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posted by CoolHand on Monday October 19 2015, @01:48AM   Printer-friendly
from the one-number-to-rule-them-all dept.

Has phone pairing proven too challenging to do via bluetooth?

Now, there is no reason to fear missing on personalized ads recommended just for you, since sharing the same portable phone number across all devices means that it doesn't matter what logins you use or don't use--you can be conveniently identified via one handy identification number.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/14/9529869/att-numbersync-connected-devices-shared-phone-number

Is this a service people believe they have been missing out on?

I personally find that pairing via bluetooth with my car is as simple as turning on bluetooth on my phone and being within 20 feet of my car--but the AT&T executive in question believes most people find this to be challenging to set up. His solution: Give the car your phone number. The same goes for any wearables you have, tablets, and your PC.


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  • (Score: 2) by CoolHand on Tuesday October 20 2015, @02:01AM

    by CoolHand (438) on Tuesday October 20 2015, @02:01AM (#252142) Journal

    The article you linked to states that the feature won't cost anything beyond the $10 fee that is already required to add a tablet to a mobile data share plan with AT&T

    (editor's note: we actually couldn't find the article he linked to.. I found the closest/best thing to it that I could find and inserted that link)

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