Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

vansmack wrote:

atomicfront wrote:
Well this paln still sucks as you can buy your phone from virgin mobile and get an unlimited text and internet and phone service for 35 a month.  Just buy your phone.  If you can't afford to buy a phone than you can't afford 90 bucks a month.

If you're not a power user (i.e., don't mind a phone that's a year old, is underpowered compared to today's top of the line phones and might not get software updates that aren't security threats), and have strong Sprint coverage in your area, than yes, Virgin Mobile is a great choice.  Just keep in mind that you have no roaming, no international coverage and your phone is locked to Virgin Mobile.

Galaxy II-S isn't underpowered.  I have never had any trouble getting service anywhere I have been in the US.  Yeah I don't have coverage in europe but I haven't had the need for a cell phone the two times in the past year that I have been in europe.  And I wonder how much of Iceland even has cell phone coverage.

so i have the galaxy s two phone.  i know that the whatever number version is about to come out within six months that can read your mind and tell you when youre supposed to think about what you are thinking about, but this is about my phone:  the samsung galaxy s two that came out . . . two to three years ago?  well anyway, it does the strangest thing, and others around me say that theirs does it too.  i deleted my old email off my phone after a job transfer switcharoo, and set up my new account.  gmail based.  set up fine with correct port numbers and all that.  i get my emails, but if i open them and then close the email app, the next time i open my email, the emails ive opend are gone off my phone, not my account, just my phone.  i f i dont open the email, it stays there.  never had that happen.  tried every setting, every change that should be telling me that no emails will be deletec unless i delete them, but it does what it wants.  plus the wireless comes on whenever it wants, and it does do that restart and shut off then reboot itself back, for no reason, but that is rare.  ive been told just replace your battery.  is it that simple?  thank you tech gigolos.

atomicfront wrote:
Galaxy II-S isn't underpowered. 

Go back and read what I said.

Go ahead, I'll wait.

You see, I said "compared to today's top of the line phones" but just to humor you, the average lifespan of a phone is 18-24 months, and by lifespan I mean support and updates.

The GSII came out in May 2011, or almost 2 years ago.  We're 30 days from the GS4 coming out…

It will never see the next iteration of Android, likely called Key Lime Pie.  Some versions of it will never see Jelly Bean (Virgin might be in this boat).  So sadly, in the last 4 months you likely dropped about $350-$300 on a phone that's as good as it's going to get, will stop seeing software updates (thus will not be able to take advantage of the new features of Android) and eventually developer updates will not work on your phone because devs don't support phones that are two years old.

But hey, if you think it's powerful enough for you, that's all that matters.

walkonby wrote:
so i have the galaxy s two phone. 

So walky, are you checking email with the Gmail app or the Samsung supplied email app?  If it's the GMail app, let me know what version it is.

If it's the Samsung Mail app, I can't be much help - I don't have any phones that use TouchWiz, Samsungs version of Android.

And also, sometimes after a large update, nothing is better for your phone than a Factory Reset.  I do these all the time when beta software breaks my phone.

vansmack wrote:
TouchWiz, Samsungs version of Android.

TouchWiz - just rolls off the tongue…

vansmack wrote:

atomicfront wrote:
Galaxy II-S isn't underpowered. 

Go back and read what I said.

Go ahead, I'll wait.

You see, I said "compared to today's top of the line phones" but just to humor you, the average lifespan of a phone is 18-24 months, and by lifespan I mean support and updates.

The GSII came out in May 2011, or almost 2 years ago.  We're 30 days from the GS4 coming out…

It will never see the next iteration of Android, likely called Key Lime Pie.  Some versions of it will never see Jelly Bean (Virgin might be in this boat).  So sadly, in the last 4 months you likely dropped about $350-$300 on a phone that's as good as it's going to get, will stop seeing software updates (thus will not be able to take advantage of the new features of Android) and eventually developer updates will not work on your phone because devs don't support phones that are two years old.

But hey, if you think it's powerful enough for you, that's all that matters.

Well by your logic than the other plan with 99 downpayment and 20 dollars a month you are going to have an out of date phone for a long time.

I paid less than 300 dollars for the phone.  And I only have to pay 35 dollars for service. 

