T-mobile 3G was just put into place where I live this month (Atlanta) and it has been far superior to AT&Ts service. With AT&T and my blackjack I barely got edge in my apartment and if it found a 3g signal it would switch to that which was an even worse signal. When I moved here I had been without a cell phone for a bit so I was getting a fresh contract and I spoke with a tech at AT&T who checked their internal tower overlays. He told me that I was completely covered by 3G and looking at the consumer maps I am completely covered, but even outside the apartment I don't get 3g half the places I should.
With the G1 I have been getting 1-3 bars of 3G in the apartment that alternates with 2-4 bars of edge (4 is the max bars on the phone). You also have the option to turn off 3G service to save battery and to prevent it from jumping back and forth between service. There are some things that need work, but it is a 1.0, the iPhone had problems too. I would like a virtual keyboard for when the keyboard is closed, but from what I have read that is on the roadmap and should be done in early 2009. Maps is awesome, contact/gmail/calendar integration is slick, even with the minimal number of apps right now a number of them are quite sick and I really can't wait to see what comes out within the next few weeks/months. I was worried about the battery, but so far it hasn't been horrible. I had to go into the hospital last night so I wasn't able to test the life as much as I wanted. I could go on and on about it, I can't compare it to the iPhone because I didn't own one, but I am paying a cancellation fee with AT&T and moving to T-mobile because I love this phone and the service so much. The monthly fees before discount are also less than AT&T with corporate discount. On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Michael Gorman <[email protected]>wrote: > My contract is up with Sprint on the 14th of next month, and i plan on on > getting the G1 as soon as it does. > > > Michael Gorman > > > > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Roger E. Rustad, Jr. < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> David Kaiser wrote: >> > for those of you (I know Peter is one) that have a google >> > leash^Wphone... be aware that there is a built-in security flaw >> >> I saw and played with one on Friday. In some ways, I like it a lot >> better than the iPhone, particularly the way that you can type *and* >> touch the screen. >> >> There are tons of little apps for it also, particularly ones that are of >> interest to sysadmin types (ssh shell, etc) >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > -- Peter Manis (678) 269-7979
