Verizon iPHONE
By now you may be overcome with excitement that the Verizon iPhone is here Yes, finally.
Time to buy it, right? Not so fast. Before you buy it, there are five reasons why you might want to wait, at least for a few months:
1. Verizon is pushing 4G, but iPhone is 3G
Verizon's chief priority for 2011 is to launch a 4G network that's faster and more reliable than the competition. There are four Android phones slated to arrive by mid-year intended to navigate the waters of Verizon's NEW LTE network like a Ferrari. So why do you want to stay in a 3G Honda?
2. Verizon's 3G is actually slower than AT&T's 3G Network.
While I can state from years of testing and field experience that Verizon offers a more reliable 3G network, it really isn't as fast as AT&T's. Speed isn't everything, and what good is speed when the connection is poor? But still, you should know this, especially if you love streaming Netflix to your phone.
3. The iPhone might have inherent phone flaws
The iPhone has never been a great "phone." Its dropped calls are the stuff of legend . But the dropped calls are real. So, the question is, are they a network thing or a device thing?
Apple is content to let the blame fall on AT&T, but last summer's "Antennagate" showed that there's plenty of finger pointing to go around. I suspect it's a little of both, which is why I intend to test the Verizon iPhone carefully before letting any loved ones buy in.
4. The iPhone can't run voice and data simultaneously
While the technical separation of Verizon's voice and data networks may end up being a reason it drops fewer calls, this is viewed as a flaw by some people who wish to browse the Web while chatting.
5. iPhone 5 is due in June
Like Pavlov's tinkling bell, Steve Jobs' last four early summer iPhone news conferences have programmed iPhone enthusiasts to salivate as the weather gets balmier. This year won't be any different, given the financial power of the annual refresh for Apple, not to mention the fact that carriers all over the world literally bank on it.
The only mystery here in the United States is whether or not there will be a radio chipset in the fifth iPhone that lets it run on both the Verizon and AT&T network. A unified iPhone 5 makes sense, especially if it also supports 4G LTE data. How Apple and Verizon will address this, maintaining both sales and customer confidence, is a true puzzlement.
Now that you know the five reasons not to buy one now, feel free to get in line, money in hand. Believe me, for gadget lovers who swear by Verizon's network, there's no shame in lusting, provided you enter into the transaction as an informed consumer.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Monday, December 13, 2010
TOP TEN BEST SMARTPHONES
Here's PCMag's Top Ten Best Smartphones AND MY PERSONAL COMMENTS:
•iPhone 4 (Rated 4.5) AT&T - reviewers called it "the best iPhone, yet or ever," and slightly ahead of the superphone pack. MY FAVORITE, IT IS THE BEST PHONE IN THE MARKET.
•Droid X (Rated 4.5) Verizon - called excellent and one of the hottest phones of the summer. The 4.3-inch (WVGA 854 x 480) touchscreen is referred to as gorgeous, beautiful and a knockout. IT IS A GOOD PHONE BUT BATTERY LIFE IS A CONCERN, ALSO THERE ARE NOT AS MANY APPS AS ON THE iPHONE.
•HTC EVO 4G (Rated 4) Sprint - with WiMAX high-speed data, video viewing, huge 4.3" touchscreen. Features of HTC EVO 4G include an 8-megapixel video-capture-capable camera and a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera for video chat. EXCELLENT PHONE, IT WOULD BE MY SECOND CHOICE AFTER THE iPHONE. IT IS REALLY A GREAT PHONE, GREAT CAMERA QUALITY. HTC IS GOING TO BE THE SECOND BEST PHONE COMPANY IN A FEW YEARS.
•Samsung Captivate (Rated 4) AT&T - reviewers all agreed that the Captivate captivates and called it the best Android smartphone at AT&T in August. VERY RIGID, DOES NOT LOOK THE PART.
•Samsung Vibrant (Rated 4) Sprint - the most praised features of the Samsung Vibrant are the super AMOLED touchscreen, preloaded entertainment (Avatar movie and SIM 3 game) and synching abilities. REALLY BORING PHONE, GOOD FEATURES BUT NOT VERY ATTRACTIVE.
•DROID Incredible (Rated 4.5) Verizon - Android smartphone with the full bells and whistles of an 8-megapixel camera (with LED flash), 8 Gigabytes of onboard storage, 3.7" OLED touchscreen, GPS, social-sync, FM radio and Bluetooth.
•iPhone 3GS (Rated 4.5) AT&T - last year's top iPhone, which is still selling well this year. GOOD PHONE, WOULD BE MY 3 CHOICE. LOTS OF FEATURES.
