John Lam on Software: Motorola DROID Review10 Dec 2009 by John Lam
Yesterday, I left my iPhone and the AT&T network behind and switched to Verizon. In no particular order, here are the set of things that I was unhappy with: Spotty AT&T network. In most of the places where I used... ... My car dock arrives tomorrow so I'll be able to better put it through its paces then. But in my tests today, I was able to speak the name of my destination to the phone, click on “Get Directions” followed by the Navigation button and I was on my way to my ...
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AT&T Drops Fight Over Maps in Verizon Ads - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com2 Dec 2009 by By SAUL HANSELL
The giant phone company has abandoned its effort to get the federal courts to force Verizon Wireless to change the colors it uses in ads that compare maps of the coverage areas of Verizon's fast 3G network to those of AT&T. Verizon's maps use white or gray for places ... AT&T complained that the ads implied that it has no coverage in these areas (a large part of the country with a small number of people), when in fact it does offer voice and slower data service there. ...
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Verizon To Go GSM - The Consumerist2 Dec 2007 by Carey Greenberg-Berger
Verizon is keeping cdma for voice and will use LTE for data. Keep in mind that cdma is the largest network in the USA and is a better system. Why do you think AT&T and T-Mobile use wcdma for their 3g data, as does Europe. .... If CDMA looks better than GSM you're implementing the GSM wrong or you're getting an absolute best-case scenario on the CDMA (Japan/Korea- go look at them for the *perfect* CDMA implementation and compare to Verizon/Sprint). ...
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AT&T sues Verizon over 'there's a map for that' ads -- Engadget Mobile3 Nov 2009 by Nilay Patel
They have no customers. at&t has the Jesus phone... and a network that is crushed under the weight of data from that phone. T-Mobile has lousy coverage... but good customer service. Verizon has the best network... but you pay for it. .... I have at&t and where I live in upstate New York I have BETTER reception than Verizon. You have to blame people,the environmentalists,that don't want to "disturb"their view. You people would rather put up with crappy service than have ...
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