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Whats the general consencers on the mobile TV ? after trying it out I am far from impressed, picture quality is like 3/10 maybe 5/10 if your watching somebody who's not moving, the sound I thought was pretty good but to pay for that service.....not on your nelly !
@ the moment it's free and i'm still not going to use it again screwed my poor eyes up watching all these grains, but thats just my opinion.
I never saw vodafone TV work, can anyone confirm if it's the same sort of quality ?

the only comparison I have is on three. that is spot on with real live tv. I agree with you, as the tmobile service stands I won't be paying for it!

if the content changed more often (i.e daily/live tv) i'd be tempted to subscribe, especially as it is pretty cheap on the monthly option

If you are really serious about tv on your device... I would get an unlimited data plan and buy a slingbox. I just got a slingbox for fathers day. I can watch every channel from Concast. Plus I can control my DVR and watch all my recorded programs. It sure beats Cingular TV, or what ever they call it.
Slingmobile also works over wi-fi...
John

Better that nowt
I believe £3.50 (t-mobile - uk) is not too much of a price to pay.. but the quality is that if "3" when it started its video promo a few years ago. To be honest though we all pay through the nose for this sort of product through ads anyway. Me personally ,I would rather wait for for intergration on DVB-H (not DVB-T) or an add on where you would pay a one off fee like you do for a set top box. Until then, this service is an added bonus for a network that does more for it's customer like say Orange/Vodaphone don't.
The internet has been mobile for a while now even though Vodaphone has started to coin in on this phase.
Saying that I just cancelled my Sat subscription cos I could watch the Nasa space launch within my internet bundle. Plus I can watch 24, lost etc via the network channels anyway, So My Vario 2 is more than capable and I get to take it where I want when I want. (Hopefully the signal in cleethorpes will be better next time I go to the seaside (coast)) Hehe

@Johndawg, I was actually looking at getting a slingbox a littel while ago. So you would say by far this is the best way to have mobile TV on your pocket pc in regards to quality ? Does it matter what slingbox you get or are they about the same in what they offer for this service ? Also are you on web & walk £7.50 m8 ?
@Scootytoo, I to am thinking about canceling my Sky subscription, I can't believe how pants it become, but I love my football and thats where they shaft ya when you subscribe to a package as well as I now have the broadband max included, clever buggers !

sony007 said:
@Johndawg, I was actually looking at getting a slingbox a littel while ago. So you would say by far this is the best way to have mobile TV on your pocket pc in regards to quality ? Does it matter what slingbox you get or are they about the same in what they offer for this service ? Also are you on web & walk £7.50 m8 ?
@Scootytoo, I to am thinking about canceling my Sky subscription, I can't believe how pants it become, but I love my football and thats where they shaft ya when you subscribe to a package as well as I now have the broadband max included, clever buggers !
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There has been many forms of mobile tv over the past couple of years where the solution (very simliar to the slingbox) has pumped media via wlan/net etc. The tech was very limited and fussy. I.e using tv card with a stream app. Too much messing around and the end result not worth the effort. Besides, this slingbox is a clean idea for people with land lines and home broadband. I have had this contract with t-mobile since they were known as one to one. Swapped once to get the spv e200 just so I could watch media such as this. then came back to t-mobile for compact, vario and now the vario 2. I don't have a land line so therefore the slingbox won't work for my family as this is my only means of net access. What I'm trying to do is streaming vid or music from my set top box or sat box (freesat - at present) then onto my brake out box for nvidia tv/vid card combie. Not perfect, but does the job as I save the media then drop it on to flash card to use later. But Recently I wanted to watch the nasa online tv station for latest launch, vario 2 just couldn't cope so I used my Tablet pc with vario 2 as the modem. It was good, but not true mobile tv. As for sat... Like I said before we pay for media via the products I.e ads, then they get upset cos you want to cancel. fair enough I was only paying 15 pounds per month, but for three shows a week such as lost, 24 and daybreak. it would have been cheaper to wait for the box sets. but I have ended up with Freesat which as you may know is better than a standard freeview box. bonus!

Did you get yours??

