Any OTR Truckers with Sprint or T-Mobile Unlimited Data?

Both my kids got those cheapy tablets a colby 7" one of them didnt last 3 weeks .you get what u pay for..

 

The best bang for the buck when it comes to tablets is probably the kindle fire. It's 200 bucks, but then again, it's a well-built machine and is just as capable as other competing tablets.

Stay away from all Colby products period. I've learned that the hard way. Headphones, portable dvd players, CD stereos, they all suck. I've probably wasted a few hundred dollars on colby products thinking I was saving money, but in actuality I was throwing it down the drain

 

Exactly Colby is crap I bought a new MP3 player that was broken out of the box.

 

I have the Colby TV Tuner/DVD player/radio and it's been working strong going on a year.

{A man is only as good as his word.}

 

I wasnt actually talking about a colby. A chinese manufacturer put out a model i believe called the a12. It had some features cut out (bluetooth for one). Mine ran well til i sat on it heh

 

Nothing "Techy" to add, I have galaxy. S3 and I LOVE it!!!


BUT look at my avatar haha

 

Depends on where ...BUT I live in Utah and I've NEVER had any probs with losing service most places in the state ...I do have TMob though ...

 

I'm getting coverage in areas that were dead zones before, thanks to that new roaming agreement with ATT. I have a galaxy 3 and it connects to ATTs. 3g/HSPDA signal since the galaxy 3 connects on the 1900mhz band.

 

The Note 2 has a quad core, 1.6 GHz processor. Like I said before, BB doesn't compare due to numerous reasons besides the hardware.

With the combination of T-mobile, Android, and Samsung/HTC, I have control of 100% of my phone, not so much with BB/Ios. They lock their phones up so tight that you're stuck with whatever they grant you access to. When I pay 500+ for a phone, I want full control to do with it as I wish. I don't have to worry about the bootloader being locked by the manufacturer when dealing with Samsung, and HTC. You being a tech geek as you say should appreciate such things.

Someone also mentioned the size of the Note 2 being laughable. Besides the beastly specs, the size is what I like most. It fits in my pocket easily, it helps that it's a very slim phone. Being a driver, the size makes it where I don't have to lean up to see anything. Between a bluetooth keyboard with a mouse, and being able to tell the phone to do almost anything, I never have to touch my phone when driving. I used to hate watching movies/tv shows on smaller phones. Now, I can watch whatever movie and it's perfect. If you were to use a note 2 for a few days, you'd never be able to go back to a smaller screen. I have a HTC Sensation that sits on my dash as a hot spot, and holding it now feels really awkward.

I literally used to hate Samsung because of the amount of plastic they used when building their phones. Up until 6 months ago, I'd swear by HTC because of their superior build quality. Unfortunately for HTC, samsung kept upgrading their specs where I could ignore Samsungs build quality and go for specs.

It means something for me to say that the Note 2 is the best phone to hit the market since the original Iphone.

 

The first thing I do when buying a phone is rooting it, then making it 100% open. Huckstah's explanation was on point. There are a lot of things you can do once you root/unlock your phone. Keep in mind that rooting isn't unlocking your phone to be used with other carriers, although you can do it, it's just takes a different method called "sim unlocking". You can also unbrand your phone, making it universal.

The main reason a person would root their phone is to install a new ROM/operating system. For example, the are numerous versions of Android. Each developer has their own style as far as theme, the build.prop, and so on. I've never owned a phone that the original operating system was better than what an individual developer has made.

The second biggest reason a person would root if to use their phone as a hotspot without any carrier restrictions, as the dude before said.

The third, with rooting, and changing out the rom/os you can work out a lot of problems that exist with your phone. Better signal, faster data data speeds, fix sluggish screen response, better battery power, and so on.

Phone manufacturers have the mindset that one size fits all. Just because you use certain functions within your phone doesn't mean i do. Rooting gives you the ability to modify your phone to fit your particular needs. We all have different needs based on our usage, location, job, and personal preferences.

If you're gonna buy a 500 dollar phone, you might as well learn, and take advantage of it's full capabilities. XDA/YouTube is your best friend if you wanna learn about your phone. If you have any questions you can shoot me a PM.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1877

There are all of the different roms you can install on the note 2, each have their own identity and uses.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1881


When you spend 400-700 dollars cash on a smart phone, you should be able to do with it as you wish. T-Mobile encourages developers, as does HTC and Samsung. Outside of a quality product, It's one of the huge reasons I fully support them.


Some companies such as Motorola started locking their bootladers, meaning the phone couldn't be unlocked. In return, they received a lot of backlash. HTC was the first company to lock their bootloaders, but because of backlash, the CEO started unlocking HTC's bootloaders. Apple doesn't want you to do anything that they don't allow, which is ######## considering you spent 500-100 for an iphone or mac.

Back a couple of years ago, rooting your phone was difficult, and bricking (killing) your phone was a real possibility. Now, manufacturers are making it easier, and most phones have a developer that has written a script that does 95% of the work. On XDA.com you can find whatever phone you have, and find all of the "modifications" you can make.