to me sounds like a go.. My next question would be phone compatibility? I've been looking at several phones and i think either the DROID3, At&t skyrocket, Iphone4 or motorola atrix 2. Does any of these phones have to be unlocked.
[General Questions and Answers] IcedCube:
Protip 1: Prepaid is the way to go. You can chop and change at any time then.

Protip 2: Always buy your phone outright. That gives you maximum flexibility. Unless it's a CDMA handset, then you'll need to be with a crowd that has CDMA network.
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
As long as they're AT&T branded or unlocked they'll work (for the AT&T network). The DROID 3 will need to be unlocked and you'd also need to enable domestic GSM on it (I know it's a Verizon phone but not sure if it's global).
[General Questions and Answers] st0wz:
Tks for info :good:
[General Questions and Answers] Hesham_3del:
For me a 2 year contract is better

here in my country it's more economic and you feel free to talk, text, data like whatsapp

Don't ever go with prepaid unless you are tough with cash !!
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
Like you said, in your country it's better. Not here. Here it's crazy expensive to go with a contract.
[General Questions and Answers] lowandbehold:
Another for prepaid. You will definitely get more bang for your buck, if you are ok with coming out of pocket for a non-subsidized phone.
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
Which you would end up paying more for over a 2 year period with a contract.
[General Questions and Answers] frent:
I would provide to buy a phone when the contract is not so good. For example my contract:

monthly 27€ for phone and 5€ for the internet flat with 50sms/min

24x27=648

24x5=120

24x??? what i have more to pay

The easiest way would have been that i bought my phone for a price of <600€ on some portals and than a cheaper contract.
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
Let's do the math. On Sprint, 1 line with unlimited text and data (and however many minutes, I forget), is like $80 before tax. So let's say it's $90 after.

$90 * 24 = $2160

+ $200 for a phone (average price, not counting tax) = $2360.

Prepaid on Straight Talk (unlimited talk, text, and data*)

$45 a month, about $50 for me after taxes.

Let's say you spent $700 total for a Galaxy S III after taxes. This is the most expensive phone I can think of, so think of this as the lowest possible savings. You can get a cheaper phone like a One X or just bring your own AT&T/T-Mobile phone and not pay anything!

$50 * 24 = $1200

+ $700 = $1900.

$2360 - $1900 = $460 savings, and even more if you buy a cheaper phone or bring your own phone! And it's even BIGGER if you're coming from a more expensive plan. To be clear you're getting the SAME coverage and data speeds as AT&T or T-Mobile on Straight Talk.
[General Questions and Answers] MrDavon24:
Thanks for all the replies
[General Questions and Answers] cyzarine:
depends on your service provider.

if this can handle growing subscribers with no problem on service then go for it..

but for me i'll go for prepaid,

in 2 years there will be a time that you will hate your phone not using it right...
[General Questions and Answers] Allanitomwesh:
$90 a month :eek:

That is alot. Buy a huawei and a top up card. Get a prepaid data bundle with the top up,get a prepaid text bundle with the topup,use the balance to call.

Edit: I think sprint calls them prepaid phonecards. I could be wrong.
[General Questions and Answers] MrDavon24:
Well, my sister ended up giving me her Iphone 3Gs. I will be using this for the time being until I can save up to get one of the other phones that was listed. After I get the BYOD sim. What else needs to be done. Would the MMS work properly?
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
Not without jailbreaking, I believe. However, you can go here on your iPhone: http://www.unlockit.co.nz and select US - Straight Talk and it should automatically set up your APN for you.
[General Questions and Answers] Mark930:
How do you get a att phone to work on straight talk anyways?

Sent from my Kindle Fire
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
Assuming you choose the AT&T ST SIM, you just put the SIM in it and then fill in the APN info for data. That's it. There's no unlocking necessary because the phone thinks it's an AT&T SIM. When you fill in the APN info though, don't fill in the Proxy parts (except for MMS Proxy, that you'll need for MMS).
[General Questions and Answers] Mark930:
Cool is there a good website that shows you step by step I might try that out.