LAUNCH DAY!!!
I have an appointment at Best Buy Mobile in 4 hours, I'm so excited cannot wait to be off work so I can run there!!
On one part I'm sad that I will be leaving Windows Mobile (Touch Pro2) but they're not coming out with a 1ghz CDMA Winmo phone so it's time to move on... I had tried android before on a G1 but went back to windows mobile after realizing you couldn't do much with it. Hopefully by now android is more winmo like with folder structures and complete control of files etc. Also will miss my $50/mo unlimited everything plan from boost(sprint).
Does Best Buy do 1-year contracts? I'd rather pay the $70 extra for the phone if I have the option of upgrading early.
POST YOUR DAY 1 EXPERIENCE!!

My cousin works at a store, so I got to cut the line of 15 peopel and be in and out with one.

I got mine this morning. Very satisfied so far, although I can't say I approve of Motorola's attitude towards rooting.

mine will be arriving to my doorsteps tomorrow morning/afternoon, didnt want that hassle of mail-in-rebate so i ordered online.

my appointment is at noon but my wifey is picking it up for me since she gets corporate discount. Woot!

Yes, I sure did
But I do have mixed feelings because of the root/bootloader situation
It's a very nice device, since I'm coming from the Omnia perhaps anything is better

Got mine at the mall kiosk.
Went to the verizon store after work and they were sold out. Then I went to the mall and got mine there.

I was number 15 to get mines. No preorder just walked in and added a line. Loving it so far also got the carbon fiber case, love those job discounts
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Went there an hour and a half before opening, got mine 4th.

got mine at 8:45 this morning. They even let me in the store a little early. I got the phone, some screen protectors, a case and the media dock. Everything i wanted. I am super happy.

How much is the media dock?

Satsified!
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How much is the media dock?
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The Media Dock is 49.99 the cable is 24.99 and the car dock is 24.99 as well. The gel case is 14.99 and so forth for the others.
I got mine today. Dropped my Evo and gave it to my sister, she was like uh, are you for real, your just giving it to me, , well i think a good deed leads to another in the future!
I love it so far, but, coming from Sense, it's really a diff ballgame. It has me loving the internal Social networks and all the resizing of the widgets and etc...
The pictures and video seem more vibrant than the Evo too. The colors and letters on the screen seem sharper. Hmm.. who'd thought, once again Motorola defies with only 54 Extra Pixels.
Only complain, wtf, with the speaker? Like it's a "Droid" they're known for that, even the Incredible still has a louder speaker, and dont let me get started with the power hous of an Evo.
Besides that, It has been well. This will suffice until the winter when the 2GHZ one arrives and the 12MP and all those goodies.

Looking for a good low cost or free way to watch tv shows.

Hey everyone,
I was wondering if any of you knew of a program or way to watch tv shows on the vibrant. I'm wantin to watch season one and two of the tv series Castle
Any thoughts?

The easiest method would be to buy the DVDs and rip them using Handbrake.

Try TV.com from the apparently market and it's free
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I thought tv.com only showed clips and you have to pay for the full show

No. TV.com is completely free, but thus the selection is limited. There are some decent CBS shows on it - I watched the pilot of the new Hawaii Five-0 on it.

Handbrake doesn't let you rip encrypted DVDs, so it's usless for you.

With as much TV as I watch while working, I got JetFlix. I went and dropped the $50 bucks for the year. Quality is alright... but I mostly listen to TV as I work. Old habit I picked up on when I worked from home.
It has tons of shows. It is always updating. and you can download them to watch when there is no wifi or 3g.
that's my 2 cents.

Wait for froyo then you can watch tv shows on hulu
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Bitbop. its 9.99 a month but you get to watch an ass load of shows

Best investment I've ever made... SLINGBOX !!... it was 300 bucks for the Pro_HD but you get to watch everything you watch at home, Live, every channel, free... just need high speed internet at home.. very easy setup, and awesome quality and you can change channels and everything. It's like being at home !!

You have plenty of options but between justin.tv and atdhe.net I think you're all covered

Sprint TV

This is probably the wrong forum to ask this on, but does anyone have an idea of what a full package line-up from the Sprint TV service includes? I have the free tv that comes w/ the phone, and it's pretty cool and I think I would use it more if the programming was better - any ideas on where I could get a schedule for the channels they carry? I'm not talking about the free ones, but all of the pay channels they have - it's very vague on the website.

