Comments on: Should I Dump AT&T? And if So, What Next?

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By: Carolyn Blair

Carolyn Blair — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:55:29 +0000

OK I hate AT&T and am considering using a Gmail mobile phone but need to get a cell phone that is not controlled by –yep – AT&T! Any ideas?

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By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:26:22 +0000

Get the Pre…. Sprint offers the best deal, the only advantage to the Verizon ‘plus’ is the 16gb vs 8gb internal memory. The rest is the same.
Seidio offers a battery that adds to the ‘thickness’ of the phone but power of 2 full days of heavy use. Small tweaks are available from home brew authors to improve upon what is already the best OS available, and including home brew, you have well over 2000 apps. Sure, this falls short of Iphone and Android, but the palm Webos is better. The pre is the BEST voice cell phone I’ve owned hands down.
Camcorder and Flash support will be available on Spring AND verizon in February. Multitasking is also a must. Roaming is no charge on Verizon networks and hacks exists to force the sprint phone to roam only, but in my area, sprint outperforms, especially in data.

I could not imagine going with an iphone.. and my reasons are:

- Home Brew Applications System is not controlled by Fascist Apple

- Can change your own battery to almost triple batter life

- Can be used as a wireless router/movible access point with up to 5 connections.

- Best voice cell I’ve ever owned.

- Highly customizable/tweaks.

- Flash support in Web browser.

- All the apps you ‘really’ need.

- GPS Navigation included with sprint plan.

- WebOS/Cards/Multitasking

The ONLY drawback I see after the battery upgrade is the missing memory expansion and only 8 or 16gb internal memory, but the pluses of this phone well overshadow.

I am a picky person, I never like anything, but he Palm pre is the best phone and the coolest gadget I’ve ever owned. I’ve looked at the market and there is nothing I would consider trading this phone for.

GET THE PRE

By: Ploni Almoni

Ploni Almoni — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:06:11 +0000

It comes with the wireless-charger-compatible back cover, that will save you bucks on getting a full touchstone kit (you can get just the touchstone) but the Pre Plus does *not* come with the Touchstone. By double the power I assume you mean double the RAM and storage, it has the same (very good) Cortex processor that’s in the Pre, the 3GS, and the Droid.

By: technoview

technoview — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:00:10 +0000

Get Verizon’s Palm Pre Plus. It’s double the power of Sprint’s Palm Pre and comes with the wireless charger. Never mind the WiFi Hotspot special…just get the MyTether App for the Palm Pre at a fraction of the price (I’m using it now and works really great for my laptop!). Considering Palm Pre Plus’s awesome multitasking capability, synergy feature, wireless charger, multi-touch screen, etc..you get the best bang for your buck for this top of the line smartphone. Apps are rapidly growing for the Palm Pre, while I already have one app posted on the app catalog…I’ve got plenty more to build (can’t wait for the 3D SDK); just let me know what you’re looking for.

By: Backlin

Backlin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:02:11 +0000

How far do you have to go on your contract, or is the ETF a significant amount?

If you have ~6 months left, wait for Apple to announce an iPhone upgrade, and whether or not they’ll stay with AT&T as the exclusive carrier. If they go Verizon, do that. If not, dump your current iPhone and get a Nexus One (or the future pwnage Android phone), they should be on Verizon by then.

By: heulenwolf

heulenwolf — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:27:05 +0000

If you want to answer your question about whether the iPhone causes poor reception before making the leap to a new platform, try this:
1) Buy a unlocked GSM phone (lotsa cheap options out there <$50)
2) Add it to your AT&T account as a family plan line sharing minutes with your iPhone, voice only (should cost $10-20 more per month, right?)
3) Use Google Voice to send your calls to both phones and carry both with you for a month. Alternate which phone you take your calls on.

If you notice many calls coming through on the cheapo phone and not on the iPhone, then you know the iPhone radio hardware is part of the reception problem. If you don't, well, you know the iPhone works at least as well as the cheapo phone and maybe its time to look at a new carrier, preferably taking calls on each in the same environment.

If you try it, please tell us all how it goes.