OMG EVDO N CU
General June 17th, 2008
It looks like Sprint has flipped the switch on their high-speed, 3G data network in the Champaign-Urbana area. As of this morning, my phone is showing the same data icon I see in the St. Louis and Chicago areas. I don’t use the broadband much on my phone, but I’m looking forward to the increased speed — even if it’s as much a perception of speed than true evolved functionality. It makes us not seem so rural when we have the same data plans as urban areas.
Now, to gets me a new smartphone to use all this tasty bandwidth…
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Yes, it is nice. Yes, you need a smart phone. Google is always at your finger tips.
Which smart phone should I get?
I’ve been disappointed with Verizon’s EVDO. I don’t have a smart phone and I don’t use data service on my current phone, so the only difference I’ve seen is that my non-EVDO service has degraded in quality.
Verizon isn’t really in my plans. I’ll either go with my existing data plan on Sprint (apparently I’m already paying for the same data plan I would use on a smart phone,) or AT&T for their next gen smart phone out next month.
Would that be an iPhone by chance? :p
Is there any other phone that would entice someone to switch to AT&T?
I’ve had two different Blackberries now, one with ATT and one with Sprint. I have been very impressed with both phones. They are rock solid, the battery life is awesome on both, and the full qwerty keyboard on the 8830 is really nice.
I think it depends on what you want. If you want a device that does text, web, and email and no frills. Then one of the BB models should do just fine. If you want the latest and greatest, then you might look elsewhere.