On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:46 AM, John Messeder <[email protected]> wrote: > But, he said, to turn it on meant to activate it, and that meant I > had to buy it. So much for an opp to play with buttons.
That's not correct. Every Sprint store I've been in since the Pre's launch in June had at least one functioning demo unit. > He did a lot of talking about the wonders of Android; more apps, > OTA service/no computer needed was his biggest sale point, after the > part about Pre not being very mature and Palm going out of business and > Android only being out since November and already having thousands of > useless apps -- oops, he didn't say useless. Wow...sounds you like you got hold of a real fanboi. :-/ It happens...I'd have asked if there was anyone who worked there who wasn't as biased you could talk to. ;-) > Then he handed me a HTC Hero, which is one cool looking phone. > Unfortunately, it was sold, won't be any more in for a few days. No > slider keyboard, all touch screen, including keyboard. No speed dial app > but I could clutter the desktop with icons to favorites. Might be worth > a try. I'm one of those who require a physical keyboard, so I've not seriously considered the Hero. I'd wait until the Hero gets updated to Android 2.x before jumping the gun...that's a big update and it'd be good to know it works well before being locked into a contract. > As i talk to some folks around here, non-Sprinters all, they told > of bad experiences with Sprint. Dropped calls, poor customer service. Sprint got a bad rap for poor customer service, but they went on a housecleaning push a year or so ago and it's been much better since. In fact, IIRC, Sprint won the best customer service award of all carriers in 2009. Granted, that's like winning the tallest midget award, but it's something. :-) > But no substantial complaints. The sales guy showed me a map, told me > about all the new towers, and pointed out Sprint uses Verizon towers > where there are no Spring towers. Right. When my Pre roams, it's on Verizon's towers. Sometimes I even get EvDO (3G) when roaming, but it's usually 1xRTT (2.5G). > Now then, most folks came to this forum because of their Treos, which > means Palm, which naturally slides into Pre, which until next week means > Sprint. > Still -- how's service with Sprint? And I guess I'll search out > some comparatives Pre vs Hero. Any carrier has dropped calls and dead spots; there's no perfect service. But, I've been rather happy with Sprint. I get good, if not great coverage, nearly everywhere I go and it's cheap, cheap, cheap. I've had service with 3 of the big 4 providers, so it's not a totally vacuous comparison.
