My Stupid BlackBerry and Advice Sought on Android Phones!

Early termination with Verizon is $175 x 3 = $525. I think it drops $5 a month x 3 as we go on. Then it is whatever the AT&T package is for 3 iPhones is. So it is not inconsquential $$$. If my BB were not creepy I would not even be considering it.
 
Pat Anderson":2j9g77na said:
Early termination with Verizon is $175 x 3 = $525.
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Ouch. I didn't even think about the x 3. When I checked I was the only phone. I imagine AT&T is the same way. That's terrible.
 
TyBoo":7318oge0 said:
JamesTXSD":7318oge0 said:
I didn't use the Droid in my normal way... it became my radar device while out on the water...
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I didn't know Droid Does that!
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I'm sure there are radar apps for the iPhone; I have a couple on my iPad and the Droid. You do have to have cell service to get it... and I had service out on Jackson Lake, just not around the marina area. Terrain and tower placement. So there's no misunderstanding, it's not marine radar, it's weather radar. When thunderstorms are moving through the area, it's nice to be able to see live radar to see the cells and their movement.

I am a weather nerd. I use the Droid to check weather more than I make phone calls. Radar, hourly forecasts, 36 hour forecasts. Tide charts.

Best wishes,
Jim
 
JamesTXSD":28cja02m said:
...it's not marine radar...
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Well I was wondering. As Pat may soon discover, there is a depth finder app for the BlackBerry. You tie a string to it, drop it to the bottom, and measure how much string is out.
 
That's cool. A tide gage.


I really like my I-Phone 4. Put it in an Otter case with built in screen cover. Nice for boating.

Robbi
 
We have Motorola Droid on Verizon.

Seems to function quite well as a phone :shock: and we really like the built-in GPS with Navionics App but it is limited by the same chart innacuracies/omissions as the $$$$ version built into our E120.
One way around that is to run Google earth that will show you your position in a marina +/- one slip in a situation where Navionics doesn't even show the marina. (Try Bremerton).

Also nice to pull up the local weather radar and see where it is supposed to be raining.

Good feature is the ability to log onto any local wi-fi hot spots so you can get web data even if the phone carrier coverage is no good.(could use Skype in this case).

Just like the Blackberry, it is compatible with corporate Outlook so you can get your e-mail from this and a number of other services at the same time. (Just what you need to ruin a vacation)

We deliberately bought the version with the slide-out keyboard but after some months I personally find that if you turn it sideways, the screen keypad is bigger and, combined with the "smart" word suggestions works quite well provided you proof read carefully :oops: The slide-out keyboard operates slightly differently and confuses what is left of my brain plus my thumbs are even harder to file to a point than my fingers.

Merv
 
Pat,

I have a blackberry tour and had issues with it after a few months of use, it wouldn't pass data.

Called the tech support and they walked me through a hard reset.

The reset worked by placing a call to (ie 00000##) not 100% sure of that number...but something very close. Then it pulls up a menu and you can then do the reset from there. it apparently downloads the software again...not just a reboot.

Give them a call and try new software.....

my 2cents
 
Great news, Pat! Microsot unveiled a brand new Windows Phone 7 OS today. Perfect timing. I'm sure Verizon will have phones running it so you can upgrade.
 
Windoze on my phone? Not!!! The Android runs a version of Linux, which I've used since the 80's, and never once been invaded by a computer virus or had my system hacked, and I've never bought anti-virus software, nor had the need, on Linux.
 
smittypaddler":2ztt6amg said:
Windoze on my phone? Not!!! The Android runs a version of Linux, which I've used since the 80's, and never once been invaded by a computer virus or had my system hacked, and I've never bought anti-virus software, nor had the need, on Linux.
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Since Pat is a well known to despise Windoze AND since Pat runs Ubuntu on his PC AND since Tyboo is well known for his subtle wit, I'm pretty sure that Tyboo's post was laced with more than a bit of sarcasm. On the bright side, I heard a tech review of the phone today that went out of it's way to point out that the Windows 7 phone was nothing like Windows 7 (e.g. it apparently doesn't suck).
 
If Pat despises Windoze he's a genius (we think alike, you know :-))). Seriously, I'd like to read the review if you can post a link, though I'll bet it was written by someone in Redmond.
 
The review I saw was on TV on a local station. I also heard another similar review today on NPR. On the radio one, the "tech expert" pointed out how non-microsoft like the phone was - e.g. short on technical crap, long on usability. You know you're company is in trouble when the best thing reviewers say about your new product is that it's nothing like the other stuff you make. :lol:
 
Good things come to those who wait...

From "Android and Me" on the upcoming Motorola Terminator,
"I dont want to over-hype this device, but it is going to make the current generation of Android phones look like toys and this is the reason Motorola doesnt want you to know about it. Imagine what would happen if people knew that waiting a couple more months would get them a dual-core Gingerbread phone with 2x faster web browsing and up to 5x faster gaming performance. It would greatly damage the sales of Motorolas Android 2.1 phones this holiday season and that is why Motorola employees have been instructed not to talk about it.
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And from "Pocket Now"
"the Motorola Terminator is rumored to be using an NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, which is a dual-core CPU unit with 1 GHz of processing power per core and integrated GPU capabilities."
http://androidandme.com/2010/10/pho...-coming-to-multiple-carriers-early-next-year/[/
 
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