On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 17:44, <[email protected]> wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk/topics > > [OT] cell phone advice [7 Updates] > Internet kill switch [6 Updates] > > Topic: [OT] cell phone advice > > [email protected] Feb 10 05:50PM ^ > > My cell phone contract with Verizon will be ending soon, and I am > considering switching to another carrier, since the CDMA technology used by > Verizon does not allow you to use the Internet during a voice call. I am > also dissatisfied with my BlackBerry Storm, and plan to get some variety of > Android phone. > > Can anyone offer advice on which carriers have good coverage in the > Nashville area, and which ones are spotty? Also, does anyone have advice on > phones? I would like something with a real keyboard.
Oh man I just went through cell phone hell to find a phone and provider. Sprint/Nextel/Clear/Virgin is the cheapest. Yes they are owned by same shareholders. Comcrap is in there somewhere too. Good phones though I had 1 DOA Blackberry and I didn't like the Pixi OS. So I returned. Verizon -- $hittest phones out at least on free ones. I had 2 DOA Blackberries. Then they charged me a termination fee in the first 30 days saying they were prorating my data used. Which their rep at the Verizon store used to reflash the machine. These I find to be in the mid range of prices. ATT -- I purchased a Motorola Bravo. This Android 2.1 phone has slipped under the radar because I don't hear it talked about much. It is just a little larger than an old touch screen MP3 player I had. This phone is completely T/Scrn. The coolest feature is Swype typing. The best I can describe it is likened as to cursive writing typing. ATT is the most pricey, BUT think about where you go if you travel. They are in the fringes where Vzn and Sprint aren't. The have a Canada plan published with the USA plans. Coverage wise I would say they are the Best. It helps that they have a Canada plan because the Bravo is a world/quad band phone. You MUST download from Market an app called DNS Settings. Some wonderful dev in their infinite wisdom is running the phone in IPV6 with a IPV4 tunnel that won't work on your home wifi without a DNS. Otherwise no other issues. When I spoke to like Level 4/5 devs I suggested that as a world phone they needed to have a toggle widget so a non-rooted phone could run on IPV4 in the USA, but if the user went overseas they could easily flip a widget toggle and be running in IPV6. I have yet to see a batch. I basically suggested then if you all don't do some toggling that you're going to encourage jailbreaking/rooting to get the need net functionality easily. gk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
