WiFi and T-Mobile Is it required that you have a T-Mobile Hotspot account to use the Coolpix Connect service like the Coolpix Connect Users Guide says? Also, I don't understand what the Alias is, is this the alias that I would get if I were to register for a T-Mobile Hotspot account? The WiFi is one of the biggest reasons I decided to go with this camera, as well as Nikon's suberb track record with me, but I'm am not inclined to sign up for an account that can cost up to $60 bucks a month just to send pictures from a digital camera. Does anyone know what I am talking about? WiFi and T-Mobile Is it required that you have a T-Mobile Hotspot account to use the Coolpix Connect service like the Coolpix Connect Users Guide says? Also, I don't understand what the Alias... » Read More WiFi and T-Mobile Is it required that you have a T-Mobile Hotspot account to use the Coolpix Connect service like the Coolpix Connect Users Guide says? Also, I don't understand what the Alias is, is this the alias that I would get if I were to register for a T-Mobile Hotspot account? The WiFi is one of the biggest reasons I decided to go with this camera, as well as Nikon's suberb track record with me, but I'm am not inclined to sign up for an account that can cost up to $60 bucks a month just to send pictures from a digital camera. Does anyone know what I am talking about? « Show Less
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The T-Mobile site says that camera Hotspot is $5/mo., and will continue until cancelled. I assume, therefore, that if you wanted to activate T-Mobile for one month because of a particular purpose, e.g., a trip to a place where you won't have laptop internet access, you could cancel after one month; otherwise it's $60/year. (The S51c comes with six months free; I don't know for sure, but it would surprise me if there same weren't true of the S50c.)
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You have to go through the camera selections and set it up and you will need a memory card with WiFi ability in order to do that. You can purchase it at a photo store where they probably will also help you to set this up.
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There was no such requirement when I reviewed this item. There was an offer to sign up with an external cloud service to record images, but it was optional. Your WiFi is your own business, not theirs, beyond using the camera to connect free via your local connection.
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The wifi feature only works with a compatible smart device. so you can connect using your new fancy phone after you download the following app from the app store. wirelessmobileutility by Nikon
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When they use the term "WiFi" to connect your remote to the camera, is easy to think you need your home router's wifi and internet for it to work . What it means, is that the camera acts like a router, and either your phone or the liveview remote act as a receiver. You connect to the camera "hotspot" and receive the stream from it. You DONT need internet nor your home wifi for this. Also the specs mention NFC. You don't need it to pair with your phone. You just type the WiFi password into your phone like you would on a normal WiFi.
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If you are already on a prepaid plan, it depends on how many minutes those 3-4 calls a month are used because the lower the amount of dollars in your phone, the higher the rate per minute; and vice versa - the more $$ in your phone, the lower the rate per minute. (Check the TMobile chart that is shown on Amazon for this phone.) And if you are using data directly from TMobile and NOT through WIFI, you most likely/definitely will pay more than $10 a month because you will need a data plan. It's not clear to me what you mean by "viewing pictures". If you are taking pictures with the phone's camera and viewing your own pictures, no problem. But if you are using data not connected to free WiFi, it will cost you. So to put it simply, you can probably stay within $10 a month (see chart for how many minutes) as long as you are connected to free WiFi in your home, coffee shop, or free WiFi place when you are using data. If you are NOT connected to free WiFi, you will need a monthly data plan for probably $30 to $50 or more per month. NOTE: once you change from Pay As You Go Prepaid to No Contract Monthly Plan, you MAY NOT be able to change back. Read the terms and conditions on box.
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The camera has to have a service provider to send photos whether it be to your phone or your email. The phone must be connected to a cellular data plan to send photos.
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You cannot connect the camera to a computer. The ethernet socket is for connecting it to the router, which you need to do in order to set it up. Once it is set up you can disconnect the ethernet cable and connect to the router through wifi. If you have not bought this yet, I would look at a different one. I have five of these types of cameras. They are all knock offs of the Foscam camera. I have had good luck with all of them except this one. I had it set up at our camper so I could keep an eye on things there. I could almost never connect to it, and when I did the response was agonizingly slow. It would reboot for no reason constantly, which means more waiting. I tried three of the other cameras just to rule out other hardware and the internet connection. They all worked great and very fast. I just packed this camera up to send it back to Amazon. Do yourself a favor and buy the Wanview or the Foscam. They are about the same price. Those are the two that I have that work best and are the fastest.
