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Sep 3 / 4:45am

Droid X for $395 w/ Verizon PrePaid

by Alex Sian

Verizon recently announced that starting September 28th, they will be selling premium smartphones like the Droid X for use on their Pre-Paid service.

Reports indicate that on the PrePaid service, the DroidX will cost $395 and a $45/mo plan would provide for 450 minutes per month with no text messages.

Unlimited data to the phone would cost the same $30/mo that 2-year contract customers can get.

With Verizon's 4G service expected to roll out in 30 cities this year and more cities over the coming 12-18mos, many who want a new 3G smartphone right now, consider PrePaid service to be a smarter idea, rather than sign up for a 2-year contract.

photo By 惟①刻¼

Filed under // prepaid 3G 4g droidx smartphone unlimited data verizon

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Apr 30 / 12:45pm

ATT 3G iPad speed tests

by Alex Sian

Slowest speeds happen inside home/office

Decent speed inside living room

Best speeds are outside of house in front yard

Sent from my iPad

Filed under // 3G att ipad speedtest

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Apr 30 / 11:41am

3G iPad arrived

by Alex Sian

Finally! the FedEx folks really had me watching my door today.
Didn't want to miss them and chase a truck all over town ;-)

Attaching a few photos to this post that show the packaging is very similar to non-3G iPad.

The only real difference is that Apple includes a special tool to extract the SIM card.
You should be able to see that tool in the photo showing contents of box.

My new 3G iPad took me about 3 minutes to register onto the ATT network but signal is so bad inside my house, I had to stand in back driveway to do it. I expected that... and I plan on doing speedtest to show ATT 3G speeds with weak signal, and signal improved by some Wilson Electronics wireless amplifiers that I will be testing.

For those curious about the process to register for ATT 3G service, check out this new Apple Support Doc

Right now, my new 3G iPad is synching up photos/music/apps/etc with my Mac Pro... so I'll report more on it, later!