WiFi hotspot generators; can the lovely person who gave me

[ghostjmf]

the name of 2 re-give them? I tried searching my posts here, but this one didn't come up. And what I'm getting from Google aren't names I recognize being given. And of course Staples tried to sell me something that costs as much as a smart phone per month (thanks, Staples).

I haven't bought the laptop yet, am getting the cart before the horse, but anyway.

[Bob Juch]

the name of 2 re-give them? I tried searching my posts here, but this one didn't come up. And what I'm getting from Google aren't names I recognize being given. And of course Staples tried to sell me something that costs as much as a smart phone per month (thanks, Staples).

I haven't bought the laptop yet, am getting the cart before the horse, but anyway.

Of course they're going to cost you as much as a smartphone per month. Verizon is $50/month.

[ghostjmf]

BJ says:

Of course they're going to cost you as much as a smartphone per month. Verizon is $50/month.

Nope, there are at least 2 that cost just the price of subscription per year, around $80.00.

You were not the person who gave me those refs. I will continue to search here; I guess I should be searching all posts; I thought just threads I was in would do it, but the search is apparently only finding my entries that mention WiFi. Or else the search isn't perfect, which wouldn't surprise me.

[ghostjmf]

The nice person appears to have been plasticene (hard to tell with those search results) & the cheap pay-once or pay-yearly hot-spot generators are Karma & FreedomPop Photon.

Now I need to remember those names.

I did have to search all posts, but the answer popped right up.

[tlynn78]

The nice person appears to have been plasticene (hard to tell with those search results) & the cheap pay-once or pay-yearly hot-spot generators are Karma & FreedomPop Photon.

Now I need to remember those names.

I did have to search all posts, but the answer popped right up.

I've never tried it, but maybe you could send yourself a PM, so you'd have easy access to the info when you're ready for it?

[ghostjmf]

Just for the record, Freedompop Photon, probably the one I'd go for as I'm not feeling all that Karmic (Karma is based on you sharing the spot with other Karma users; not exactly security here) costs $89.00 plus shipping for the device itself, & $17.99/month for their cheapest plan. Since all I plan to do with this is check for important e-mail from people who won't always phone me, I would go for the cheapest plan. Believe me, if I could buy a smart phone for $89.00 & pay only $17.99/month for connectivity, I'd have bought it.

I still have to buy either a Chromebook (the direction I'm leaning) or a Surface (lotsa Microsoft free software, but I have to check out if I have to pay for security software too). Or I just ditch this plan & go with whatever cheapest Kindle device lets me log on with 2 diff login names & then I don't have to buy a hotspot because Amazon covers the globe, or whatever.

[Bob Juch]

Just for the record, Freedompop Photon, probably the one I'd go for as I'm not feeling all that Karmic (Karma is based on you sharing the spot with other Karma users; not exactly security here) costs $89.00 plus shipping for the device itself, & $17.99/month for their cheapest plan. Since all I plan to do with this is check for important e-mail from people who won't always phone me, I would go for the cheapest plan. Believe me, if I could buy a smart phone for $89.00 & pay only $17.99/month for connectivity, I'd have bought it.

I still have to buy either a Chromebook (the direction I'm leaning) or a Surface (lotsa Microsoft free software, but I have to check out if I have to pay for security software too). Or I just ditch this plan & go with whatever cheapest Kindle device lets me log on with 2 diff login names & then I don't have to buy a hotspot because Amazon covers the globe, or whatever.

Well since the Freedom Spot Photon gives you 500MB per month free, that's seems to be a good deal.

You don't need to buy security software for the Surface. If you get a Surface RT there isn't any beyond the built-in Windows Defender and you can use the free Bitdefender for the Surface Pro.

[Estonut]

The nice person appears to have been plasticene (hard to tell with those search results) & the cheap pay-once or pay-yearly hot-spot generators are Karma & FreedomPop Photon.

Now I need to remember those names.

I did have to search all posts, but the answer popped right up.

I've never tried it, but maybe you could send yourself a PM, so you'd have easy access to the info when you're ready for it?

You could also "bookmark" the page. Somewhere on the page-viewing interface, there should be a "Bookmark topic" link/button. Later, go into User Control Panel, Manage bookmarks and you will see all the pages you've bookmarked.

[ghostjmf]

plasticene had originally mentioned the free usage; either plasticene or one of the articles I read after the original discussion. Freedompop Photon, which is now calling itself Freedom Spot Photon, didn't say anything about that on their web page, though; instead they offered the 1st month free of one of their 3 plans. I didn't complete the form of course (as I don't own a machine to hook it up to yet) but they're already offering me incentives for stuff in e-mail.

