Just out of curiosity, what LAW states they have to tell you how to unlock a device that they paid a subsidy on? Not that the phones aren't too expensive as it is.. but I don't know of any law that states what you're talking about.
I'm actually surprised they don't. You could definatley use up your minutes in a hurry doing that (except with the unlimited plans that are starting to pop up all over the place).
I didn't know Nextel ever had a Patent on PTT. They just got a trademark.. The iDEN technology is owned by Motorola and the patent for that is definately not up.
Might as well hear both sides so you know what the heck people are talking about. I get tired of hearing people yell into their cell phones everywhere I go, cause you can clearly hear them, but you can't tell what they're yelling at, or why they're yelling in the first place. It would be more interesting if you could hear the other side.. don't you think?
1. you don't have to wait for the call to "connect" (takes a fraction of a second in most cases)
2. it's just like a walkie talkie, except only the person of your choise hears what you're saying rather than "everyong" on that "frequency" (Like a normal two way radio).
3. It cuts out alot of the un-neccesary "chitter-chatter"
-- i.e. "Hey Bill" - "Hey George" - "how you doing" - "good" - "so you going here or there" - "there" - "cool, well listen, blahb lah blah" - "ok"
--Nextel = "bill, you going here or there" - "there" - "thanks" -end of call
I find that if I call anyone, the second they answer the phone, if I just go "do you have those reports for me" (or whatnot), they go something like "umm.. who is this", and then "why don't you say hi or something first, rather than just cutting to the chase" and I say "hmmm.. cause I want to get this done and don't have time for small talk".. yet.. when I do it over DC that way, it's perfectly fine. Explain to me why that is.. cause it really makes no sense.. anyway..
4. In a way, PTT is beneficial cause the other person "has" to listen to you, and you "have" to listen to them.. You can't really cut them off in the middle of what their saying.. After all, in any communcations class you take, you will learn, if you have a reply before the other person is done talking, you are NOT truely listening to them (cause a true listener listens, then thinks about his/her reply, then replies).
5. Nextel bills by the second for all PTT calls, which can save you a bundle on minutes. Call someone for 15-20 seconds (even on Nextel) and you get "bounced" for a whole minute.
6. Until you use it, you don't realize the power and love you really have for it.:D
There are two iDEN providers in the U.S. - Nextel and SoutherLinc. Are you telling us that Motorola wanted a cell phone network so bad that they only created one large enough to scope out part of the country, then they let some other company come in and use their technology on another part of the country? That just doesn't make any sense to me. And then there's Mike (service provider) in Canada who also uses iDEN. Does Motorola own them too? If they wanted one so badly they would have gone all the way like they're known to do, they wouldn't have only covered half the country and let someone else take the other half.
Actually they are going to keep the iDEN network for the direct connect from what I understand. They are only going to change the cellular side of things to possible CDMA (in the talks). So it's likely we will soon see dual-mode/tri-mode phones.
No. Nextel was originally a two way radio only and they ADDED cellular to it.. It is much like Private Ham radio in a way. The key here is they added cellular to their ESMR network.. They aren't adding PTT to their cellular network (like all the other carriers)
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Just out of curiosity, what LAW states they have to tell you how to unlock a device that they paid a subsidy on? Not that the phones aren't too expensive as it is.. but I don't know of any law that states what you're talking about.
You think we'd have AMPS :D hehe.. that's funny.. I think we'd still be using CB's.. hopefully we would have made it that far.
I'm actually surprised they don't. You could definatley use up your minutes in a hurry doing that (except with the unlimited plans that are starting to pop up all over the place).
I didn't know Nextel ever had a Patent on PTT. They just got a trademark.. The iDEN technology is owned by Motorola and the patent for that is definately not up.
Might as well hear both sides so you know what the heck people are talking about. I get tired of hearing people yell into their cell phones everywhere I go, cause you can clearly hear them, but you can't tell what they're yelling at, or why they're yelling in the first place. It would be more interesting if you could hear the other side.. don't you think?
1. you don't have to wait for the call to "connect" (takes a fraction of a second in most cases) 2. it's just like a walkie talkie, except only the person of your choise hears what you're saying rather than "everyong" on that "frequency" (Like a normal two way radio). 3. It cuts out alot of the un-neccesary "chitter-chatter" -- i.e. "Hey Bill" - "Hey George" - "how you doing" - "good" - "so you going here or there" - "there" - "cool, well listen, blahb lah blah" - "ok" --Nextel = "bill, you going here or there" - "there" - "thanks" -end of call I find that if I call anyone, the second they answer the phone, if I just go "do you have those reports for me" (or whatnot), they go something like "umm.. who is this", and then "why don't you say hi or something first, rather than just cutting to the chase" and I say "hmmm.. cause I want to get this done and don't have time for small talk".. yet.. when I do it over DC that way, it's perfectly fine. Explain to me why that is.. cause it really makes no sense.. anyway.. 4. In a way, PTT is beneficial cause the other person "has" to listen to you, and you "have" to listen to them.. You can't really cut them off in the middle of what their saying.. After all, in any communcations class you take, you will learn, if you have a reply before the other person is done talking, you are NOT truely listening to them (cause a true listener listens, then thinks about his/her reply, then replies). 5. Nextel bills by the second for all PTT calls, which can save you a bundle on minutes. Call someone for 15-20 seconds (even on Nextel) and you get "bounced" for a whole minute. 6. Until you use it, you don't realize the power and love you really have for it. :D
There are two iDEN providers in the U.S. - Nextel and SoutherLinc. Are you telling us that Motorola wanted a cell phone network so bad that they only created one large enough to scope out part of the country, then they let some other company come in and use their technology on another part of the country? That just doesn't make any sense to me. And then there's Mike (service provider) in Canada who also uses iDEN. Does Motorola own them too? If they wanted one so badly they would have gone all the way like they're known to do, they wouldn't have only covered half the country and let someone else take the other half.
Actually they are going to keep the iDEN network for the direct connect from what I understand. They are only going to change the cellular side of things to possible CDMA (in the talks). So it's likely we will soon see dual-mode/tri-mode phones.
No. Nextel was originally a two way radio only and they ADDED cellular to it.. It is much like Private Ham radio in a way. The key here is they added cellular to their ESMR network.. They aren't adding PTT to their cellular network (like all the other carriers)
It's so nice using DC over a standard phone for the meer reason that it cuts out so much of the BS chitter chatter :D