Curious buyer :D

[spadeace9]

So can I use this without a Tmobile contract, just for wifi?

 

[Sergnes]

Yes but you need to pay the full unlock price of $450.00 Personally, I think the hspa+(4G) is a great deal from t-mobile. Its $40 a month for unlimited use...you get text messaging and tethering and its faster than my crappy home internet DSL (att, duh)

 

[jiwengang]

Yes you can. But my personal experience with TMobile 4G (HSPA+) is very very positive. Of course it does not make sense to you if 4G is not covering the area you are living most of the time though.

Well the network and unlimited usage is one plus point that made me want to try it despite of so many existing bad reviews in the market place.

 

[Arun01]

I bought one the other day for the full price & i will only use it with wifi & my phone's mobilehotspot so i have no need for the 4g..i just will pay for 1 month of 4g service then cancel.

 

[spadeace9]

thx for the replies Yea I'm going to get one and the 100mb a month plan.

 

[noxo]

Wifi adhoc/BT pan support?

I bought one the other day for the full price & i will only use it with wifi & my phone's mobilehotspot so i have no need for the 4g..i just will pay for 1 month of 4g service then cancel.

I guess you use app like aNetShare which provides full Wifi infra? Or does Dell Streak 7" support Adhoc Wifi (provided with Wifi tether or similar) or Bluetooth PANs?

I'm considering also eBaying this, but dont have T-Mobile available in my country

 

[illdill]

Your going to burn through the 100 mb plan in a couple days. Just a warning. It is the latest and greatest in mobile broadband pricing scams. They give you a basically worthless amount of data for a standard fee, or unlimited for a little more basically forcing you to take the unlimited package. The limited packages need to start with gb not mb but hey, they're in the moneymaking business.

 

[Arun01]

I guess you use app like aNetShare which provides full Wifi infra? Or does Dell Streak 7" support Adhoc Wifi (provided with Wifi tether or similar) or Bluetooth PANs?

I'm considering also eBaying this, but dont have T-Mobile available in my country

Hmm i can't quite answer that question but i use my wifi when i'm home then i use my smartphone when i'm away & use it as a mobile hotspot.Works great

However im going to be expecting a Honeycomb update this week !!!! or this thing goes back!!!!!

 

[webvan]

I guess you use app like aNetShare which provides full Wifi infra? Or does Dell Streak 7" support Adhoc Wifi (provided with Wifi tether or similar) or Bluetooth PANs?

I'm considering also eBaying this, but dont have T-Mobile available in my country

Would also like to know whether AdHoc can be activated like on the Tab and the Streak 5 ?

 

[jlczl]

I bought one the other day for the full price & i will only use it with wifi & my phone's mobilehotspot so i have no need for the 4g..i just will pay for 1 month of 4g service then cancel.

I'm actually doing the opposite. I cancelled my data plan on my phone and I use my S7 as the hotspot for my phone and my work phone.

 

[jiwengang]

I'm actually doing the opposite. I cancelled my data plan on my phone and I use my S7 as the hotspot for my phone and my work phone.

same here!

 

[webvan]

Ah so you're forced to pay at least one month if you want to use it?

 

[WookieFan]

Ah so you're forced to pay at least one month if you want to use it?

I am not sure that activating a data plan for one month is necessary. I bought direct from Dell and was not required to activate a data plan at that time. I can confirm that the S7 is fully functional even if the SIM is not activated. Just no HSPA+ data (mobile). If you do not activate a data plan, you have to pay full retail - US$450


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[webvan]

ok,thanks. I plan to piggyback on the data plan of my iPad, will just need to get AdHoc to work...apparently no one has done that yet on the Streak 7.

 

[dioandroid]

you can even see amazon instant video ¡!!!!! Nice!!!!!



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[webvan]

What's that ?

Got my Streak 7 and got AdHoc to work, in fact I wrote a little "how-to" : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970219

 

[WookieFan]

What's that ?

webvan - Amazon.com has a streaming video service for movies. You can download and/or stream movies you've purchased from them. I think it's US only, though. Just watched one of my movies to test it out. Great playback, even with about 70% signal from my wifi, the movie streamed perfectly from their site.

I have not found a media player app that would buffer movies streamed from my home server properly, though.

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[webvan]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Yes I'd also like to find the equivalent of Air Video that I use on my iphone to stream videos from my PC, wonder if orb would cut it.

 

[Hellzya]

have you tryed rock player? My son watches dora on it and its flawless.

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[chamberc]

PlayOn works great.

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