Fafhrd on 6/1/2010 at 04:57
Quote Posted by heywood
T-Mobile's coverage here is a pitiful joke. There's generally no access in rural areas and even suburban areas are spotty.
That's news to me. My suburban coverage has been fine for years. Also didn't have any trouble in the Bay Area, the outskirts of Austin, New York (yeah, urban, but Boston ain't exactly rural either), and even the middle of the Angeles National Forest (on top of a mountain, no less). Their customer service is also pretty good. And they don't have an ETF that has (
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/fcc-commish-says-verizons-etf-response-is-unsatisfying-and-in/) earned the ire of the FCC.
SubJeff on 6/1/2010 at 13:33
Gah! Google page error "Oops. We encountered unexpected error processing your request. Please try again in a few minutes." x 5
heywood on 6/1/2010 at 16:09
Quote Posted by Fafhrd
That's news to me. My suburban coverage has been fine for years. Also didn't have any trouble in the Bay Area, the outskirts of Austin, New York (yeah, urban, but Boston ain't exactly rural either), and even the middle of the Angeles National Forest (on top of a mountain, no less). Their customer service is also pretty good. And they don't have an ETF that has (
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/fcc-commish-says-verizons-etf-response-is-unsatisfying-and-in/) earned the ire of the FCC.
According to the map, the first two layers of suburbs around Boston are well covered. But everyone I know who has tried T-Mobile and Sprint have complained about holes in the coverage in suburban Boston. And around the smaller cities here in New England, the closest suburbs are usually covered, but sometimes without 3G.
The bigger issue is what happens when you're away from major metropolitan areas. I'm a fairly active person and get out of the city a lot, so coverage in rural areas is pretty important to me. When we still had analog cellular, I got used to having a phone that worked nearly everywhere. With Verizon, that's still mostly true. AT&T isn't bad either, though their 3G coverage is a lot more limited. But on T-Mobile and Sprint, there's basically no service in rural areas unless you're on an interstate. I'd have no service when I'm skiing, motorcycling, hiking, at the beach, at my friends camp, or visiting my family. And some of the places I like to go bicycling too.
SubJeff on 6/1/2010 at 19:16
Bought'ed \o/
Macha on 6/1/2010 at 19:23
How good will the gaming be on the Nexus, thats the selling point for me.
SubJeff on 6/1/2010 at 19:31
Not. Android has very little support from gaming. For me its the web meets phone thing and the open source developing of Android apps which I will be using/hopefully developing for.
Also, like none of you have thought this before - totally waiting to see what the Nexus Six is like, because I always actually though Daryl Hannah was a man in drag but Sean Young ok perhaps I would.
june gloom on 6/1/2010 at 19:41
You want portable gaming buy a PSP for fuck's sake.
Macha on 6/1/2010 at 19:44
Quote Posted by dethtoll
You want portable gaming buy a PSP for fuck's sake.
I remember reading an article when the PSP was being released that said by about 2008/9 we should have the same technology in our phones. The all in one is a pretty cool concept, particularly as the PSP isn't really pocket friendly.
Stitch on 6/1/2010 at 20:30
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
Bought'ed \o/
Keep us updated with your impressions. I'm seriously considering taking the smartphone plunge when this is rolled out to Verizon customers in a few months.
Rug Burn Junky on 6/1/2010 at 21:12
Quote Posted by Macha
How good will the gaming be on the Nexus, thats the selling point for me.
Native games are pretty limited on android atm, but some of the emulators are pretty good. Gameboid is great as a GBA emulator, and the games are already designed for the small screen.
Haven't tried the NES emulator, but PocketNES works pretty smoothly on Gameboid, so I don't have to.