You can see everything available from your phone. Not worth the money you have to pay, IMO. Get yourself a used Slingbox on eBay, and watch the TV you already pay for at home on your TV. I've had mine for months and it is BAD ASS!

So your slingbox sends it to the phone huh. Good call man! I didn't even think of that! Thanks.

Yup.....through the existing internet connection you have at home, the Slingbox can control your tv, cable box, satellite box, etc. Depending on which model of Slingbox you get, you can control multiple devices and it can control your DVR and even a DVD player. It's better than way than to pay Sprint a monthly fee for no where near as many channels. Not to mention, you can view the Slingbox on 3G, 4G or WiFi and SprintTV only lets you use your 3G signal.

Sprint TV sucks.

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Sprint TV sucks.
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I agree on the Slingbox. I've had mine for years and it has been great. It works perfect on my Evo with 3g coverage.

Sprint TV works just as poorly as it did when I first tried it several years ago on a Treo 700.
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khov07 said:
Sprint TV works just as poorly as it did when I first tried it several years ago on a Treo 700.
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hmm, it works pretty damn good on my phone.

I haven't grabbed a Slingbox yet, but I'm going to next Monday. I appreciate the help.

Slingbox quality on evo?
How is the quality of the picture when using the slingbox app on your evo? Does it get a constant feed or does it buffer often? You can watch dvr'd progams through the application? I definitely might be interested based on your feedback.

Ultra Cheap and Nice $50 Android Samsung Vitality

I have a "deals" app on my phone (SII Sprint)
it popped up a $30 android phone at best buy. I clicked out of morbid curiosity looking for the catch
NO CATCH. $30 flat (plus sales tax) no contract no catches. I paid $31.79 and 30 minutes later I picked it up at my local best buy !!!
its a 3.5" capacitive screen android phone from ZTE called the "Score" or X500
really really not a bad little gadget. WAY better than the prevail !! (about the same formfactor)
fast and responsive. Netflix even works !!
3.2mp cam but crap video.
its a cricket pay as you go phone. normally $70 on sale $30 no strings
I bought 2 more that I will pick up tomorrow.
you see I never plan to activate it or use it as a phone. I am going to use them as sem disposable portable computers to "do" interesting things with.
For example I will run ulyssess speedometer on one in the CAR and sit it on the dash so my "dash cam" can "see" it.
THEIR. I just embedded lat long gps data and velocity data real time into my $60 dash cam without having to spend $300 on a dash cam with it build in.
the other 2 (maybe 3 if I have enough money) are going to be cheap Timelapse camera's wherein if one gets "taken" I won't have a heart attack (such as if that were to happen to my SII)
there is SO much potential when you have "decent" android hardware at such a cheap price!
I rooted it STRIPPED it of pretty much ANYTHING I did not think would brick the phone even with netflix installed I now have 71mb memory available.
it came with a 4gb card but you only get 1gb 3gb is a hidden partition for cricket's muve music junk. (it might be possible to reformat the card to get the full 4g someone is working on that)
I just tossed a 16gb card in it so I can do hours of timelapse.
it memory fails when I try to do rapid timelapse at full camera spec but at 1080p 1 pic every 3 seconds seems to run just fine so far (will do long test tommorrow)
VERY neat device. I am impressed and loving it. at this price I am going to find all kinds of interesting uses for these gadgets.
Here is where to get it
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...p=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960
here is how to root it (worked fine for me)
http://score.rockthatmobile.com/how-to-root-the-cricket-zte-score-x500/
simplified instructions.
download the two packages. I don't think you need the drivers one I THINK they are built into the phone.
plug it in right click the drive that appears (not sd card) and click install. it installed drivers.
run the zerglings through it and bingo its rooted. VERY easy.
install titanium and goto down deleting crap (use your head)
YOU CAN NOT BUY A USED ANDROID PHONE FOR $30 !!! even a broken one.
wiicked deal !
now we just need some fun roms for it. would love a SUPER minimal NOTHING rom for a minimal foot print and optimized for battery life.

looks like a great deal for those sandbox projects not worth risking a decent phone on. saying that 2.3 is pretty capable of a great deal. i'm guessing it's a half decent processor & ram if you have netflix running?
pity bestbuy don't ship to the uk. i'd have a couple for fun otherwise.

