Comments | electropaw: Battle of the phones

electropaw

Battle of the phones

Jul 12, 2010 18:11

I'm amazed of how far cell phones have come. The very first time I used a cellular phone was probably around the age of 4. I vaguely remember sitting in my dad's car, and him talking on this Centel-serviced car phone from time to time. One night he handed me the phone, and my mom was on the other end. Even with me being such a little guy, I thought ( Read more... )

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electropaw July 13 2010, 00:08:14 UTC

Wow, do people still use Crackberries? That's so 2008 XD

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electropaw July 13 2010, 02:19:40 UTC

Yes, the BB does seem to work well for such purposes..messages, emails, IM's BBM's, etc. Makes it a great work phone. In some ways the same could be said with my Treo, and that's what I've been using it for.

With my iTouch, I got spoiled with the amount of apps available for the thing. Echolink even has an app, where you can have QSO's using your iDevice. Pretty cool hehe.

About a year ago I almost sprung for the Storm. I was hoping that app support would increase but it didn't seem to take off like iOS/Android. Oh well..

furahi July 12 2010, 23:59:49 UTC

Wow... you are so young ;D

electropaw July 13 2010, 00:09:24 UTC

I can still talk in baby!! Goo goo, ga ga

coongt July 13 2010, 02:22:01 UTC

roma, roma ma!

ga ga, ooh la la!

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electropaw July 13 2010, 02:26:44 UTC

Yeah so far I'm pointing towards iPhone/Android. They seem to have what I want and need in a smartphone. I'm starting to feel sorry for Palm/HP and BB

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electropaw July 13 2010, 20:33:29 UTC

It's so unfortunate that WebOS is left behind to eat Apple's/Google's dust. It looked like a pretty neat OS. I'm not too hot for the handsets though.

With HP buying up Palm, I'm curious to see what they'll do with WebOS..it might get interesting.

mortonfox July 13 2010, 02:22:31 UTC

So far, I resisted getting a smartphone because my not-so-smart phone can run Opera Mini and supports Twitter, Foursquare, etc, that way. Also, the replacement cost for this phone is low. (only around $25 for a used Razr on eBay, last I checked) I suppose I'll eventually have to upgrade anyway but not for a while.

electropaw July 13 2010, 02:28:45 UTC

Hehe, if it works for your purposes, then there's no real need to upgrade. I'll miss that ability to have inexpensive replacements..

I didn't realize that foursquare made an app that will run on the Razr?

mortonfox July 13 2010, 02:33:02 UTC

It's Foursquare mobile website: http://foursquare.com/mobile/
Not the best user interface but it works. (mostly)

tysonwolf July 13 2010, 04:34:02 UTC

I've been running on a BB for just about 2 years now, its been a great phone but getting ready to upgrade to the android for the vastly expanded ability of the phone. I've played with both, and do like them both but I won't be making a change off of Verizon because I don't like AT&T and they don't have as good of service.

electropaw July 13 2010, 20:36:47 UTC

That's pretty much the reason why a lot of phone users won't go with a fruity device..it's the service! But, at the same time, I think that any other carrier would have the same problems with bandwidth if they had so many iPhone users polling out for email/IM/etc. Especially in densely populated areas.

I've had great luck with Verizon. The service costs a little more, but it works. Too bad you can't use the CDMA handsets in European markets, who knows if this upcoming 4G tech will make that a moot point.