A ittle off topic

[Sir Smithwick]

KP I here even the new i phone has a crappy battery life.  Other than the battery do you like the Mortorola or would you go with something different?    

Glaodian glad to here you like your Samsung.  This is the direction I am going right now with the little bit of research that I have done. Crap it's a damn phone for bloody sake but I would like to at least make a decent purchase.    

[KiltedPrivateer]

I do like my Atrix.  Coming in new from the feature phone world it took some time to get use to all of the "features".  There are a lot of them.  But once you get the phone personalized and get to know where everything is and how it all works it really is a lot of fun and very very useful.  You begin to wonder - as always - how did we survive before this modern technology

[Blushing]

I have the Samsung Fascinate, and I like it as much as my brother likes his iPhone.  Coverage at TRF with Verizon has been great, at least when I've bothered to notice!  I had been waiting on the Iphone, but my Blackberry imploded before Verizon offered it.

As to battery life ... Smart phones are made to charge every day, they function rather differently than basic phones.  Some batteries may be a bit better than others, but if your'e using the features on your smart phone, a daily charge is normal.  However, very poor signal strength will drain the battery quicker than even having multiple apps going.  I don't run an app killer since recent updates on my phone, and there is still juice left at the end of the day, with moderate app/Internet use, phone calls and bluetooth use.

[BobSmith]

There's a reason every phone on the planet is compared to an iPhone.  It's because in form, function and flair, the iPhone sets the standard.  Every other phone vendor desires to make a phone as good as the iPhone.

The Apps are subjected to a more rigid standard than other smartphones which means better software, and more of it.

The hardware failure rates for iPhones is .03%.  Other vendors allow a 3-5% failure rate out of box.

The iPhone has a more intuitive user interface.  The iPhone UI is designed to be simple, clean, powerful and dynamic.

Single vendor for hardware/software/app debugging means much improved integration.

[Glaodian]

There's a reason every phone on the planet is compared to an iPhone.  It's because in form, function and flair, the iPhone sets the standard.  Every other phone vendor desires to make a phone as good as the iPhone.

The Apps are subjected to a more rigid standard than other smartphones which means better software, and more of it.

The hardware failure rates for iPhones is .03%.  Other vendors allow a 3-5% failure rate out of box.

The iPhone has a more intuitive user interface.  The iPhone UI is designed to be simple, clean, powerful and dynamic.

Single vendor for hardware/software/app debugging means much improved integration.

hahaha.  There really is only 2 kinds of smart phones out there.  Android OS and iPhone OS.  Windows phones dont even count.  So who else are they to compare with?

[KiltedPrivateer]

Plus the vendor of the phone does not develop the apps.  No iPhone preaching allowed here.  Jobs may have ascended but that does not make his gadgets the holy grail of electronics.  When it comes to integration, the google apps on an android phone are hard to beat.

Uh Oh, getting off topic (o:

iBologna makes a good sandwich (o:

[nomad]

I use sprint. Their coverage is good @ TRF. If you're like me, they have the best plan, unlimited. I use around 5 gig of data monthly. Pandora and netflix mostly.

[Merlin the Elder]

Personally, I prefer the noPhone. You can ignore everyone for the same low price, and your dropout worries are a thing of the past.

[KiltedPrivateer]

Personally, I prefer the noPhone. You can ignore everyone for the same low price, and your dropout worries are a thing of the past.

Luvvin This Idea

[Glaodian]

Personally, I prefer the noPhone. You can ignore everyone for the same low price, and your dropout worries are a thing of the past.

The nice thing about having a smart phone though, is the app Tapatalk that connects to these forums and makes it 100 times easier to read updates and such. 

[KiltedPrivateer]

That's weird. I just pulled out my phone to ask if anyone had used that app and if it was worth paying for.  That is the app that shows up the first time visiting this site from a mobile browser?

[Glaodian]

I believe so.  I use this app for a couple of sites.  PLUS, if you have a forums site that you admin elsewhere, it is free to add your site to it.  I have a friend that uses the app on his iCant and he loves it as well.  It was worth the couple of $$ to get it.

[*Teach*]

I use Blackberry Torch. As a phone and for what I wanted it is excellent. Drawbacks is that there are fewer and fewer apps for bberry these days. My main thing it does and does well is for the document handling and the fact that the keyboard isn't a touch screen. I am used to having a touch screen for everything else but I still don't like it for typing. It does still have a ton of apps, just not nearly as many as the others. RIM seriously missed a step about the time Droids came on strong and never have gotten their footing back. The hardware for the phone is still excellent though.
The lovely Lady Trinn uses Iphone 4 and has never once considered going back to any other phone. I can't blame her. It sets the bar and is what other phones look to be like these days.
As for carrier, we switched to AT&T so that she could have the Iphone and have not had any problems whatsoever. We had Verizon and probably would not have switched had it not been for the Iphone because again... never had a problem out there.

*The Bberry does have my bartender app that gives me plenty of rum drinks to try so that makes me happy enough*

[Sir Smithwick]

Finally got to a Verizon store today and looked around and asked some questions.  The sales people seem to push the iphone a lot.  Did not like that to much gave me the idea that the store would get a kick back.  The one phone i was interested in was the Motorola Droid3.  Does anyone have this phone and if they do can you give a review of it  Keep those reviews coming.