Apple iPhone Ping!
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Posted on 06/19/2010 9:37:50 PM PDT by Feline_AIDS
Hey Freepers,
I've decided to enter the world of smart phones. There are two options at this point: iPhone 4 or the HTC Incredible.
I'd like your opinion if you've got some experience with either of these phones. I played with the Incredible today and was very impressed. I've known iPhone users who swear by their devices.
Right now I'm leaning toward the HTC Incredible. #1- Verizon does have good coverage. I'm looking for a phone, after all. #2- Incredible seems to move very fast. #3- Incredible has voice to text. #4-Can't think of anything that the new iPhone will do that the HTC won't, except a front facing camera, but I really don't care about that. I use a phone camera to snap pictures of funny/weird/cool things, and #5 the HTC has an 8 megapixel camera.
this is a bit deceptive above.
ALL microSD chip slots are up to 32gig.
Yeah, I’ve actually had it replaced by Sprint. I told them I’m shipping it back and they can save the cost is how much I hate it!
Thanks for replying and checking. First they tried to tell me it could never be just my bb, but I insisted and then sent a new one.
Where you live it may be totally different, just thought I’d share my experience with you. I’m in Albuquerque and travel frequently all over NM, AZ, Western TX and CO.
A big one. iPhone does voice dialing via bluetooth headset. Droid does not.
I would not want to fumble with my phone to call someone while I’m driving.
Oh, and if you have a Sprint everything plan, which you must to have the Evo, data and call roaming is free. What that means is that even if you are not in Sprint's network coverage, you can roam on Verizon's network at no charge. So, even if Verizon is correct that it has the best coverage, you get it with Sprint.
Palm Pre on Verizon, with free included Mobile Hotspot, is pretty good too, especially if you need occasional internet access away from home or office.
“My only complaint about my iPhone is that AT&T doesn’t allow tethering to computers. “
Actually it does, now.
I was considering an iphone 4 and stepped through the ATT data options (starting from the apple website) and one of them was tethering, it was around $30.
Of course, if you use your computer a lot away from networks or wi-fi, you can always get a data only line for $60/mo.
My HTC pro connects to my car via bluetooth. I have voice dial that really works. I drive enough that I found dark spots on both Verizon and ATT networks.
I would go with the best network in your area.
Not sure but I thought I read that the evo also gave 8 device hotspot also.
“Smart telephone”? Hardy, har, har! Just how smart? Will it hug you, kiss you goodnight? Do your homework?
Smart marketers, dumb consumers.
We bought my wife an ipod touch for her birthday last November. She really likes it as an alternative to her Palm. I like the interface and it has been very reliable.
Lots of people believe that the basic machine without phone is great. My son, grandson, and sister all bought Ipad’s. They love them because of that same great interface.
I, on the other hand, was given a Nexus One Droid. I added a data plan to my current t-mobile family plan for $30/mo. It works great.
(1)Not quite the phone quality I had from my Motorola, but acceptable.
(2)Needs better interface for alarms on calendar events. If you touch the face when you pull it out you can sometimes dismiss the alarm without being able to see what it was for.
(3)I have no idea about the iphone, but the Droids I have seen have a definite problem with screen glare. I have to take off my sunglasses and get in the shade.
(4)My initial attempts to tether this weekend worked fine. The software connected in a fashion which did not incur extra t-mobile charges.
(5)The gps on the Droid works really nicely and works with voice control.
(6)While iphone has more apps (so far) I have seen nothing compelling which is not available in some form on droid.
(7)Apple purportedly does a better job of screening apps in their store. The droid marketplace depends on the user community to provide ratings. I have seen some pretty inane sites on this.
(8)***BIGGY*** Itunes does NOT work well with multi-user Vista!! When my wife plugs her ipod in just to charge we both wind up with mucho useless windows popping up to inform us that the other is in charge of the device. Several times I have had to toggle back and forth between both user logins to clear these windows which continue to pop up AFTER the ipod is unplugged. The Apple forum I visited indicated that Apple had no interest in making their software work well on Windows. I can understand their contempt for the Windows environment, but they have a user community to support and many of us happen to be on Windows.
(9)Currently the Droid goes through the battery quickly. I have to recharge every night. On the other hand, as noted earlier in the thread, I can replace the battery myself and/or get a spare. I cannot do this with an Ipod.
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Get the Incredible.
I’m buying an iPhone and don’t need competition in line.
Yeah, like this statement of yours... the only malware for the iPhone is that which runs on JAIL BROKEN iPhones. Those that have been deliberately broken from the protections that Apple has built into them... and then can download apps which include malware from sources other than the Apple App Store where all the apps are certified safe.
With my iPhone I merely connect to my computer and get the file. Much simpler... or if I have the file on my Mobile.me account... even simpler.
Very happy Sprint customer here. I travel around southeastern US without issue. I can always make a call and except for some small spots like the nc/tn state line and area between va/ky state line...I’ve never had a problem making a phone call or sending text message. We have unlimited data & more minutes than we will ever use in a month for less $$$ per month than AT&T, T-mobile and Verizon.
Forget about the iPhone, unless you want Steve Jobs being able to decide what software you can run and what you can do with your phone. Avoid the Apple lock-in. I recommend the Nexus One from Google. You can find it at http://www.google.com/phone. With Android 2.2 its the best smartphone out there.
Did you read my link? This isn't a jailbroken phone, and yes, it's malware. My statement was correct. Unlike yours, which is wrong (the link proves it so).
I'll await your acknowledgment of your error...
I see reading comprehension is a bit slow today...;)
That's EXACTLY what I did.
Except I could then hand my phone to the Kinko's guy, he could plug it in like a USB stick and drag-and-drop the file to their printer. No need for any extra software or steps to access the phone.
Can your iPhone do that?
We have had an AT&T family plan since 1998. In recent months all three of us of experienced lack of signal in places where Verizon users had strong signal. This lack of signal was not in some remote area. We were in populated San Francisco Bay areas.
I changed us all over to Verizon. After a great deal of research which included reading many online reviews and playing with the various Smart Phones at a Verizon stores, we decided on the Palm Pre. It has been a little over two weeks and we are very please with the Palm Pre and also strong signal we get throughout the Bay Area.
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