Gerald, allow me to confirm that. As a Verizon broadband customer, I read that in the mailer that came with last month's bill.
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Gerald Haynes <efhay...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I've read that Verizon will charge an extra fee and a data cap to use it as > a hotspot. > > Gerald Haynes > http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin & Hobbes who? > http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Tracy Curtis <tlcurti...@gmail.com> > *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Thu, July 1, 2010 3:34:39 PM > *Subject:* Re: [scifinoir2] As Kin Crashes and Burns, the Droid X rises > > > > Just the ability for it to be a hotspot makes it worth a lot. I didn't > know it could do that. > > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo. > com<ravena...@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > >> >> >> http://news. yahoo.com/ s/ytech_gadg/ ytech_gadg_ >> tc2996<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2996> >> >> While the world continues to line up for the latest iPhone — reception >> problems and all — Verizon's just-announced jumbo-screen Motorola Droid X >> has racked up a bevy of admiring reviews. >> >> David Pogue at the New York Times calls the Droid X (slated to arrive July >> 15 for $199, with a two-year Verizon Wireless contract and after a mail-in >> rebate) a "big, beautiful contender" with an "almost-Imax screen" (4.3 >> inches diagonally, to be exact, or almost a inch bigger than the iPhone's >> 3.5-inch display). The phone performs like a "speed rocket," Pogue gushes, >> and benefits from Google's "open and customizable" (and soon >> Flash-supporting) Android OS, although he also complains about a few nagging >> quirks (the security warnings before you download Android apps, the wonky >> screen rotation, the Wi-Fi-less Skype). >> >> The Droid X battery "gets you through a full day easily," Pogue continues, >> and there's also Verizon's "expensive but not-call-dropping network," as >> well as the handset's ability to act as a mobile hotspot for other Wi-Fi >> devices. That said, the Droid X isn't for everyone, Pogue warns, saying that >> the "absolutely huge" shell makes you feel "as if you're talking into a >> frozen waffle" when you're making a call, and that although Android is a >> great OS for "technically proficient high-end users," it's "more complicated >> and less polished" than Apple's iOS. >> >> > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