Newest phones cost 600 bucks.  So if you put down payment of 99 that means you have 501 to pay off. 501/20 = 25 months.  So are you going to keep the phone once your pay it off in 25 months?  That is where the savings would even come in the plan you mentioned.  I can buy a new phone every year.   Galaxy II-S isn't much different than a Galaxy III-s.  Same screen size and same camera.  It is fast enough.   

But it comes down to it is a phone.  I can watch videos, surf the net, make calls, play games, text and take photos, I can stream music from google music and rhapsody.  What else would I need to do?

Oh and I know people with 10 year old phones that work fine.

atomicfront wrote:
Well by your logic than the other plan with 99 downpayment and 20 dollars a month you are going to have an out of date phone for a long time.

I have the Nexus 4 from Google and paid $350 for it.  Unlocked, off contract, world phone with cutting edge hardware and it always has the most up to date software.

And Smackie NEVER has an out of date phone.

vansmack wrote:
My Death Star is almost fully operational.

Closer than I thought, actually.  I spent my free time this week rebuilding my network with this enterprise class equipment, complete with Cat6 throughput and a new Synology NAS.

Turns out Comcast's equipment was not prepared for this much firepower and their coaxial cable fried.  The result was that every other customer on this local plant (at least 2 square blocks) had pixelated television screens and their internet had slowed to a crawl.  Mine of course, was crytstal clear and blazing fast.

So the Comcast guy knocks on my door and looks at what I did and said "Impressive.  I don't see anything wrong with it, so let's just put a filter on your line and that should clear it up for everyone else."

That filter is in my apt, and I'm the only one with access to it.  I can envision a scenario where the Giants and the Angels are in the World Series and unless things are going the Halo's way, that filter's coming off.

And to think, I was just joking when I named my new SSID "Alderaan #neverforget"…

Where exactly are "the bees" playing in the US right now, smackie?

Yada wrote:
Where exactly are "the bees" playing in the US right now, smackie?

According to their tumbler page, they were in Florida when you asked.

They are in Denver at the end of this week and then back to Florida. But it could be that they don't have songkick set up properly on their site…

vansmack wrote:

Yada wrote:
Where exactly are "the bees" playing in the US right now, smackie?

According to their tumbler page, they were in Florida when you asked.

They are in Denver at the end of this week and then back to Florida. But it could be that they don't have songkick set up properly on their site…

No shit!!! Why the hell aren't they doing a proper tour and playing the most random parts of Florida, ever?? Thanks for the info!

And after further investigation… that's not The Bees from the UK.

Yada wrote:

No shit!!! Why the hell aren't they doing a proper tour and playing the most random parts of Florida, ever?? Thanks for the info!

There is an American band called "The Bees" and the UK version is known as "A Band of Bees" legally, stateside.  So it could just be that the songkick web plugin is referencing the American band with the same name.

Otherwise, yeah, I don't know why they'd be doing a twice monthly gig at a small venue in FL.

this made me think of the awesome band the bird and the bee. 

Robinson Cano left Scott Boras for Jay-Z?!

Wow.  Just wow.

"Accidental Racist" by Brad Paisley featuring LL Cool J

I.Have.No.Words.

Bullpen ERA close to 5 (15 ER in 27.2 innings).
A .120 batting average with runners in scoring position (9 for 75!).
76 runners LOB in 8 games.
Best starter on the DL for the month.

I lay in bed and stared at the ceiling last night in the dark for almost 2 hours in absolute fear of the future of this team.  It's like deja vu all over again.

Ray J - I Hit it First

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa0hj82sS1k

"I had her head going north and her ass going south
But now baby chose to go West"

I'm struggling to figure out what this song is about….

if i have the choice of an iphone 5 and galaxy s3, i should go with the galaxy, right?

godsshoeshine wrote:
if i have the choice of an iphone 5 and galaxy s3, i should go with the galaxy, right?

Work or pleasure?

Which carrier?

What other devices are in your ecosystem and do you buy a lot of apps (as opposed to free ones)?

work

verizon

apple everything personal, thinkpad for work

i buy limited apps, but wouldn't really need to buy any for the galaxy–i still have an iphone 5 for personal use