On Sprint I'm always surprised to have good coverage 5 decks down in the engine room of a Liberty Ship (underwater) www.ssjeremiahobrien.org
At 10:56 AM 10/14/2009, you wrote: > > >Hi Art, > >My head is spinning - let us know how it goes! > >One note on "the basement issue". I've seen a wide variety of levels of >reception that are device dependent, rather than carrier dependent. For >example, sitting in my house, in my office, at my desk as I am now, my >Sprint service is excellent. When I tried a Verizon BB Storm, one of the >key reasons I took it back was the very poor reception (and attendant >dropped calls) while sitting right where I am now. My son's Samsung >thingamajib (never do remember the model) ALSO ON VERIZON, has excellent >reception sitting right where I am now. > >Short point is: you might find the Pre delivers acceptable cell reception >in your basement. > >Keep us posted. > >Cheers, > >Don > >From: <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Art >Alexion >Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 11:30 AM >To: <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Subject: Re: [Treo] Palm Pixi > >My observations in Philadelphia. > >Work phone BB 8330 Curve on Verizon >Personal phone Centro on Sprint. > >I can make voice calls on the BB in places like my basement which had >lousy reception on Sprint. On the other hand, the data is abysmal on >Verizon compared to Sprint. Other than email, I only use data on the >the Verizon BB when I absolutely have to. Pity, because I have tether >service on the BB. > >As of the last couple of days, WiMax is up in Philadelphia. I don't >know if the Pre or Pixi support it, but if so, it is a reason to >switch to Sprint. Sprint has a deal with Clear, the WiMax provider. >Clear gets to use Sprint 3g for its customers outside the WiMax >coverage area, and in return, Sprint gets to use WiMax for its >customers in the WiMax (which Sprint touts as 4G) coverage area. > >On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:36 AM, Glenn Kennedy ><<mailto:gleff49%40comcast.net>[email protected] ><mailto:gleff49%40comcast.net> > wrote: > > Sprint = Yawn. > > > > Palm needs to get back on Verizon, then we'll talk biz. > > > > BlackBerry is winning me over BIG time since Verizon dropped the Palm >755P. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sam Kamens" > <<mailto:shmoo27%2Btreo%40fastmail.fm>[email protected] ><mailto:shmoo27%2Btreo%40fastmail.fm> > > > To: <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 12:27:12 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada >Eastern > > Subject: Re: [Treo] Palm Pixi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My first thought is that I like having the keyboard always available - > > the slider makes it harder to get to the keyboard when I need it. > > > > But I don't know if I really want to give up the screen real estate for > > that... > > > > And I also wonder where the button went! > > > > Sam > > > > Craig Froehle wrote: > >> <http://is.gd/33HkC>http://is.gd/33HkC > >> > >> Thoughts? > >> > >> My first reaction was "hey, where'd the button go?" > >> > >> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > >-- > >-- >artAlexion >sent unsigned from webmail interface > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
