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Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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omnis_audis - Dec 11, 2012 7:43:16 pm PST #21658 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Gaming chairs are low sitting chairs that are glorified pillows on the floor with a back rest. You can get them at Target: [link]

You can get them at Best Buy, and Amazon too.


Jessica - Dec 12, 2012 3:43:13 am PST #21659 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

2-person family plan that gets 1000 shared minutes and 2GB of shared 4G data for $69.98 a month

That is pretty tempting. We pay twice that on AT&T (for 4GB data and unlimited talk & text, but still).


Gris - Dec 12, 2012 5:55:53 am PST #21660 of 25501
Hey. New board.

Yep. And the $70/month savings would pay for two iPhones in about 13 months, so you get the other 11 months savings as pure profit.

Unfortunately, though iPhones work on T-Mobile just fine at 3G speeds, there's no LTE. I'm pretty sure they can use the T-Mobile HSPA+ frequencies, but even that might not be true. So you are losing something.


Jessica - Dec 12, 2012 6:16:32 am PST #21661 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

We don't have 4G now - we both have iPhone 4 (not 4s). (And I've already decided that I'm bored with iOS and my next phone will be Android.)


le nubian - Dec 12, 2012 8:23:19 am PST #21662 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Gris,

I cannot give up my LTE though. They need to pry that from my cold, dead hands.


Gris - Dec 12, 2012 10:04:41 am PST #21663 of 25501
Hey. New board.

(shrug) Fair enough. If you're using AT&T, though, there's plenty of evidence that T-Mobile's HSPA+ 4g speeds are comparable to AT&T's LTE 4g speeds

Verizon's LTE is consistently faster in much of the country, but T-Mobile's HSPA+ network beat even it in some areas.. How you get the best speed seems to have more to do with your location and phone than your carrier.


le nubian - Dec 12, 2012 10:22:21 am PST #21664 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

yes, I am now on Verizon. It was worth it to us (painful for the termination fee) to move to Verizon.


le nubian - Dec 12, 2012 4:14:55 pm PST #21665 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Google maps is rumored to be released on iOS this eve


meara - Dec 12, 2012 6:01:54 pm PST #21666 of 25501

Ooh, I would be super excited about that!! I use maps a lot, and while the navigation part has been good, the rest of the new maps sucks.


Cass - Dec 12, 2012 6:14:48 pm PST #21667 of 25501
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I am looking forward to hearing how the Google maps work. I've put off my upgrade.