Two part question: 3G payment and upgradability Does the extra $100+ price tag on the 3G model mean that the 3G will always be free, or is there some sort of payment plan? Also, will it be possible to purchase hardware to install in order to upgrade from wifi to 3G? Two part question: 3G payment and upgradability Does the extra $100+ price tag on the 3G model mean that the 3G will always be free, or is there some sort of payment plan? Also, will it be... » Read More Two part question: 3G payment and upgradability Does the extra $100+ price tag on the 3G model mean that the 3G will always be free, or is there some sort of payment plan? Also, will it be possible to purchase hardware to install in order to upgrade from wifi to 3G? « Show Less
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The built-in 3g is quite worth it, however you will probably need too buy at least 1 gb ($20) if you plan on doing anything heavy with it. As far as upgrades goes; the Samsung notebooks definitely DO NOT allow for upgrades, but Acer has a very long history of having very easy upgrades that I'm sure is extended with they're chromebook offerings.
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I believe I've read that the 3G comes with 2 years of free Verizon with a 100MB/month limit before additional charges. Other than a little lite text-only email it seems like it would be pretty easy to blow thru that limit. Suggestions I've seen is to get the wifi model and tether it to a smart phone. Don't know about upgrades but I doubt it.
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If the description is just Wi-fi, then no, you can't hook it to a cellular provider. If it's Wi-fi + Cellular, yes, it's "ready" for your cell plan. My advice is, if you can afford it get the Cellular version even if you don't plan to use that right away. You can't add cellular capability to the device after the fact if you change your mind, as I did after a few months: for $10 /mo. on Verizon it turned out to be worth it after all.
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Regards the phone works great up 3 g, until now has made no difficulty about that .. if you want to buy I recommend it to correctly ...
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Your $90.00 buys 10 Gig for 30 days. So if you don't use it up before your 30 days is up it is gone and you must buy another 30 days. If you use the 10 Gig before the 30 days is up then you must buy another 30 days which will run from the time you buy it. Most prepaid plans work this way. As far as web browsing goes, yo are free to browse anything you like, stream music or videos, shop online etc. until the 10 Gigs or 30 days is up, whichever comes first. I hope this helps you.
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No its only 3G but yes you can activate it at local Boost store or on your computer on by phone. But if it is used the provider has to get the homd released on it if the prior owner never officislly cancelled his account. Not a problem if do. Boost will handle it.
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NO, there is a chip set that enables the ipads to use 3G or 4G (LTE), but if you are thinking of getting cellular, you need to pony up the extra $150 now... you don't have to use it, but you won't be able to without the chipset in the ipad that will increase the cost by $150... but I would wait!!!!! They just finished notifying us that starting on Friday, there is a NEW Generation iPad (4th generation) that will have a A6X chip instead of a A5 at the same price and will be twice as fast for WiFi or Cellular and also in processing!!!!! In addition, they just announced an iPad Mini that will start at $329, and it will NOT have a retina display, but have the same display the iPad 2 had, but have all of the other features the current 3rd generation iPad has, and for another $130 or so, you can add cellular, so for $460 you can get a 7.9" ipad mini with cellular and 16GB of memory.
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There is wifi connection, I think you would have to buy a different Fujitsu tablet (one that comes with broadband/internet connection card on it) to get the 3G you're looking for. I think if the card doesn't come with it, you can't add it later on as aftermarket so you have to look into buying an external hotspot device or you can try tethering your cell phone to it if your cell phone provider allows for such thing. You can always call Fujitsu customer service and provide them with the model number of the fujitsu you want to buy and they can clarify for you if a 3 G connection is possible. They may have in stock a tablet model that can do more (probably Android and not Windows operating system) of what you want. I know that Fujitsu had a selection, a model just like this one but with an internet/broadband card, and newer sleeker tablets that are Android operating systems.
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Thanks for your interest on this phone. Yes, 3G WiFi. This model works anywhere in the world if you use a GSM carrier. Please check if your carrier supports GSM technology. NOTE: Unlocked phones are not yet programmed for any network. In order to access the internet and use multimedia messages, you will need to program the phone according to your carrier. We have instructions for AT&T and T-Mobile (USA only). We look forward on having you as a customer. Thanks, Gus
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If you are using Virgin Mobile's 3G I believe all U.S. plans include unlimited 3G for no additional cost (although there is, if I recall correctly, some fine print about limiting the speed past a basic threshold of usage). At home -- or in 'friendly' (accessible) WiFi situations you are not using the 3G and there would be no additional cost to you beyond what you are already paying for your internet connection.
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I just don't understand when basic connectivity became such a premium feature that it's worth more than a third the cost of the original device. I guess I can just vote with my dollars and not buy one =\
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I have no need for the phone service (have and pay for a cell phone already) but wonder at the other compromises like the CPU and video chip? Is it worth the extra to have these even tho I don't use the 3G chip?
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Since I don't own the 3G model, I can't say for sure, but I don't see why not; I don't believe there are any differences between the standard and 3G bodies.
655478
You can.just buy the one with 3G capability so that in case you don't have wifi you can buy credit and use it.
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Some of the games/apps seem to require WiFi. However there are some that don't. Of course it took a little more time for some things to load but yes, for the most part it does seem to work using the 3g network.
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Your iPad will last how long? Over 3 years?Don't you think for the lifetime of your ipad, your going to regret not getting 3g.Its 130$ extra but you don't have to to have the plan all the time. You can turn it on and off whenever you want. It's going to come in handy several times over the lifetime of your ipad. I've had my ipad since april and there are so many times when I wish i had got 3g (and more memory than 16gb, at least 32gb is good).
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If you are looking to use a lot of data (like streaming music and watching videos) outside of a wifi network, then yes it would be worth it because thats only way you can get 4G speeds. If you are OK with just having 3G, or if you will have ready access to a fast wifi network all the time then I suppose you can live with just a non-LTE version. But since you are gonna be paying for a data plan anyway, then you might as well take advantage of the 4G speeds they offer so you might as well get the LTE version.
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You will be able to do whatever you need. The free 4g is capped to 200Mb per month, but you can still purchase more if you go past it.