User: muchdrama
These are the most recent forum messages posted by muchdrama:
Re: 2002?
johnhr2 said:
2002 called and wants it stuff back Verizon.
Seriously who still uses AOL?
Why do you care who uses AOL as their news portal? Have you been to AOL's site? It's perfectly fine for any type of news, video, etc... If it's functional and usable, what's not to like?
MetroPCS, Cricket, Virgin, or Boost...
...yeah, you'll save a boatload of money. I did by going with Virgin and paying just $149 for an LG Optimus Elite.
But then you get what you pay for--which is to say, not much, as Virgin's coverage and data are absolutely dreadful. I'm currently trying to figure out if I'm going to sign up with AT&T.
Re: Cell reception issues...
marinecrafter said:
Hey ppl! Ok, so Im having an issue... I have had virgin mobil before, and I actually really did like it alot. I just canceled my verizon service for my area, because I barely got any service at my house, and it was too much for too little. Besides, their customer service was horrible... Anyways, I love my new virgin phone, but at my house it is still a bad service area, and I cant ...
Re: Vote Virgin for Virgins!
Drunk said:
I'm honestly thinking about going with el Virgin but I hate Richard Branson. I hate his beard and hate his hair and hate how 'posh' he is.
I'm really turned on by the cheap rates and that one android phone with 3D.
I wouldn't do it. I've been on Virgin for about 7 or 8 months now. Sprint's network is horrible. The only reasons I haven't dumped them are because they're dirt cheap, I'm not exactly a power user, and ...
Re: carriers
Rich Brome said:
I couldn't agree more. There are a decent number of people working for the manufacturers who feel the same way. The issue, as far as I can tell, is the carriers. They seem to think that's what their customers want. That, and/or they find it easy to sell phones with bigger numbers on the spec sheets.
There are some other explanations. Subsidies are a part of it. Really, I think it's a complex web of distortions in the ...
Re: AWE
6667779311 said:
Just what I need. An expensive phone on a limited coverage network. Tmobile coverage sucks where I live.
Good thing you've informed us it sucks where you live.
Re: Presto! Hocus Pocus
Eric M. Zeman said:
Have you checked it out? I got to see it in Barcelona last week and was impressed with the custom UI stuff for personalization. It was fast on the demo devices I saw, but that doesn't necessarily translate to real-world behavior.
I installed the Opera Beta on my Optimus Elite--hooray!, the mobile Facebook site finally displays correctly!
Just go away
JoelMikel said:
they don't have a BB app.... never have.
Misleading article aimed at further discrediting Blacbkerry. No surprise, really, considering Mayer's unfounded contempt for the company.
Yahoo is a terrible company with terrible products...Blackberry should send them a Thank You note for doing this public service
Yeah, that's right--because Phonescoop, which has been around for 12 years, would just make up a story about Yahoo products for Blackberry.
Quit spreading misinformation--or better yet, just quit posting altogether.
Rich--
--do you know if Sprint has lit up LTE in South Florida, yet? I haven't really found anything online that's definitive in that regard.
Re: 2005 called............
gloopey1 said:
Not to mention that most "smartphones" fail at the basic task for which they were created...making and receiving phone calls. Poor battery life, reception, and lackluster durability are just a few things plaguing most modern tablet phones.
Bingo. And don't forget the earpiece volume on smartphones--just horrible.
Re: 2005 called............
jmac32here said:
There are still a lot of people who refuse to get a smart phone.. Some even still cannot due to their jobs. (Jobs may discourage mobile phone usage or have certain mobile phone requirements.)
I know for a fact employees at Boeing have not been allowed to even have phones with Cameras, this is especially true of those employees who work on Boeing's Government Contracts.
Careful. All this rational thought might cause all the 'This phonez sucksz!' posters ...
Re: 2005 called............
acdc1a said:
Smart phones still only have a 60% market penetration. 40% is still a lot of people to serve.
Exactly. Nice post.
Yeesh!
I think I'll take the $145 Nokia 500 Fate I see on the same page.
Re: ZTE=Fail
6667779311 said:
What ever chance Firefox had at being successful went out the door when they signed with ZTE.
Thank God we have you to rely on, oh great Nostradamus.
I think I'll wait and let events play out.
Re: Smart Move
Vmac39 said:
Never used Google's chat feature. Never really had a reason to, and I've always used Live on my computer. Now that the FB freature had been intergrated and I have a WP8, there's just no need for me to use Google.
Not that I wouldn't. I'm sure I probably would, if Google would actually stop being asses and make quality app for WP. By that, I mean actually make apps for WP and Windows 8.
If Windows Phone manages to ...
Re: Smart Move
Vmac39 said:
The funny thing is, it wasn't that long ago, people did. The introduction of Google Chat on Android phones changed that. Before that, you either used Live or Yahoo.
I used MSN Messenger or Live Messenger for years before Gmail came along--then *poof*, just used the chat client in Gmail from there on out. I also text quite a bit from my Gmail chat client--that's a great feature.
Re: LG Optimus Elite?
bobc74 said:
Well, you could always go back to Boost and buy their Galaxy SII that's been out for over a year. Or go to Virgin and buy a 2 and a half year old iPhone 4! :lol:
I'm already with Virgin using my Optimus Elite--which is a good solid phone...but Gingerbread is certainly dated. And now Sprint is just going to re-release it on their prepaid service.
LG Optimus Elite?
Way to start with a phone that's been on the market for, oh, 8 or 9 months. And I bet it'll be foisted upon us with Android 2.3, too.
Great on the desktop...
...but not nearly as intuitive on Android. I've tried to like FF for Android a few times--but I keep going to back to UC Browser.
Re: with metro...
bob a said:
microsoft has made it impossible for me to continue to use windows
Why? Just use it as you would Windows 7.