Sent from my Kindle Fire
[About XDA developers] abdeviation:
Can I ask why right clicking on this forum has been replaced with some annoying third party look "contextual" search thing. It's really annoying :confused:
[About XDA developers] Joker 1994:
i think its gr8
[About XDA developers] maghig:
I finally got annoyed enough by it to come here posting about it, but I figure I'll resurrect this thread rather than start my own.

In a nutshell, the Contextual Search "feature" is about on par with Clippy.

'nuff said
[About XDA developers] pulser_g2:
You should still have the right click menu though...
[About XDA developers] maghig:
Not when anything is selected, which is when it is usually used. I can't think of a single time the "contextual search" has ever been useful.

Had an epiphany that I could add a filter to Adblock. If anyone else cares to know, just add "searchlight_ctextsearch.js" to your custom filters. Yay! No more stupid counter productive "feature"!
[About XDA developers] roofrider:
Nope.

Contextual search only appears if you click the magnifying glass next to the selected text.
[About XDA developers] tonyp:
Just disable it then?

Go to options and uncheck "Enable Contextual Search".

I did that ages ago as I didn't really use that feature either.
[About XDA developers] djq:
sheoli and

i still have my right click menu
[Nexus 7 General] yerand:
I've attached a screenshot of a page from the nexus 7 guide stating that the nexus 7 is the Asus pad me370t. So, what do you guys make of this?
[Nexus 7 General] jcracken:
The Verge actually investigated this quite a bit:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/28/3124041/asus-me370t-nexus-7-transformation-google-nvidia
[Nexus 7 General] Solar.Plexus:
Wow, I am very very shocked and disappointed this. I've been looking forward to the actual MeMO 370T device since it was first seen back in January. For some reason I had really expected Asus to release its own 7 inch tablet.
[Nexus 7 General] e.mote:
>I had really expected Asus to release its own 7 inch tablet.

Unlikely, since it would have to beat the Nexus 7 which is said as being sold at cost.

A great deal of fuss was made over Microsoft Surface "killing" Windows HW vendors, and curiously, almost nothing about the Nexus 7 doing the same. The irony is that Surface will have minimal impact, while N7 will almost certainly kill off any 7" Android tab this year.

Not only does N7 hit the magic $200 point, it has good hardware, official support, and 4.1. There is no way any 7" tab can match that. The only possible competitor would be if Apple does the rumored 7" mini iPad at $250-300.

I'm wondering what Amazon's move will be, as per the above I don't see how a 7" KF2 can compete. My projection is that it will cede the 7" space, and upping the KF2 to the 8" or 9" size, say, for $250. The orig KF stays on, but lowered to $150.

7" is good for reading, but poor for video playback. Since video consumption is vastly more popular than e-reading, an 8" or 9" would be a step forward. It would be better for video, and still be suitable for one-hand use.

Ditto for Nook, although if MS' investment in B&N is any indication, we'll probably see a Nook powered by WinRT this year.
[Nexus 7 General] Solar.Plexus:
I thought I had read reports of Asus releasing their own 7 inch tablet in August that undercut the 8GB N7 by about $20. Still, this isn't really what I was hoping for if it comes to be.
[Nexus 7 General] gkpm:
It's almost like the Me370t, but with the mini HDMI port removed (the original had it)

Thanks Google for saving the $0.10 that component would cost :rolleyes:
[Nexus 7 General] m11kkaa:
That would be more than $0.10. For every patented chip/port/protocol/software you are building into your device you have to pay licence costs per sold device.

I don't know how much exactly but I think the tablet would be cost 10-20$ more.
[Nexus 7 General] fenturi:
Well I'm sure the HDMI out being removed had a lot more to do with the Q
[Nexus 7 General] gkpm:
I'm sorry but that's nonsense, no way it costs that much. For example the Raspberry Pi has a HDMI port and costs only $25.

