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AT&T sues Verizon over 'there's a map for that' ads {Engadget Mobile}
Nov 3rd 2009 6:31PM OK, I know it's fashionable these days to rip on ATT, but do you think Verizon would have done any better with the explosion of iPhones on their network? ATT 3G was quite fast, right up until the iPhone came out. Yes, there are serious capacity problems with their cells in major metro areas. Yes, sometimes data services do slow down quite a bit. But I'm sorry, my email still comes through perfectly fine on my phone, even if it's EDGE, and I never see any problems with my DataConnect service on my laptop.
I've been using ATT (once Cingular) for going on 6 years now, and despite occasional random blackouts , I've had no super serious problems. And at least ATT doesn't remove existing features from phones, or replace native manufacturer interfaces with that horrific BREW crap. Or rush phones out the door just to make a big PR splash. *cough* Storm *cough*
And as far as reception goes, I've never lost reception on my phone outside of a building. Plus, do you really think all cellphones are created equal? They vary WILDLY between manufacturer and even specific models. Just because you went out and bought a crap phone without doing your research doesn't mean your first response should be "blame att's network".
Ok, they do need to up their network capacity. They need to up their back haul capacity (most sites still only have a single T1 servicing an entire tower). And Skipping HSPA+ and going straight to LTE would have been nice. But really, think before you speak. The end user experience with wireless devices is dependent on many many different factors and conditions. Don't just blame it on the network.
Microsoft's "Pink" smartphone could rival iPhone on Verizon {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 28th 2009 6:36PM you can in fact customize the today screen in 6.5. basically just requires some text file editing. or the wonderful folks at xda-developers have whipped up some nice customization tools.
oh and in reference to "TheAngryGamer", even on my old htc kaiser, windows mobile 6.5 flies. and i'm only running release candidate 1 (essentially still beta). much much faster than wm 6/6.1. it's not revolutionary, but it is a big step in the right direction. don't knock it till you've tried it, or however the saying goes.
now if only windows mobile could run on capacitive touch screens....
BlackBerry Connect support comes to smattering of HTC devices {Engadget Mobile}
Feb 14th 2009 7:00PM beats me, none of the aforementioned devices use win mo standard. but this definitely isn't news. bb connect has been available for a number of htc devices for quite some time. just another case of everyone else being behind the xda-devs curve.
HTC's Touch Diamond / Pro, how would you tweak 'em? {Engadget Mobile}
Jan 9th 2009 2:54PM xda-developers. that's how i'd tweak them.
BlackBerry Storm bows, comes next month to Verizon and Vodafone {Engadget Mobile}
Nov 1st 2008 4:22PM umm, so all those specs. damn. i feel so bad that i have a tilt. i've only got, let's see, tri-band 3g, and real quad band gsm/edge. not to mention, camera, gps, wifi, etc etc etc. oh and better web browser. and i can use blackberry connect to get all the integration stuff that supposedly makes blackberry's so unique. and umm, none of the general verizon cr@ppyness. any of you verizon folks enjoying that BREW common interface? not to mention cheaper overall service, and certainly cheaper roaming. so yea. go verzion and blackberry.