[ghostjmf]

kinda funny; the e-mail is from the company still calling itself Freedompop at least for this e-mail's purpose, & offering me the free 2GB with the device!

[plasticene]

Today of all days I go almost all day without looking at the Bored! And I happened to see a headline about FreedomPop today and remembered I had been researching them a while back, but couldn't recall why.

Here's the story that headline was attached to. My brain is too fried to evaluate it at the moment, but it appears to quite the rave review:
http://www.cnet.com/news/freedompop-bri ... CAD590a51e

Whether you buy a tablet from FreedomPop or bring your own, this is a seriously awesome deal. Unprecedented, unrivaled, maybe even unbeatable?

[ghostjmf]

This is tempting. Doesn't look like the Samsung has an actual laptop-style keyboard, i.e. one you can touch-type on, though. I know that I-pads don't. They have the good ole tablet one-letter-at-a-time stuff that drives me nutty.


(According to what a local NYC tech store told my sister, there has been enough demand for a portable keyboard (prolly wireless) for laptops that one-ups those laptop style abominations & actually behaves like a real keyboard, one with some weight to the keys & distance between them, for actual typing, that some co is actually making them. Unfortunately for me, it has a lot of specialized stuff on it too, so costs $300.00. Oh well.)

[Bob Juch]

This is tempting. Doesn't look like the Samsung has an actual laptop-style keyboard, i.e. one you can touch-type on, though. I know that I-pads don't. They have the good ole tablet one-letter-at-a-time stuff that drives me nutty.


(According to what a local NYC tech store told my sister, there has been enough demand for a portable keyboard (prolly wireless) for laptops that one-ups those laptop style abominations & actually behaves like a real keyboard, one with some weight to the keys & distance between them, for actual typing, that some co is actually making them. Unfortunately for me, it has a lot of specialized stuff on it too, so costs $300.00. Oh well.)

The Samsung tablet I had before it died had a great 3rd party case with a Bluetooth keyboard. I'll send it to you if you buy a Nexus 10.

[ghostjmf]

Thanks for the offer but do I have to buy a Nexus 10? I'm now thinking about this Samsung for $199.00 Freedompop is offering with their lovely WiFi hotspot already installed.


I believe I've already communicated here that I-stuff doesn't operate as-advertised for me. My fingers either don't have enough electrostatic charge, or have too much; it takes many repetitions for me to get anything on an I-device to open. I actually prefer little cursors, however difficult it is to move them across the screen, to touch-stuff that my touch can't make work. There is supposed to be some kind of electrified stylus for mutants like me, but I can't find a local store selling it. Yes, I know "the internet" is answer for everything. I will have to be getting the teeny bulbs for my flashlights off the internet, now the local hardware stores no longer sell them, even though they still sell the flashlights. Back to the topic at hand: presumably the Samsung works via cursor? Have to look into this too.


Still in the thinking stage, though. I may be there until these things operate via telepathy at this rate.

[Bob Juch]

Thanks for the offer but do I have to buy a Nexus 10? I'm now thinking about this Samsung for $199.00 Freedompop is offering with their lovely WiFi hotspot already installed.


I believe I've already communicated here that I-stuff doesn't operate as-advertised for me. My fingers either don't have enough electrostatic charge, or have too much; it takes many repetitions for me to get anything on an I-device to open. I actually prefer little cursors, however difficult it is to move them across the screen, to touch-stuff that my touch can't make work. There is supposed to be some kind of electrified stylus for mutants like me, but I can't find a local store selling it. Yes, I know "the internet" is answer for everything. I will have to be getting the teeny bulbs for my flashlights off the internet, now the local hardware stores no longer sell them, even though they still sell the flashlights. Back to the topic at hand: presumably the Samsung works via cursor? Have to look into this too.


Still in the thinking stage, though. I may be there until these things operate via telepathy at this rate.

Yes, the case won't fit anything else.

You need touchscreen styluses: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GBH ... UTF8&psc=1

[ghostjmf]

BJ:


Thanks for explaining by example what a "3rd party case" is; when I googled the term, all I got was legal stuff.

[Estonut]

I will have to be getting the teeny bulbs for my flashlights off the internet, now the local hardware stores no longer sell them, even though they still sell the flashlights.

If your flashlight is mid-to-high quality, it may have an extra bulb stashed away. My Mag-Lite and some cheaper brand each have an extra bulb packed in foam within the coils of the big conical spring in the end cap.

[ghostjmf]

Thanks Estonut, but I've known about the "bulb in the cap" on Mag-Lites for a long time. I think the original packaging highlighted (highlit?) it. Suffice to say I always store an extra back in the cap, but right now I'm down to no extras for the smaller flashlight. Which is when the trip to the handy hardware store I've always bought them at got me the "buy them on line" advice. Brrr.