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If you are home and you have "paired" your camera and home modem, you can send your pics/videos through your modem/Canon. However, if you are traveling and staying in a hotel, you cannot send your pics directly to FB, Picasa, Shutterfly, etc....... you must bring your computer/tablet with you (it has to have been previously paired). So...if you are thinking you can transmit your pics directly when you are on vacation, let me clearly state: you can NOT. Canon should make that clearer to customers before they buy the camera. Your camera will not upload to FB, etc. (ex-as your smartphone would do easily) . I hope that helps; please let me know if you have any questions. If you are home and you have "paired" your camera and home modem, you can send your pics/videos through your modem/Canon. However, if you are traveling and staying in a hotel, you cannot send your pics directly to FB, Picasa, Shutterfly, etc....... you must bring your computer/tablet with you (it has to have been previously paired). So...if you are thinking you can transmit your pics directly when you are on vacation, let me clearly state: you can NOT. Canon should make that clearer to customers before they buy the camera. Your camera will not upload to FB, etc. (ex-as... » Read More If you are home and you have "paired" your camera and home modem, you can send your pics/videos through your modem/Canon. However, if you are traveling and staying in a hotel, you cannot send your pics directly to FB, Picasa, Shutterfly, etc....... you must bring your computer/tablet with you (it has to have been previously paired). So...if you are thinking you can transmit your pics directly when you are on vacation, let me clearly state: you can NOT. Canon should make that clearer to customers before they buy the camera. Your camera will not upload to FB, etc. (ex-as your smartphone would do easily) . I hope that helps; please let me know if you have any questions. « Show Less
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It looks like the TG-3 adds wifi and a focus stacking feature , newer image processor for whatever that's worth - true pic VII vs VI, 16 megapixel vs 12 , also an available macro flash. It appears largely the same. The wifi is nice because you can copy photos from the Camera to a phone directly without a card reader or laptop. Interestingly it looks like the back screen goes from OLED on the TG-2 to LCD on the TG-3, that might be a downgrade
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This camera is designed to work with data plans offered by cellular carriers that utilize SIM cards - the two major ones in the US are AT&T; and T-Mobile. If you plan on traveling oversees with this camera you can also purchase a pre-paid SIM card abroad, which would cost much less than paying the US carrier for international roaming. If you don't plan on using this camera with mobile broadband there's also a WiFi only model that costs less.
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This does not support the app directly because this model does not have WiFi. (WiFi is used to wirelessly stream video; They call the feature "MeterLink") The E40 would be the lowest model that has WiFi. (~$4000 on Flir's website). You can take images with this model, transfer them to your phone, and then open them with the app for analysis. I've _heard_ that you can connect the camera to your computer (via USB) and watch the stream connected that way, but I have tried this with mine, and it appears that the camera doesn't support video streaming because the option in the software is disabled for me.
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I bought it at Babies r Us, and unfortunately when I got home (I live outside US), the camera didn't work at all. I cannot make it connect to my wi-fi home network. I wrote customer service, and they tell me "it's only meant to work in the US and Canada"...!!, which I believe is ridiculous, since you are supposed to connect to your home network. I complained that it doesn't says so anywhere in the product, and for answer got: "it doesn't say anything because it is only sold in the US!!", like nowadays nobody travels and buys things from one country to be used somewhere else!!!I do not recommend this product at all!! I bought it at Babies r Us, and unfortunately when I got home (I live outside US), the camera didn't work at all. I cannot make it connect to my wi-fi home network. I wrote customer service, and they tell me "it's only meant to work in the US and Canada"...!!, which I believe is ridiculous, since you are supposed to connect to your home network. I complained that it doesn't says so anywhere in the product, and for answer got: "it doesn't say anything because it is only sold in the US!!", like nowadays nobody travels and buys things from one country to be used somewhere... » Read More I bought it at Babies r Us, and unfortunately when I got home (I live outside US), the camera didn't work at all. I cannot make it connect to my wi-fi home network. I wrote customer service, and they tell me "it's only meant to work in the US and Canada"...!!, which I believe is ridiculous, since you are supposed to connect to your home network. I complained that it doesn't says so anywhere in the product, and for answer got: "it doesn't say anything because it is only sold in the US!!", like nowadays nobody travels and buys things from one country to be used somewhere else!!!I do not recommend this product at all!! « Show Less
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Not sure I totally understand your question. If you plan on using the Y-Cam via WIFI, you do need to connect the camera to your router when performing the initial setup. When you connect the camera to the router it apparently searches out the homemonitor website when you power up the camera if everything is normal. When you are in the process of setting up your on-line account with your computer you will need the number on the rear side of the camera. This apparently links the camera to your account via the home monitor website. Once the camera is recognized, follow the remaining steps in the setup, unplug the camera and position it where you want it. In addition to needing to be connected to the router you will also need to power the camera during the set up process. After setting up your account for the first camera, you will need to also plug in each successive camera directly to the router, one at a time. In my case when I initially connected a camera to the router and plugged it in the camera would not connect to the homemonitor website. My problem ultimately turned out to be an old router. I simply upgraded to a new router....aside from getting my cameras working, my internet connection is noticeable faster. Another thing you need to do is ensure your router is WPA or WPA2 secure.....at least that is what I learned from Y-Cam customer support.
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You set it up just like a regular camera, except you have the option of adding a SIM card. With an active SIM card installed the camera can send pictures via email or text. have a AT&T SIM in mine that I added to my account. It is $9.99 per month with unlimited text. You run an application on a computer to setup the wireless feature then save the file to the SD Card and stick it in the camera. Overall its pretty easy to configure. I had to add a Wilson external antenna to get strong signal
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I purchased this camera for my son to be used at a high school for photography class. It has been a good camera with WiFi capability. He has already got some pretty good use out of it. Everything you need comes with the camera. I believe he charges it like other electronic items but not sure since I haven't used it. All in all, any item from Samsung is a good solid purchase. Hope all this helps.
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Oops! Sorry, I was mistaken. You can not use this in a hot spot that requires browser authentication. "this phone will not allow you to log on to subscription based public hotspots (such as T-Mobile) as it does not have a browser..." (part of a user opinion posted on CNET)