I can't link to sites yet, but if you look up the HDMI licensing website and see under Fees and Royalties section the licensing cost ranges from $0.04 to $0.15 per end user, depending on quantity (obviously a mass produced device like this will be in the lower bands)

Maybe add another $0.05-$0.10 for the physical connector, if that. We're talking 20 cents max here.
[Nexus 7 General] miketoasty:
No need to argue, the device doesn't have it, get over it. I understand it would have been cheap to add this, but if you look at the other device Google released, the Q, you will see why they didn't.
[Nexus 7 General] gkpm:
Google are not going to sell the Nexus Q here in the UK (and probably a lot more places), so it's not a solution.
[Nexus 7 General] miketoasty:
I'm not saying it's a solution, I'm explaining why they left out the mini HDMI port.
[Nexus 7 General] Solar.Plexus:
Well not exactly almost like the MeMO. I believe it also had an 8MP rear facing camera. Probably had a MicroSD slot, too, but I'm not positive on that. At any rate, I'd gladly throw in an extra $50 or so for the original MeMO 370T. I probably won't be buying the N7.
[Nexus 7 General] corroded:
You pay for a HDMI license which is $10k per annum, which it's fairly likely both Google (via Motorola) and ASUS already have anyway. Each HDMI port has a royalty as well, which is 4 cents. Plus the cost of the connector itself. The HDCP license is half a cent per device.

The rest of the existing components should be able to handle HDMI anyway, Tegra 3 has it as a standard.
[Nexus 7 General] thebobp:
Can't help but be negative about this. It's not just the $250 memo, but the $250 memo--.

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/27733-nexus-7-is-crippled-asus-370t-but-not-much-cheaper

The story, if I put 2+2 correctly, is that google really wanted that $199 pricetag, in effect forcing asus to redesign a bunch of stuff with lower-end components. In the end, they couldn't (or wouldn't) even get back to something as good as the original for $250.
[Nexus 7 General] Jayrod1980:
Like what was stated in a comment on the site, just because they planned to release the memo with all those extras for $249 doesn't mean that would be the ultimate price. I paid 280 or whatever for the 16 gb model and I wish it had an sd, hdmi, and stereo but still an amazing deal for 250 (16gb). Plus would it be first with jb? Software more than anything makes these devices.
[Nexus 7 General] Step666:
Google are making no profit (on the 8GB model at US prices) but that doesn't mean it's being sold at cost.

ASUS aren't a charity, I can't see them doing the OEM work if they're not getting something out of it.

So I suspect ASUS could've released the Nexus 7 under their own brand at the same price and still made something off it but when Google approached them and offered to handle all the software updates in return for a 0% slice of the pie, they said ok.
[Nexus 7 General] Solar.Plexus:
Did anyone else read the article from Digitimes that claimed Asus would release its own 7 inch tablet in August for $159 to $179? If that's true, I wonder what hardware reductions are even possible to make?

Also, if a new Asus tablet was to be released in August, we'd probably be seeing an FCC submission sometime soon, right?
[Nexus 7 General] AznDud333:
well that is disappointing..seems like google killed another decent asus product, since the original memo 370t was gonna have 8mega pixel cam, 16gb storage micro sd slot and everything nexus tab has for 250..
[Nexus 7 General] e.mote:
>ASUS aren't a charity, I can't see them doing the OEM work if they're not getting something out of it.

Monetary compensation is a subset. The human networking alone would be valuable, not to mention the experience gained from working hand-in-hand with Google engineers. One thing that's lacking for all HW vendors is development expertise, and I assume Asus is getting plenty of that. Then, there's the PR value of being a Google partner. So, many perks aside from money.

A large cost of a device is for marketing (distribution, promotion). Aside from a few small retailers, N7 distribution looks to be limited to the Play store for now, and there probably won't be much advertising until close to fall shopping. So, yes, I imagine the N7's $200 price can be pretty close to cost. We'll have a better idea once the iSuppli folks do a BOM analysis.

Compare against upcoming Acer A110: Same $200 (8GB) and Kai innards, but smaller battery (3420 vs 4325 mAh), lower res (1024x600) and lower quality (TN LCD) display. ICS rather than JB, and no Google updates. It's clearly an inferior device to the N7. I doubt Asus can sell a better tablet than Acer at the same cost w/o slicing its margin to the bone.

