I just got an iPhone 4S from Sprint.
I've had an Android phone since 2010 - through three different phones - and after a long, difficult struggle I had to abandon the platform.
After all the bad things I've said about the Apple ecosystem I feel a bit dirty about it, but I have to admit that the latest incarnation of the iPhone is probably the single best smartphone on the market.
Sorry, Google... your stuff just isn't as good.
The future casts a shadow on the past and we inhabit the brittle little moment in between.
Life is confusing and complex but it does make sense if you know how to read a book...or two. Occupy The Library.
You should be burned at the stake for having purchased either of those evil devices.
O.K....a little harsh. Perhaps just a good racking.
"Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers"
Voltaire
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
Edward Abbey
I told you that two years ago you putz. Good choice.Originally Posted by Cogburn
I also went from droid to iPhone.
Behold the Assassins, the children of two worlds!-Subject 16
Peace is a lie; there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me.
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I survived Apeci...May 2009
I sold out too, Cog. In December, I got an iPhone 4S, and I'm not sorry I did. It's awesome fun! lol
"Once, we were horses...." - Wyn.
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This one is probably better:
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My problem was always the hardware.
Android phones always had better stuff in them until the 4S.
32GB storage, 8MP digital stills, dual processors, and flawless 1080p video ...
There's no Android phone on the market that can touch it for the price. Not to mention, I don't have to mess with Verizon anymore.
Sorry, pack.
The future casts a shadow on the past and we inhabit the brittle little moment in between.
Life is confusing and complex but it does make sense if you know how to read a book...or two. Occupy The Library.
LOL I'm mobile phone-less for the moment.
I'll probably be getting one here in a month or two I imagine. I think I'm going to go with a prepaid plan... and get myself an android that I can load ArchMobile or one of the other new Linux distros for mobiles.
I can't play in a walled garden...
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You can get a 3GS for a hundred bucks right now. But I think you have to sign up for 2 years.
My phone has a turboincoabulator flotzulating the gizmatronic goobbersnitser.
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I don't want to do another contract....
If I go Virgin Mobile or Metro PCS or any other of the gazillion incarnates of the contract free smart phones... I don't have to deal with any of the major companies changing the contract after I've already signed.
AT&T did that, and its why I'm no longer with em. They decided that 'unlimited data' meant that I had unlimited data until I hit 2 gig. After two gig of bandwidth, they kick you off the unlimited plan and put you on another data plan.
Assholes. That doesn't sound like unlimited data to me... it sounds like a 2 gig plan.
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I think the 3GS is easy to jail break. Especially for a tech maven.
Yah, thats what I did with the iPhone 3G i had several years ago. Jailbroke it and all that jazz. Hell, even at one point installed android on it.
It drives me nuts though... the iPhone stuff isn't compatable with my comptuer at all... I used to have to keep a virtual machine of Windows around just to access half the stuff in it... even the Jailbreaking software is written for Mac or Windows... Nothign much for Linux.
Although, with linux, once it was jail broken I could ssh in and do all kinds of stuff at the hardware level... one of the things I did before putting android on it was dumping the ROM to a backup file so I could restore it if the hack went awry.
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That's mac's secret - complete integration of all their crap.
Treebeard"I am on nobody's side, because nobody is on my side, little orc."
Fuckit. All I do with mine is make an occasional phone call. It's mostly just a really pretty paper weight.
This.
Which is why I haven't bothered with smartphones, yet.
Interwebbing is what laptops are for.
Internet arguments are like the Special Olympics: even if you win, you're still retarded.
The free smartphone atomic fart app is great for elevators. [nods]
Hm...
You make a compelling argument, Moose.
Internet arguments are like the Special Olympics: even if you win, you're still retarded.
You could always just fart and blame it on the other guy.
Treebeard"I am on nobody's side, because nobody is on my side, little orc."
I like having an MP3 player, digital (stills and video) camera, PDA and phone.
If I had all that in multiple devices it would cost about $1000 dollars and I'd need a fanny pack.
Sometimes practicality wins.
Not to mention... iOS5 is still worlds better than Gingerbread.
Google can't build a decent UI to save their collective souls.
The future casts a shadow on the past and we inhabit the brittle little moment in between.
Life is confusing and complex but it does make sense if you know how to read a book...or two. Occupy The Library.
The oldest trick in the world.You could always just fart and blame it on the other guy.
GoogleSoul... the next step.
Treebeard"I am on nobody's side, because nobody is on my side, little orc."
And, it still works.
Treebeard"I am on nobody's side, because nobody is on my side, little orc."
Well... if you haven't read their new TOS and Privacy Policy....
Yet another reason I bailed on them.
The future casts a shadow on the past and we inhabit the brittle little moment in between.
Life is confusing and complex but it does make sense if you know how to read a book...or two. Occupy The Library.
Especially if you have a dog.
Just don't try it if there's only one other person in the elevator. I keep making that mistake.
Treebeard"I am on nobody's side, because nobody is on my side, little orc."
KILL YR iDOLZ
All the tinypeenies are playing the fiddlesticks while winking their rick berries and roam is bernsteining.
I find the "not having a cell phone plan" the best. For $0 dollars a month you get no annoying phone calls from people wanting stuff, complaining, talking to much and as a bonus friends and family are free (to go about their own lives without feeling the need to share every boring detail of it with you whenever they feel like despite what you may be doing)
Spoiler:
The argument doesn't work with me flap jack go back to your fucking cracker jack lifestyle and i'tt meet you at the evolution bell curve.
+1 for subscribing to Luddite Communications, Inc.
The future casts a shadow on the past and we inhabit the brittle little moment in between.
Life is confusing and complex but it does make sense if you know how to read a book...or two. Occupy The Library.
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