My-Cast on T-Mobile?

pman · #1 05-13-2007, 02:03 AM

I am looking into getting My-cast for chasing, and I have a razr and T-mobile service.* On my-cast's website, they say they service all major carriers, but under the list of carriers, t-mobile isn't there.* Does anyone know if t-mobile just doesn't allow this service to work on its phones?* Thanks* :)

#2 05-13-2007, 04:13 AM

What exactally is mycast?

and well I've heard of grlevel3 being able to go onto a gps system.

pman · #3 05-13-2007, 04:34 AM

My-cast is a cell phone weather service that gives up to date radar, warnings, lightning strikes, etc on your cell phone for a less as $4 a month.

http://my-cast.com/

My best guess is that it doesn't work with t-mobile service... leaving me with no other cheap alternative for radar in my car.* >:(

Side note: It was developed by Digital Cyclone, a company started ten years ago by the Twin Cities most popular (and least accurate) weatherman, Paul Douglas, who is also well-known for his doomsday global warming rhetoric and his most recent book, Restless Skies.* ;)

Josh Richardson · #4 05-13-2007, 04:47 AM

Ok, so 4 dollars a month times 12 months is $48 for the year.* For 80 bucks for life you could just pick up Gibson Ridge and be done with it plus get a product thats actually more useful.

pman · #5 05-13-2007, 05:05 AM

Yea, but as I understood it, the problem is that grlevel3 you can't get when you're out chasing b/c you need an internet connection.* So you have to have a wireless service on your laptop which you have to get other equipment for too.* $80 wouldn't break the bank, but some of the wireless devices that I'd need to buy might.* I looked at things like mobile threat net and almost had a heart attack when I looked at the price tag, so I'm hoping there's another way to do it on the cheap. Or if I just have to stop at anywhere they have free wi-fi (McD's, Starbucks, etc) and get radar instead.

dean · #6 05-13-2007, 05:09 AM

you can always just find a nowcaster, which doesnt cost anything besides the minutes you use on your cellphone. i'll send you a PM with some other things that might help you.

Josh Richardson · #7 05-13-2007, 05:13 AM

Ok, heres what you do..* Check into your cell company and see how much their data plans are and just get one of them depending on their coverage.* With that you will also buy a cheap data cable to tether between your laptop and phone.* If that option wont work for you then just use all the wi-fi spots you can plus a nowcaster.* That would be all you need right there.

pman · #8 05-13-2007, 05:16 AM

Ok, thanks, I'll look into that.* :) I know I have people that can nowcast too if I do need it.* One quick question, when you download grlevel3 as a file, can it be copied and transfered to a laptop via a pen drive if you download it on a desktop, or is it that whatever computer you download it to, it stays there and only there?

dean · #9 05-13-2007, 05:17 AM

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Ok, thanks, I'll look into that.* *:) I know I have people that can nowcast too if I do need it.* One quick question, when you download grlevel3 as a file, can it be copied and transfered to a laptop via a pen drive if you download it on a desktop, or is it that whatever computer you download it to, it stays there and only there?[/b]

check you inbox. as for your question, i've been told that you can put it on your laptop too as long as your not using if for someone else.

IL Storm Spotter · #10 09-26-2007, 09:03 PM

I had TWC on my phone but now have mycast and I got to say, MyCast is AWSOME!!!

But I am looking to buy other things...