Even though I think the wifi hotspot functionality is great, it is going to kill your battery quick.
I concur^ . I have it on another device and I use it while on the charger as it will drain battery pretty quick. So just slap it into it's pod and your good to go.
Originally Posted by 312
Maybe I'm wrong, but I was told it's $20 for 2GBs (or something ridiculous like that).
Your absolutely correct. It is $20/2GB. And if you go over by even .0001kb it's another $20/1GB. So it would pay to watch your usage. It should be more like 500mb/$5 for each additional. It's almost like Verizon is tempting customers to tether illegally to get around the over priced hot spot fee. It does rock tho for the convenience.
Originally Posted by Ash_786
No carrier has it. Why do they have to get into carrier deals ? In the UK theres no Carrier deals with Android or any other OS so why should RIM ?
You guys are GSM tho right? Any unlocked GSM device will work and get around alot of carrier BS that way.
Hotspot functionality is a must-have for me... great for emergencies.
I must admit, I found it really helpful at times when the family went away and we were able to surf the web on 2 ipads and a playbook at the same time.
Normally, it's not a big deal as we have wifi at home. But when travelling, it's a life saver.
I must admit, I found it really helpful at times when the family went away and we were able to surf the web on 2 ipads and a playbook at the same time.
Normally, it's not a big deal as we have wifi at home. But when travelling, it's a life saver.
Ditto... I have it at work and at home, but every now and then, when away, it is cool that I can power all our devices.
still no information as to when this will be coming?
I am guess it will be in the next leak or something ? Im with bell and before the phone got released it said will enable wifi hotspot with software upgrade after launch. but i am still waiting for it.
T-Mobile in the US said they expect a release that enables both UMA and mobile hotspot functionality sometime in the future. At least two reps I spoke to seemed to think it would be a November-ish time frame but take that with a huge grain of salt!
i agree the hotspot is a big deal, but 4G is much faster if you have the coverage. and you can always get a stand alone mi-fi device. not as good as having it on the phone, but i will take a 4G mi-fi separate device over a 3G mobile hotspot on the phone any day.
but i will take a 4G mi-fi separate device over a 3G mobile hotspot on the phone any day.
Problem with that is 4G/LTE(whatever) is not nearly the coverage as 3G and is not where alot of people need it to be. So I'm just fine with my 3G hotspot and find it pretty fast enough.
Originally Posted by Ash_786
Still waiting for RIM / Anyone to reveal whats happening ?
I thought this was a verizon thing coming as an update later. RIM already has the software piece in the phones. Not sure thats right but if so then the ball is in Verizon's court and they move about as fast as RIM anyway.
I cant wait for this feature to be activated. I dont know why it is taking Carriers so long when every iphone has this feature and the Carriers did activate it.
I cant wait for this feature to be activated. I dont know why it is taking Carriers so long when every iphone has this feature and the Carriers did activate it.
Why don't you ask your carrier. Again, who really cares which phone has what? If you are not happy with you unit, then I suggest you return it. You can always buy an iphone as well.
While I was at work the other day I decided to look at the list of known issues for our 9930 and I see they had a article on Hotspot so I read it. Basically it was saying that the box has Hotspot capable on it but that feature won't be available until the 7.1 software release scheduled for Q4 but most likely Nov/Dec. That's exactly what it said. I swear. I was surprised when I saw it because of the 7.1 part