It's not just the low-end, N7 dominates the mid-range and high-end for 7" as well. There is no current or announced 7"-ish tablet that can compete with N7 on either features or bang/buck. It's the only tablet to have 4.1. The only place it doesn't go is the carrier market.

From the above, I don't see a 10" Nexus happening. That would kill off the rest of the Android vendors.

>So I suspect ASUS could've released the Nexus 7 under their own brand at the same price and still made something off it but when Google approached them and offered to handle all the software updates in return for a 0% slice of the pie, they said ok.

It doesn't matter who's selling the N7 or what its origins are. What matters is whether other vendors can compete against it. I don't think they can, including Amazon. As said, I think Amazon will go with an 8 or 9" for $250, and drop the KF to $150.

A 9" KF2 at $250, or an iPad mini at $300, would be serious competition for N7.

>Did anyone else read the article from Digitimes that claimed Asus would release its own 7 inch tablet in August for $159 to $179?

DigiTimes says a lot of things, a few of which become true, and the rest goes into the circular file. For a workable rule of which DigiTimes rumor becomes fact, try this: Assign a 3% cumulative probability for each successive rumor. So, if DigiTimes has 20 different rumors over time about an particular event, you get a 60% probability of the event becoming true.

The "cheaper Asus 7-inch tablet" rumor is the first one out of the pipe.
[Nexus 7 General] Solar.Plexus:
Exactly. I'll be salty about this for a really long time. It would have been my all purpose device.

Although I did ask AsusTek customer service and they claimed Asus would be releasing two 7" inch tablets this summer. But what do they know anyway?

I guess those are okay statistics.
[Nexus 7 General] e.mote:
>I'll be salty about this for a really long time. It would have been my all purpose device.

What purpose would that serve? You should be happy about buying new toys, not bitter.

Truisms: Reality never matches the hype, and every toy will have its good and bad. You weigh the good vs the bad, and jump if the scale tips to your liking. Else, wait for the next toy. The good thing about the tech market is that tomorrow will always bring a better, cheaper toy.

Although in this case, "tomorrow" will probably be in 2013, since I doubt there'll be a better bang/buck 7" than the N7 this year. Let's hope for that DigiTimes rumor to become true.
[Nexus 7 General] Solar.Plexus:
Well, I think I'll be upset because I know we were so close to something more than the Nexus 7. But then again, some people may think the N7 would be a better device than an Eee Pad MeMO since it's a "Nexus."
[Nexus 7 General] GrendelJapan:
I think this is a really savvy move by Google.

First and foremost, Google alone isn't going to win tablets without OEMs, which means it has to be very careful about undercutting partners. This is a great device, but it won't be the 100% perfect 7" device, which leaves OEMs, including Asus, to throw an hdmi or microSD card slot (or whatever) on something comparable and pick up share. For good or bad, Nexus devices are cloud focused, N1 being the only exception.

Google said that they aren't making much/any profit (via markup) off these devices, but Asus sure as hell is. Google can use this strategy to put lots of pressure on Amazon without putting any (or much) on OEMs.

Like everyone else, I'm disappointed by storage and display limitations, but I understand the choice/s.
[Nexus 7 General] thebobp:
Ironically, this is where being an xda-bum gets you.

The Toshiba Excite 7.7 and Galaxy Tab 7.7, with their amoled screens, are the most natural choices for reading, but they have virtually no development. If I were just a normal consumer, I might've just bought one of them and been happy.

The Acer Iconia A110 promises to be similar with an SD card, but, in addition to it being a future thing, the Iconia A100 had limited development as well.

The second Asus tablet is just an unsure rumor (plus it would entail competing with itself), and even if it did come out with sd card, all the devs would've been stolen to the Nexus 7.
[Nexus 7 General] RMXO:
I wonder if Google & Asus has some deal going on that prevents Asus from releases a 7" to compete with the N7 right away. Would be very smart if they did.
[Nexus 7 General] rmm200:
I think Asus is going to be kind of busy building units for Google. I would not expect a new 7" from Asus until Nexus 7 demand tapers off.
[Nexus 7 General] e.mote:
>The Toshiba Excite 7.7 and Galaxy Tab 7.7, with their amoled screens, are the most natural choices for reading, but they have virtually no development. If I were just a normal consumer, I might've just bought one of them and been happy.

