If I understand correctly, Dropbox allows you to access your files even when you're not connected to the Internet.
I'm pretty sure the Cloud doesn't ;)
+1 Dropbox -1 Cloud
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
New Wireless - Reality of 4G and How Stuff is Done
Now, I am making this post clearly not as a stockholder of AT&T or Verizon Wireless, because this information is in the consumer's interest.
Right now, when you use a 3G phone, the voice part of your call is done more or less traditionally... the voice packets go to the cell tower, and are transmitted, and all that stuff. it's sort of like a tin can and string phone, one end, other end, except there is no string. That's what made a cell phone different than a landline. It was more or less "voice" going through the air.
3G made the phone have a split personality over the analog phones of the 80s and early 90s. 3G data... texts, email checking, stock quote updates, where done over a data connection, and then voice calls were put separately into a voice connection area, from a simple standpoint. (You could look into this for weeks and weeks, it's not important the particular details.)
4G phones do EVERYTHING on data. Your voice calls, and all your emails, and texts, all go over a complete data channel.
You need to ask yourself, with a 4G phone, why would you ever pay for minutes if it's just data? You should be paying for data only. This is why Skype is so popular.
I hope 4G spells the end of "minute" plans. It should all be unlimited at that point to your "data package." For example, a 3gb data plan should include unlimited minutes until you hit the 3gb limit. Just my feelings. Charging for "minutes" when it's data is just a complete scam.
Right now, when you use a 3G phone, the voice part of your call is done more or less traditionally... the voice packets go to the cell tower, and are transmitted, and all that stuff. it's sort of like a tin can and string phone, one end, other end, except there is no string. That's what made a cell phone different than a landline. It was more or less "voice" going through the air.
3G made the phone have a split personality over the analog phones of the 80s and early 90s. 3G data... texts, email checking, stock quote updates, where done over a data connection, and then voice calls were put separately into a voice connection area, from a simple standpoint. (You could look into this for weeks and weeks, it's not important the particular details.)
4G phones do EVERYTHING on data. Your voice calls, and all your emails, and texts, all go over a complete data channel.
You need to ask yourself, with a 4G phone, why would you ever pay for minutes if it's just data? You should be paying for data only. This is why Skype is so popular.
I hope 4G spells the end of "minute" plans. It should all be unlimited at that point to your "data package." For example, a 3gb data plan should include unlimited minutes until you hit the 3gb limit. Just my feelings. Charging for "minutes" when it's data is just a complete scam.
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