Dumping my IPhone for Android

It is not so much that I don't like the IPhone, but AT&T has horrible service. If I am in my office downtown it often takes 3 tries to make an outbound call. The number of dropped calls is also pretty bad. I often do not get my voicemail in a timely manner either. I used to have Sprint before AT&T and that worked great downtown and in Conifer.

The Denver area is supposed to get 4G coverage in October or November. 4G will have 3 to 6MB download speeds. Now if they extend that up the 285 corridor, it would also mean I could also dump Qwest for my DSL connection which is only 1.5 MB/sec. With tethering enabled on Android phones you can use the phone as a wifi hotspot.

Android is also open when compared to the IPhone OS. You can install apps from many sources and are not limited to ITunes and the whims of Steve Jobs. Flash also works on these phones running Android 2.1. Version 2.2 of Android which was just released supports the latest Adobe flash player and its applications run 2 to 5 five times as fast. Steve Jobs will not allow Flash on the IPhone.

Check out the Sprint EVO, probably the best smart phone ever made.
http://now.sprint.com/evo/?ECID=vanity:evo

More info on the EVO
http://phandroid.com/2010/05/19/initial ... ever-made/

Since I have neither yet, I've been watching and learning as much as I can so I can decide which would be best for me. Can you tell me if the thing works as phone well going from say PJ to town? Do you have dead spots? With AT&T, I never or seldom lose a call from here to there, but with Verizon-friends, it seems they have a place near Windy Pt that is dead and another through the canyon. I'm anxious to hear what you think. Ya know, right now, you buy a Droid, you get one free! (I"m just afraid it won't work where I most need it which is Hwy 73 into Evergreen and 285 from Bailey to town) Thanks so much for letting me know!

I love my moto droid! It doesn't do flash... yet... I am looking forward to the upgrade from 2.1 to 2.2.

The biggest advantage with the Android platform over iPhone is multi tasking. I can listen to pandora while surfing the web, sending and receiving emails, or working on our company's server with a ssh session. When driving I listen to music while using the GPS.

I write apps for the Android so I may be biased.

This post was written with my droid. :thumbsup:

I have an iPhone and I rarely have a problem making a call up here or in town. Our service at home in Pine Junction is so solid we finally dumped our landline. All three of us have iPhones.

AT&T service is fine from my house, but I do lose service in spots between Conifer Mt and Kings Valley. I have also lost connectivity on occasion at Windy Point. Downtown around the federal court houses it seems to be the worst, especially in the afternoons. I have to dial out multiple times to make a call. Surfing the web in the afternoons in that area is painfully slow as well. I have about 10 people in my office that have IPhones and they all experience the same issues.

You'll love your Droid. I do. First thing i did was rooted (unlocked) it and the capabilities are almost endless. MUCH better than Windows mobile, and still better than Apple. Keep in mind when tethering, your up/down is pretty slow, about 50% of the phone normally does. I havent found an app yet that gets around that.

Verizons service is getting MUCH better, and the only dead spot (i've found) on the 285 corridor is Kenosha Pass to Red Hill Pass. It sems that one tower could cover the whole Jefferson valley

Oh, that's good news! No dead zones from here (Pine Junction/Bailey) to town? Great! Thanks.