Would be nice as an mp3 player thanks for threads up I might be ordering one for fun
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This would make a fine pmp, good find OP.
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This is cdma phone. No gsm!
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Why do I need one of these again? No really...I am going to buy one and I need to give my wife a reason or she is going to call one of those "Hoarders" shows.
Does it have GPS? I think it could be a good device to keep in the car to play audiobooks and music and use for gps.

Also want to know if it has a GPS.
After root how much space can you reclaim???
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I am going to check this out... thanks for sharing.... wonder if ICS is possible on this thing. I have heard of complaints on BEST BUY about it supposedly supporting 32 GIG MICRO SD, but many having issues with its FORMAT structure. can anyone confirm?

here is link to the full specs
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=3148&c=zte_score_x500
just bought two for my stores to play music on pandora.
$38.23 shipped !
I guess i dont have to buy wireless speakers now.
thnx.

YES it has FULL non cellular gps and FAST gps too. SECONDS to get a lock.
CDMA don't matter as I never ever plan to make a phone call from it.
so far my best is 83mb free memory. Sweet! Just went nuts with titanium and started whacking
sadly don't have a 32gb to test reads my 16's just fine.

Anyone willing to help an international buyer out...
You get a free phone.
I buy 3 of these guys... You get to keep one.
All you have to do...
1) Tell me which store you can collect from
2) I place the order pay for it
3) I send you the proof
4) You collect 3 phones
5) Keep 1 phone
6) Ship the rest to the address i give you.. (i pay shipping)
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I would be willing to do that but how would I pick it up?
you can put the order in my name but I won't be able to provide the credit card used which they ask for ALTHOUGH they do take PAYPAL so if you pay for it using paypal and send me a copy of the paypal receipt I bet that would be enough
IE call the store first and confirm they are willing to give it to a person you identify in advance (me)
try the Mays Landing Best buy
MAYS LANDING NJ (Store 581)
100 Consumer Sq
Hamilton Mall
Mays Landing, NJ 08330
609-485-0500
do the order before 5pm tonight EST and I can pick them up after work. (I live in PA but work in NJ)
but be sure to call them and confirm they understand the person picking up won't have the CC.
My name is Chris Taylor JR PA Drivers License ending in 072
if you want I can root them for you too or leave them sealed up. (this way if ones a bum phone I can return it too \
also let me know if you want the boxes etc.. if I take all the goodies out and put it in a bubble bag etc.. will be a lot cheaper to ship.

Pm'd you. .. Yesterday... Not sure if youre getting them...
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I always miss those. replied
if anyone else wants to do this as well I am willing.
boy is cricket going to HATE US. they are going to sell ooodles of these phones and get NO accounts out of it hehehe

Looks like they have CWM Recovery working for this over on cricketusers.com. Would be cool if it had CM7 but all I see is a stock ROM out there.
Sometimes you can find used Android phones on ebay for this price but they are usually running a dated version of Android and have been used and abused. Something new running GB is a pretty good deal.

Cellular:Networks: CDMA800 (BC0), CDMA1900 (BC14)
Cellularata_Links: CDMA2000 1xRTT, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rel. 0, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev A
Not familiar with Verizon bands. Can I get this activated and functional on VZ? Assuming it can be unlocked.

I can say with almost a certainty no. verizon is adamant about NOT activating non verizon hardware on verizon.
short of cloning not likely to happen.

zakdoc89 said:
Anyone willing to help an international buyer out...
You get a free phone.
I buy 3 of these guys... You get to keep one.
All you have to do...
1) Tell me which store you can collect from
2) I place the order pay for it
3) I send you the proof
4) You collect 3 phones
5) Keep 1 phone
6) Ship the rest to the address i give you.. (i pay shipping)
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If you need someone to do it still pm me and I'll do it.
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hm looks like a good deal lol, i did same with old garminfone but it's stuck on 2.1 :S Tempted to switch to this one for the 2.3
But I have been able to keep a "landline" number using wifi + google voice + grooveip. Setup phone to dial out using groove and recieve with google voice app.

The OP has been kind enough to help me snag these... Thanks for all the PM's I appreciate the offers to help me out...
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