so my G1 on t-mobile keeps flickering back and forth between regular and 3G...guess they finally got around to bringing it to cary as promised for Q3.

9/25/2009 3:48:50 PM

whats G1? is that like short for Generation 1 iPhone?

/kidding

9/25/2009 3:50:37 PM

i want a my touch so bad. I saw one in the store earlier. It looks like fun.

9/25/2009 5:31:15 PM

they had it for sooooo cheap a month or so ago.

i really wanted it, but no 3G, so i didn't bite.

9/28/2009 1:48:35 PM

honestly i dont see how people have had g1s adn the like w/o 3g.

i woulnt have been able to take it

being in an edge only network this past weekend made me want to off myself

9/28/2009 6:01:13 PM

any update on whether they are offering 3g in cary now for sure?

12/5/2009 7:07:22 PM

I have t mo 3G in Cary, for a few months now.

T mobile has been turning on some 3g cities to 7.2... blazing fast. Hopefully here soon.

I will say my g1 was plenty fast on edge. I saw improvement with 3g, but edge was very decent on the g1.

12/5/2009 9:26:26 PM

word. think i'm gonna switch from at&t. it'll shave 30-40 off my bill every month.

12/5/2009 9:32:52 PM

You should def do that. The unlimied plans are pretty awesome.

I would wait till jan though because of some rumors of the Passion coming to t mo (and the iPhone but who cares about that)

http://androidandme.com/2009/12/carriers/t-mobile-news/google-phone-passion-headed-to-t-mobile/

[Edited on December 5, 2009 at 11:55 PM. Reason : gg]

12/5/2009 11:35:28 PM

i've already got an iphone and my contract with at&t is up in jan.. i unlocked it earlier without any issues. SO, i should be able to just pop a t-mobile sim card in and be good to go

12/6/2009 9:56:24 AM

(insert Verizon's map)

12/6/2009 9:58:48 AM

k

SO, i'm looking at the plans on their website. the two options i'm interested in are the 39.99 for 500 minutes/unlimited texting and the 59.99 for 500 minutes and unlimited text & unlimited web

i can add unlimited web for $10 to the 39.99 one and it obviously comes out to 49.99. is there any difference besides web between the 39.99 and 59.99 one? doesn't make sense that it would be $20 difference in plans if it's only a $10 feature.

anything i'm missing here?

https://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/Cell-Phone-Plans.aspx?catgroup=EvenMorePlus&WT.z_unav=mst_shop_plans_evenmoreplus

[Edited on December 6, 2009 at 11:22 AM. Reason : i'm thinking the 59.99 one includes "Shadow" data service which ='s tethering]

12/6/2009 11:02:59 AM

I'm not too sure about the iphone but most phones when you unlock it this just means that you are able to use the phone for other companies but this only means if your phone's radio has the capacity to receive the frequency. I know the iphone is quad band so talking/texting and EDGE would be good. But I highly doubt 3G on the iPhone with T-mobile is possible without looking it up as with most unlocked phone this is true as it uses a different freq.

12/6/2009 11:35:32 AM

yea just found that out.. 3g won't work but honestly don't care that much. i have wifi at home/work to use and 95+% of the area inbetween doesn't have 3g anyways

also, it looks like i'd have to get the $25 data plan at the very least..some ppl have gotten the $10 one to work but they seem to be old customers..new ones aren't working. still doing research though

[Edited on December 6, 2009 at 12:03 PM. Reason : a]

12/6/2009 11:39:13 AM

Quote :

"I will say my g1 was plenty fast on edge. I saw improvement with 3g, but edge was very decent on the g1. "

i've had 3g on my g1 ever since i got it, soon after release

when back in nc, i wanted to off myself while on edge

the phone's crippled

i dont see how you can possibly say "plenty fast"

12/7/2009 9:37:22 AM

I had Edge for about 9 months before we turned 3G and never had an issue browsing html sites or downloading roms/themes for my phone. Not sure why you felt it was so slow... MAYBE since my phone is rooted the developers have done something to help the speeds.

the build.prop file I know you can edit and depending on what towers you are connected to some people have seen down and up speeds almost 4x as fast. There is a good thread on the XDA development forum to show which files to mod for this. If you have root I would strongly encourage it, some of the speeds people are reporting are crazy fast.

I'm ready for raleigh to be 7.2.... and eventually 21

12/7/2009 11:11:27 AM

Just a heads up, but there is a BOGO special on all smart phones for 2 days NOW at TMO.

I guess they want to clear the shelves for the Nexus One... O HELLZ YEAH.

12/17/2009 9:55:05 PM