Samsung Galaxy S

Inspite of AT&T saying its not possible, its android, I'm sure it'll probably be easier to hack than our eternities!

According to a post on phandroid.com:

Darkseider wrote:
"I believe the Galaxy S is a “Google Experience” phone due to the Google logo on the back of the device and because of this AT&T can’t neuter it. There are the 3 tiers of Android devices the top tier which carries the Google logo by contract must have Android intact with the ability to install apps from non-trusted sources as well as all the Google goodness as well. So if it is indeed going to AT&T it will be a “full” android experience."

Now maybe this is just garbage, I don't know, but it certainly gives hope.


PaulD

plans will not drop. the company will just make more money.

glad you found better speeds and such. but you obviously do not live in my house. AT&T whips the competitions rear end around hear.

$10 data from sprint?  I might check them out.  My wife's grandparents have them and love them, but I've known people who've had sprint too, and they've had mixed feelings... hell some have even switched to AT&T/Cingular.  I know before the nextel merger, the coverage was crap here (I live in Indianapolis).  One of my best friends, in which was the first to have a cell in our group, has had Sprint for about 10 years, loves them and refuses to switch.  I go to sprint I can get that HTC EVO 4G phone which is nearly the same thing is the Galaxy but without Touchwiz.  But of course after 8 years of service with AT&T I prefer to stay with them if I can get a deal.  Coverage is def. not a problem, I'll give them that.  Ever since they bought AT&T wireless seriously I haven't had many dropped calls.

Anyway my thought on Data dropping is the featurephone's days are numbered, and I honestly wonder how much more they can improve a feature phone before it becomes a smartphone?  My Eternity for instance, with opera Mini installed is about as capable at searching the web as the iphone, and I surf on my phone all the time, probably use 30-40mb of bandwith a month playing on the internet, yet I only pay $10 for data.  At what point will there just be one data plan?  I guess I can see it go either way, down or up.  But if they reduce the cost with 4G it could potentially go down.

There is hope.  I mean right now at $30 its already dropped.  Smartphone data on GPRS/EDGE only used to be $40/month! 

cor-master, i'm gonna PM you some stuff so as not to derail this thread.

PaulD respectfully 'gets off his high-horse'. 

Sorry, Agoattamer, you make a good point.

I have always made my phone purchasing decision based on the advertised features.  Although phones are intended to be used as the carrier intended, there will always be people (and groups like us) who try to use the hardware to its full potential.  Unfortunately it's always difficult when a phone is just released (or in this case hasn't even been released yet), as all of the early members of this forum have experienced.  Any of these unlocked features should just be considered a bonus, like our GPS, signing bypass, and the rest.

But back on topic, this phone looks like it could be really cool.  I've seen a number of videos, and am definitely looking forward to hearing more information about it.

I share the same sentiment as Cor-master... I apologize if I brought this conversation down. 

I initially posted about At&t C.Service, however, it was only to suggest that competition may have helped improve At&t's C.Service.  I've been very happy with them in the past 6-12 months. 

Of course, I redacted that post 30 seconds after I uploaded it (the rest of the message contained too much cynicism, of which I felt guilty about after seeing Agoat's post).

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Back to the topic at hand...

I agree, I'm VERY excited to see what comes of the Galaxy S.  Amoled... Android... Touchwiz, too?... WiFi... and the list goes on! 

I'm also curious as to how Android will grow... supposedly, it is starting to catch-up to iPhones in the entertainment-side phone market?  It should be fun to see what is out in 12 months when I can get a new contract phone.


PaulD

p.s. - not that i'm in a rush... I LOVE my Eternity.