•BlackBerry Bold 9700 (Rated 4) AT&T, T-Mobile - reviewers liked the brilliant display, 3.5 mm headphone jack and fabulous messaging capabilities. The call quality, media playing, photo quality and video capture were rated well.
•Palm Pre Plus (Rated 4) Verizon - has the first smartphone to gather all information and unify it in one place - webOS. GOOD PHONE, BUT NEED MORE APPLICATIONS.
•HTC HD2 (Rated 4) T-Mobile - when it came out in April, it was the first smartphone to have a 4.3-inch touchscreen, later found in the HTC EVO 4G.GOOD PHONE, BUT NOT AS GOOD AS ITS BROTHER THE EVO
•iPhone 4 (Rated 4.5) AT&T - reviewers called it "the best iPhone, yet or ever," and slightly ahead of the superphone pack. MY FAVORITE, IT IS THE BEST PHONE IN THE MARKET.
•Droid X (Rated 4.5) Verizon - called excellent and one of the hottest phones of the summer. The 4.3-inch (WVGA 854 x 480) touchscreen is referred to as gorgeous, beautiful and a knockout. IT IS A GOOD PHONE BUT BATTERY LIFE IS A CONCERN, ALSO THERE ARE NOT AS MANY APPS AS ON THE iPHONE.
•HTC EVO 4G (Rated 4) Sprint - with WiMAX high-speed data, video viewing, huge 4.3" touchscreen. Features of HTC EVO 4G include an 8-megapixel video-capture-capable camera and a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera for video chat. EXCELLENT PHONE, IT WOULD BE MY SECOND CHOICE AFTER THE iPHONE. IT IS REALLY A GREAT PHONE, GREAT CAMERA QUALITY. HTC IS GOING TO BE THE SECOND BEST PHONE COMPANY IN A FEW YEARS.
•Samsung Captivate (Rated 4) AT&T - reviewers all agreed that the Captivate captivates and called it the best Android smartphone at AT&T in August. VERY RIGID, DOES NOT LOOK THE PART.
•Samsung Vibrant (Rated 4) Sprint - the most praised features of the Samsung Vibrant are the super AMOLED touchscreen, preloaded entertainment (Avatar movie and SIM 3 game) and synching abilities. REALLY BORING PHONE, GOOD FEATURES BUT NOT VERY ATTRACTIVE.
•DROID Incredible (Rated 4.5) Verizon - Android smartphone with the full bells and whistles of an 8-megapixel camera (with LED flash), 8 Gigabytes of onboard storage, 3.7" OLED touchscreen, GPS, social-sync, FM radio and Bluetooth.
•iPhone 3GS (Rated 4.5) AT&T - last year's top iPhone, which is still selling well this year. GOOD PHONE, WOULD BE MY 3 CHOICE. LOTS OF FEATURES.
•BlackBerry Bold 9700 (Rated 4) AT&T, T-Mobile - reviewers liked the brilliant display, 3.5 mm headphone jack and fabulous messaging capabilities. The call quality, media playing, photo quality and video capture were rated well.
•Palm Pre Plus (Rated 4) Verizon - has the first smartphone to gather all information and unify it in one place - webOS. GOOD PHONE, BUT NEED MORE APPLICATIONS.
•HTC HD2 (Rated 4) T-Mobile - when it came out in April, it was the first smartphone to have a 4.3-inch touchscreen, later found in the HTC EVO 4G.GOOD PHONE, BUT NOT AS GOOD AS ITS BROTHER THE EVO
Thursday, November 11, 2010
iPHONE 4 vs Other High End phones Accidental Damage %
According to a report by SquareTrade (a company that sells extended warranties), the iPhone 4 is the phone least likely to fail in the first year but is the THE MOST likely to break due to accidental damage.
The year long study looked at 50,000 warranty replacements. The iPhone 4 had the fewest malfunctions not due to accidental damage while Motorola and HTC Android phones tied for second. Blackberry phones failed 6.3% of the time in their first year of use, putting them near the bottom of the list.
More stats:
• The iPhone 3GS is THE LEAST likely to fail, with BlackBerry not far behind
• Motorola, HTC, and the iPhone 4 failed slightly more often, but none are projected to exceed an overall failure rate of 16%
• The aggregated group of other smart phones had the highest incidence of failure–17% in the first year-making them 44% more likely to fail than the iPhone 3GS
As for breakage, the iPhone 4 is king of the heap with 9.4% shattering in the first year while the Blackberry devices had an accidental damage rate of 6.7%, the lowest. Clearly if they stuck an iPhone inside a Blackberry you’d have the ultimate gorilla phone. Who’s with me?
