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Beta Site Bug
1. Can't use the Feedback Option to leave feedback, I receive the following message.
A site admin has neglected to set throttles for the action you're trying to do, so we cannot allow it.
2. There isn't any reply Buttons to the forums on the beta, is this buy design?
PS I'm using IE9, and yes I'm signed in.
Are you maybe behind a VPN, proxy, Tor, etc? Could be that you're behind an IP address that has been blacklisted by Curse.
If it's not that, I'd say ditch IE (forever) and give Chrome or FF a try.
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(Forgive me for not reading the thread, I'm still disinclined to read whatever people have pieced together story-wise - true or not.)
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LMAO, I don't even know what could cause this level of butthurt. I really don't know what could posses me to install Android on an iPhone, that's totally bizarre (however not terribly surprising). Fundamentally, I agree - buy Android!
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Blizzard has gotten really good at these sorts of releases - I don't expect any major problems or delays.
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As the suspense builds, I get more and more excited, so my wife and I will surely be taking a day off (or two?). I want to get a CE, but both my wife and I will already have a copy from the WoW annual pass, so I won't be afraid of ordering online or waiting a day or two before I pick it up.
If we can swing it, we'll do what we did with the Cataclysm release and head to bed as early as possible, then wake up at ~2:30am (11:30pm PST) to get ready to go. It is much easier if you get a day of prep time - I think I was able to go to bed really early the day before and stayed up all night, then went to bed in the afternoon again the next day. That way, I have no problems playing ~24+ hours and my sleep schedule gets right back on track. Of course, we'll have it preinstalled and ready to go, just gotta wait for the servers to be flipped on. =)
Although, that's assuming it goes live at midnight PST and not midnight in every timezone independently. Just gotta shift the time table slightly if they do that (which I don't expect.)
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1. Amazon, Best Buy, etc are "Authorized Verizon Retailers". They get into the VZW system and do your upgrade for you, just like you'd do in a VZW store, but with much cheaper prices (in my experience of course.)
2. Even if you don't get 4G at home, you'll still pick up 3G service. Since you're not paying any extra (and in fact may get double the data package), there's no reason not to go for 4G if you find a phone you like. We were pretty sure we were NOT going to get 4G service at the house, but we actually do. Even if you don't get it all the time, you'll definitely enjoy the faster speeds on the occasions that you do.
3. Interesting, I haven't done a whole lot of research into the new RAZR. Makes sense I guess, I'm sure it's ridiculously specialized. I do have to wonder what kind of charge it holds though, I've seen how insanely small it is... It just doesn't have much room for a hefty battery. In fact, is the RAZR as capable as other smartphones on the market? The ultrathin design isn't a huge selling point for me if it can't even keep up with everything else on the market.
It definitely is a big deal, much better to be informed than to walk in and let them tell you what you want!
If the RAZR Maxx is being shown at CES, it's probably still in dev or barely out of it - it's not likely to be on the market very soon, so you'd probably have to wait a few months.
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I only found out tonight that they had a new album, love it! I didn't care as much for the one before it (The Open Door), but the self titled album is fantastic.
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I checked VZW - $100. Some sort of rebate was available, but I've never gotten ANY of my rebates back from them ($150 worth over the last few years).
Next, I went for Amazon Wireless. Theirs was $30, but I was nervous about doing it online and accidentally changing the plan to the new "all your money are belong to us" plans.
Later, I went to Best Buy and Radio Shack. Both of them had insane deals - $0 (yes, free) for the Inc 2. Even better, the Thunderbolt, which was way more at VZW, was only $50. We ended up buying a phone at Best Buy. VZW doesn't have 4g specific plans, so we opted for the faster network you get with the Thunderbolt. As a bonus, at that time you got double the data for the same price if you upgraded to 4g smartphones. It took them a little while to get the phone added because of the old Alltel plan she has, but it was totally worth it.
So, moral of the story, don't buy through VZW.
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As for the phone, I've fallen in love with HTC. Any HTC phone should be a good bet, but I suggest the Thunderbolt for sure. I thought I wouldn't like the larger screen as compared to my Inc, but it's actually really awesome. Not to mention, it's quite fast and the 4g network does a great job. It does not have the hardware keyboard, just the touch keyboard.
I never fell in love with the Motorola Droids, some people love em, others don't. If you go Moto, I really have no idea what's good and what's not, but I can definitely recommend HTC. The Rezound is the newest and most expensive of the lot, so if you're looking to max out that budget, I imagine that is a great choice as well.
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Wide, sweeping generalizations typically aren't good things, but in this case, I believe this to be true - all smartphone batteries suck. What we're doing with these phones is ridiculous - they can do a million and one things with their surprisingly powerful processors, decent wireless Internet connections, WiFi, GPS, voice recognition, applications, etc, not to mention talking and texting. Battery technology simply cannot keep up with the demand the phones are putting on them.
Now, there are things you can do to make it work. First, an extended battery. For my Inc, it was a must. With moderate to heavy use throughout the day, I get about 18-24 hours out of the extended battery (whereas with the standard battery, I got about 6-8 hours with light to moderate use). For the Thunderbolt, it's not absolutely necessary. My wife gets probably 12-18 hours out of her battery with moderate use, although she still intends to buy an extended battery soon.
The single biggest battery drain is your screen. Yesterday, I had my screen on for a total of 5 minutes and after 18hrs on battery, I had 90% remaining. I had text messages come through all day from Google Voice (which I answered on my computer), I had WiFi on 100% of the time, I received and ignored one call, and there are always background processes doing whatever they do. Thus proper brightness management is a must. Have it at the very bare minimum possible for your current lighting conditions. Any ROM will have a power widget - use it. Turn the screen down, turn off WiFi if you're not using it, etc. There is contention over whether using a task killer is good or bad for your battery, but I do use one. I have mine kill tasks every hour. This gets rid of unnecessary processes that might be wasting CPU time. I use a custom Android ROM called CyanogenMod 7 (CM7). That has also definitely improved my battery consumption. It's probably not for the feint of heart, but totally worth it if you are savvy.
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As for data packages, the 300mb plan isn't even offered for smartphones, that's just for standard phones. While on holiday visiting my family, I was tethering to my computer for maybe 1-2 hours a day to browse the web for about a week; I stream my music via Google Music over 3g daily, sometimes less; I'll occasionally stream YouTube; I browse my RSS feeds (MMO-C, Diablo Fans, some comics, sometimes Lifehacker, etc) daily; I've probably updated 15 applications via 3g this month; I use my data package to send text messages via Google Voice, 30+ a day; and of course I browse the web or app store daily as well. All of this, and I use about 1-1.5gb a month. So, start with the 2gb plan and keep an eye on usage - if you're getting close, you can jump up to the next stage if you need to.
I've spent way too much effort on this post already, but I'll post again if I think of anything else. =)
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On my monitor, mine is narrower than expected (and occasionally has bugged on MMO-C to look similar). It's fixable by purging cache on reload for MMO, but no cigar this time.
MMO-C: http://i39.tinypic.com/1jma7p.jpg
DF: http://i40.tinypic.com/25f7wnq.jpg
I just noticed 5 pages in the thread so this may or may not have been mentioned already.
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I do have the Annual Pass though, so if I do choose to preorder a CE via Amazon, it won't bug me if it doesn't get here until midday Tuesday or Wednesday.
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The minimum might be higher for a CE listed @ $100, but I've put down $5 at Gamestop which was enough to reserve a copy of other games. If you're tight on cash now, maybe it's worth finding that $5 to save your ass, then pay later.