SOCIAL: the big question

[Greg Zhovreboff]

Hey all,

Now I've a question about service! I think someone may have already  
mentioned this but what has folks' experience with T-Mobile been in  
the mission. I absolutely love my friend's Android and am starting to  
totally lose it with AT&T and my crackberry.

greg


On Jul 28, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Geoff Davis wrote:

> Plus with the iPhone you have to deal with this sort of nonsense:
>
> http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/27/apple-is-growing-rotten-to-the-core-and-its-likely-atts-fault/
>
> A big raspberry to you, 'Deep, and your dark master from the Googley  
> hordes.
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Erin Milnes  
> <erin.milnes at comcast.net> wrote:
> I had Nextel/Sprint and the coverage was poor in the East Bay,  
> including my
> house. I couldn't make/take a call reliably at home. Also trouble  
> spots on
> 580 near the Grand Lake Theater and at Park & MacArthur. And as far  
> as out
> in the world goes, when I was at Lake Mead a few years ago my  
> husband's
> Verizon phone had great reception, and I had zip. I now have Verizon  
> too and
> am much happier. No idea on what smartphone uses their network, tho.  
> I'll be
> sticking with a 'regular' phone for a while.
>
> I briefly tried an iPhone last year and didn't dig the audio quality  
> when
> using it as a phone (which is the point, isn't it?). Some apps were  
> very
> useful. But also had very poor coverage in my house--couldn't get  
> onto my
> wireless network and 3G was spotty. Maybe they are better now.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: social-bounces at lists.deeptrouble.com
> [mailto:social-bounces at lists.deeptrouble.com] On Behalf Of Adrian  
> Cotter
> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 9:26 PM
> To: Geoff Davis
> Cc: Social Social
> Subject: Re: SOCIAL: the big question
>
> Sprint sucked in our mission apartment. Haven't entirely seen if at&t
> is any better yet
>
> Adrian
>
> On Jul 27, 2009, at 8:58 PM, Geoff Davis <geoff at geoffdavis.net> wrote:
>
> > Agreed, AT&T is not so great in the Haight, either.  I had to get a
> > land line so I can make calls from my apartment.
> >
> > On Jul 27, 2009, at 8:54 PM, Greg Zhovreboff wrote:
> >
> >> Yikes. What a thread!
> >>
> >> It's funny though because basically it sounds like AT&T v. Sprint.
> >> As for coverage - especially if you live in the Mission - AT&T
> >> f**king sucks. Like, a lot. I live at 14th & Guerrero and there is
> >> (literally) a 4' x 4' square patch in my living room from which I
> >> can make calls. And even there it's sketchy. I had an iPhone (3 of
> >> them) and miss them dearly but they're not insureable under AT&T's
> >> coverage so after breaking my 3rd one, I opted for the Crackberry
> >> Bold. DON'T GET A BOLD!!! It's quite possibly the shittiest
> >> smartphone ever. And that's coming from someone who owned a first
> >> generation Samsung Blackjack.
> >>
> >> My understanding was that - at least back in the day - T-Mobile
> >> simply leased AT&T's network. So it should be the same coverage.
> >> Has that changed? I believe CREDO is an mvno off the Spring
> >> network. That said, I've no idea about Sprint.
> >>
> >> Good luck (and don't get a Bold)!
> >>
> >> greg/viva
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jul 27, 2009, at 4:22 PM, palak joshi wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> yes i like iphone.
> >>> BUT
> >>> they should give us video and flash. i know they give it in 3gs
> >>> but why not in my old iphone which i paid money for? hmph!
> >>> i dont like to text or reply to emails on iphone - my fingers
> >>> hurt! its strange its a virtual keyboard and it should not hurt at
> >>> all..becuase u are not supposed to press too hard! its a wierd
> >>> kind of stress that you feel when u try to type!
> >>> i drop my iphone all the time - now they have nice covers for
> >>> people like me. a rep once dropped a phone to show me how sturdy
> >>> his cover is !!!
> >>> if it was slightly bigger it would not fit in my hand but its just
> >>> the right size
> >>> attt did not drop my calls earlier so i would think its the iphone
> >>> that does it. i am used to it now and so are other people :)
> >>> it has very good picture resolution
> >>> it has an inbuilt nice ipod
> >>> the map is very useful
> >>> i love the voice recorder and record all my music lessons and
> >>> anyone who sings or says funny and nice things!
> >>> its a nice screen size
> >>> it lets you facebook easily if u are into it
> >>>
> >>> Its also a good looking piece of machine.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Alexandra Longsworth
> <alongsworth at gmail.com
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> Hi Sunny,
> >>>
> >>> I have to weigh in for the iphone - I've never had coverage
> >>> issues, and I'm really happy with the interface; I check email all
> >>> the time, and it's seamless.
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>>
> >>> Alexandra Longsworth
> >>>
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