One warning about Verizon: unless they've recently fixed this (the last month!), they have been having trouble with voicemail indications since at least 2003, when I quit using their service. I got an 7.5-hour late voice mail indication that caused me to have to make a 40-mile round trip extra and got no response from Verizon other than, "well you just have to do this complex sequence of keystrokes when you start your phone." Bullshit!
This was still happening as of last month both here and in the bay area. I haven't had this problem with Sprint (nor AT&T). On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>wrote: > On Thu, 2010-09-30 at 21:51 -0700, geremy condra wrote: > > > > > You can get an Android phone from any of the major carriers. The four > > majors each have a variety of both top- and mid-tier devices running > > it, and you can either buy the phones from them, through middlemen > > like RadioShack or WalMart, or online from Amazon etc. Verizon, > > Sprint, and T-Mobile all allow you to buy them off-contract, and if > > you're buying a top-tier phone and have the cash to buy off contract > > you should. > > I do not recommend buying off-contract. It is usually a wash if you end > up breaking the contract in terms of penalties versus buying > off-contract and if you end up not breaking the contract you get a great > deal. > > > > > As for the different kinds and brands, you can check out the writeup I > > did on the topic on my buzz[0]. Personally I don't think what I wrote > > there is much less accurate today than it was back then, but YMMV. The > > new G2 also looks to be pretty amazing, so if you're already leaning > > towards T-Mobile that might be enough to tip the scales in its favor. > > I have an HTC Incredible. It is a great phone. I also had a G1 until I > switched to Verison. It was a rock solid little phone (if a bit slow). > If the G2 is anywhere as solid you can feel confident in it. > > Sincerely, > > Joshua D. Drake > -- > PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor > Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 > Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering > http://twitter.com/cmdpromptinc | http://identi.ca/commandprompt > > -- Mark McWiggins 425-369-8286 (cell)