Love my iPHONE.
The year long study looked at 50,000 warranty replacements. The iPhone 4 had the fewest malfunctions not due to accidental damage while Motorola and HTC Android phones tied for second. Blackberry phones failed 6.3% of the time in their first year of use, putting them near the bottom of the list.
More stats:
• The iPhone 3GS is THE LEAST likely to fail, with BlackBerry not far behind
• Motorola, HTC, and the iPhone 4 failed slightly more often, but none are projected to exceed an overall failure rate of 16%
• The aggregated group of other smart phones had the highest incidence of failure–17% in the first year-making them 44% more likely to fail than the iPhone 3GS
As for breakage, the iPhone 4 is king of the heap with 9.4% shattering in the first year while the Blackberry devices had an accidental damage rate of 6.7%, the lowest. Clearly if they stuck an iPhone inside a Blackberry you’d have the ultimate gorilla phone. Who’s with me?
Love my iPHONE.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Microsoft has confirmed that its new Windows Phone 7 goes on sale today, and the company is very eager to see how its highly publicized smartphone software stands up against the competition. And competition it has plenty off, between the iPhone, the many BlackBerrys and Google's extremely popular Android operating system, Microsoft has its work cut out for itself, to say the least.
But Microsoft may have underestimated something and that something is a very important detail, and it has to do with mobile apps developers.
Developers write mobile applications when there are a number of devices sold, but devices are sold when there are a lot of apps sold. So Microsoft could be facing a bit of a Catch 22 situation with its Windows Phone 7.
Microsoft's apps marketplace currently has a little more than about 1,000 apps, give or take. But that's very tiny compared to the 100,000 apps on Google's Android marketplace and over 250,000 on Apple's App Store.
Good luck to Windows Phone 7.
But Microsoft may have underestimated something and that something is a very important detail, and it has to do with mobile apps developers.
Developers write mobile applications when there are a number of devices sold, but devices are sold when there are a lot of apps sold. So Microsoft could be facing a bit of a Catch 22 situation with its Windows Phone 7.
Microsoft's apps marketplace currently has a little more than about 1,000 apps, give or take. But that's very tiny compared to the 100,000 apps on Google's Android marketplace and over 250,000 on Apple's App Store.
Good luck to Windows Phone 7.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Movistar has obtained a concession to operate a public telecommunications network nationwide, to offer pay television and satellite data services.
This came as part of the decision of the Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT) to deal with 18 issues in telecommunications. It awarded 10 grants of public telecommunications networks, 8 to provide pay television services to benefit communities in the states of Baja California, Chiapas, Estado de México, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, Querétaro and Veracruz, and one more satellite data services at national level and an additional allowance with basic telephony services and the provision of long distance capacity to cover people in Aguascalientes, Jalisco and Guanajuato.
Moreover, modified 7 concession titles, among which are authorizations to provide additional services in towns of the State of Mexico, Queretaro and Tamaulipas. Lastly, awarded frequency bands for official use to the National Institute of Historical Studies of Revolutions in Mexico, a body within the Ministry of Education.
Movistar is moving in the rigth direction, unstoppable.
This came as part of the decision of the Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT) to deal with 18 issues in telecommunications. It awarded 10 grants of public telecommunications networks, 8 to provide pay television services to benefit communities in the states of Baja California, Chiapas, Estado de México, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, Querétaro and Veracruz, and one more satellite data services at national level and an additional allowance with basic telephony services and the provision of long distance capacity to cover people in Aguascalientes, Jalisco and Guanajuato.
Moreover, modified 7 concession titles, among which are authorizations to provide additional services in towns of the State of Mexico, Queretaro and Tamaulipas. Lastly, awarded frequency bands for official use to the National Institute of Historical Studies of Revolutions in Mexico, a body within the Ministry of Education.
Movistar is moving in the rigth direction, unstoppable.
The Director of Regulatory Matters of Oi, Paulo Mattos, anticipated that the company will present a remedy against the decision of Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicaciones, ANATEL (Telecom Regulator) to set conditions on Portugal Telecom (PT) entry to Oi's shareholding, after the company pays its debts to funds such as FISTEL (Telecom Auditing Fund) and fines imposed on the last years.
The executive acknowledged that today, Oi holds a total of 92 processes totaling fines for US$73.2 million and that is explained by the fact that there is a business decision to appeal any sanction exceeding the US$590,000.
The executive acknowledged that today, Oi holds a total of 92 processes totaling fines for US$73.2 million and that is explained by the fact that there is a business decision to appeal any sanction exceeding the US$590,000.
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