At $500, these aren't reading devices for normal consumers. They're too big anyway. E-readers need to be easily palmable in one hand for extended periods. The KF, Nook, and N7 all are at around 120mm. The Samsung 7.7 is 133, Toshiba 135. Width in portrait is the constraining factor, just as it is in smartphones for being pocketable.

>The Acer Iconia A110 promises to be similar with an SD card, but, in addition to it being a future thing, the Iconia A100 had limited development as well.

Dev support isn't solely limited to Nexus toys. The problem with the 7.7s is that they're expensive, and the A100/A110 is that their hardware is crap.

Geeks like cheap-but-good. Nook Color and Kindle Fire had (still have) plenty of dev support. If KF2 can top N7 hardware-wise, it will have ample support.

KF2 is rumored to drop this month. We'll see if Amazon can bring it. It'll have to bring something, as KF is due for a refresh. Ditto for B&N's Nook.

http://www.bgr.com/2012/06/28/kindle-fire-2-specs-details-10-inch-7-inch-amazon/

>The second Asus tablet is just an unsure rumor (plus it would entail competing with itself), and even if it did come out with sd card, all the devs would've been stolen to the Nexus 7.

N7 will have plenty of dev love. But if a competitor can have matching HW + HDMI and SD slot, that will get supported as well.

BTW, people like to quote N7's lowballed $200 price. Realistically it's $250+shipping, as the 8GB (5GB actual) with no expansion isn't sufficient for most uses. N7 has good (gimped) hardware, and good support, but it's not that cheap for a 7".
[Nexus 7 General] Solar.Plexus:
What Asus should have done is released the 370T instead of the 171. Then people would have actually bought an Asus 7 inch tablet, then bought the N7 soon after.
[Nexus 7 General] e.mote:
>What Asus should have done is released the 370T instead of the 171

Shoulda coulda. It is what it is.
[Nexus 7 General] dorkdotcom74:
"Nexus!" That's all you have to say. If you've owned a Nexus device, you get it. They run the newest roms first, and do it really well.

My first is the Galaxy Nexus. There are "newer, better" phones out, but pure Google can be whatever you what it to be. That's what Android is all about.
[Nexus 7 General] mikesm1234:
I'm wondering if there is any chance Asus will let the Nexus 7 have a head start, then release there own with a cam and sd slot for a few more bucks?
[Nexus 7 General] Solar.Plexus:
I've not heard any reports that would indicate that, but I definitely like where your head's at. That makes complete sense to me. Guess we just have to hope for the best.
[Nexus 7 General] KevOne:
Just like how HTC made the Nexus One and released the HTC Desire 1 or 2 months after :o
[Nexus 7 General] TauxiC:
What!? Acer hasn't learned anything from their first release of a piss poor tablet!?

If it wasn't for the horrible screen and mediocre battery life, the A100 could have been a killer tablet for 2011, it's a shame Acer hasn't learned from their 2 biggest mistakes.

We got the A100 for my mom for Xmas because it was only $250 at the time instead of $330. She has been mostly happy with it though she doesn't use it much, but still I wish I could have forseen the Nexus 7 coming out back then, I would have made her wait and the 8GB would have been perfect for her usage. The ICS update at least made it better. My mom didn't want a 10" tablet and my dad had already secretly gotten himself the Kindle Fire and we also got him a GTab 10.1 for xmas for $360, while my brother took the A500 which was also only $250. I was the only one originally getting a tablet for xmas (Transformer Prime) but then ended up being the only one who didn't get a tablet! (I cancelled my prime order in January after hearing about all the GPS issues, and I am so glad I did, that would have been a $500 waste)

Hopefully I'll have my 16GB Nexus 7 in my hands by wednesday if all the shipping rumors are true!