Geezus, people--just read up on something before you comment.
I use Gingerbread--
--but I'd never buy a phone today with Gingerbread installed. You just never know if you'll get an upgrade to ICS.
Re: Why The AT&T - T-Mobile Deal Fall Through Was Good
ChrisSmith2002 said:
Thanks for pointing that out- I now use Verizon. As a matter of fact, I just paid a $ 500.00 bill from AT&T to get out of my contract and switch to Verizon. If that doesn't tell you how bad my EDGE service was then I don't know what would.
Woof--ouch.
Re: Compared to what?
Mektah said:
100 bucks say the person who made this report just happens to have stock in those 'other' companies.
Sooooooooo--he's trying to crash his own stock in Huawei and ZTE, or he's got stock in American competitors?
Re: Why The AT&T - T-Mobile Deal Fall Through Was Good
ChrisSmith2002 said:
I understand the whole thing that "other carriers are doing it." However that doesn't mean AT&T has to be just as evil. It's so ridiculous that carriers can't differentiate themselves from the others. God forbid someone actually deliver a great product at a reasonable price. AT&T should offer a better return policy and lower prices in my area cause their service is sub-par at best.
Why are you using ATT if they're 'sub-par at best' in your area?
Seeing as how returning a purchased phone--
--can take longer than one thinks, this will be the perfect excuse for ATT to say 'Hey, you're locked into your contract, now--sorry.'
Re: Compared to what?
Globhead said:
The US government wants to spy on us at will, and the NSA won't say how many times it "accidentally" committed warrantless theft of our data.
Our wireless carriers can install Carrier IQ on our phones without our permission (software which is apparently a finger fumble away from oops-we-logged-your-keystrokes), and the US government doesn't give a hoot.
But they warn us that Huawei might, via unspecified hypothetical means, do unspecified things. And maybe they will, But our heroic politicians ...
Re: A sign of what's to come.
carmodboy99 said:
CDMA flip phone release in the midst of merger negotiations that immediately halt CDMA sales should they go through? How does this begin to make sense? I understand that you don't want to limit your income potential on the possibility hat the deal doesn't go through, but I don'y imagine even Metro customers beating down doors for this phone... what was the point of its release?
Simple. People out there still need a basic phone for ...
I used to recommend MetroPCS--
--as an alternative to other networks, but their implementation of 4G LTE has been horrific. I've never seen a 4G network run so damn slow. It's on par with Sprint's 3G, which is to say, slow.
And Gingerbread? Really? Why doesn't Metro just punch you in the face, as well.
Re: Let me get this strait?
Versed said:
Let me get this strait TMO is selling/leasing towers to itself for a couple of billion? I hope they pay taxes on the sale of these towers to themselves. If VZW or AT&T pulled off this shannagans their would already have been 167 discussion messages on how they're out to screw sociey.
You did not, in fact, get this straight at all.
Re: $0.00
Tofuchong said:
I think I speak for everybody here when I say we don't take anything you say seriously. You've earned that reputation, just know that.
All irrational fanboys are not taken seriously.
Re: I wonder how much Judge Gildea was paid off by Apple
BigRed75 said:
Is anyone really surprised by this verdict? :roll:
I wonder when people will stop making unsubstantiated remarks on Phonescoop.
I like Metro--
--they're a good alternative.
But nowhere near enough to justify paying $460 for a phone.
Re: First Galaxy-Class Phone
Tofuchong said:
Shouldn't this phone be called the Enterprise?
Just sayin'
I see what you did, there.
Re: It is what it is, and that's all that it is.
wdfichtel said:
I'm an advanced android user and also tech support for phones, so I was initially concerned when I learned that the new myTouch line was going to be put out by Huawei. This was the company responsible for the Tap and the Comet, so their track record hadn't been the best, but their Springboard tablet was pretty solid, so there was at least a chance for redemption.
After playing with them, I can attest that this is a ...
Re: I was about to comment this.
Dreyfous23 said:
Except for the fact that Adobe will no longer be updating Flash and it's become a aging format.
Uh, since when have you seen Windows Media or DivX on a mobile platform, Captain? The Internet does, indeed, run on Flash. And it's not going away immediately. Not until media producers change over to HTML5.
I made the mistake--
--of purchasing the LG Optimus Elite...just before the One V got to market. I would have gladly paid the extra $50 for the V.
Re: I was about to comment this.
Captain Ahash said:
The format hasn't really kept up with the times either. It's been ages since I've even seen a realaudio or realvideo file.
It's the same thing with Windows Media or DivX. It's like they haven't realized the Interwebs runs on Flash.
Re: Nice update
Rich Brome said:
It took much longer than we wanted to get this phone posted, although it's so low-end that I doubt many people cared. It's so low-end that there isn't any marketing being done for it, so it was difficult to get the info we needed. Our contacts at T-Mobile didn't have the usual stack of info to share.
Yeah, I'm dumbfounded that T-Mobile is still releasing new 2G-only phones. I assume it means they plan to keep GSM around ...
Re: Really?
acdc1a said:
I'm also in South Florida and get 3Mbps in both directions. As I said, it's no Verizon but it's like saying Bloomingdales has better quality merchandise than Walmart. Of course they do, but what is it you're buying?
Considering I pay $40 per month and have unlimited everything I'd say I'm getting a pretty good deal. For $70 you don't even have to worry about being throttled. More than you can say about any other ...
Re: Really?
acdc1a said:
I thought you were in FLA muchdrama. 4G on the better phones is pretty good. It's no Verizon or even T-Mobile's 4G ish service, but it's fast enough...and I rarely run into a spot without coverage.
I'm in South Florida. And the 4G is incredibly slow compared to Verizon's.
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