[Tfug] Android

[erich]

I'm confused,
                 Android is an operating system while Verizon is a 
licensed terrestrial provider. The ideal
would be to: 1) Get a telephone # from the government (Think FCC). 2) 
Get a mobile OS from Party A
3) Get the smart phone from Party B. and 4) Get the licensed terrestrial 
access from Party C.

                 Of course, if this was too much choice for you, you 
could opt-out for a one-size-fits-all
sales situation. Which  is what we have today for the mobile phone masses.

                 Why don't we have this ideal? Well, there are some 
powerful economic interests, (think
monopoly's ), that want to prevent this.

                                                                                                                                                 
        Erich

Charles R. Kiss wrote:
> I'm writing from my new myTouch 3G, with text completion . Google. Android. Opensource OS. Free Apps, like maps, skymaps, contact back-ups, compasses, calculators, and other apps in the hundreds, if not thousands.
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> I doubt I will EVER go back to VerizonWireless -I don't care how 'good' their network is; I had bought their new Samsung touch screen, but it had only two apps, 'Dice', and something even less useful!  I mean two 'free' apps, that's it! Everything else decent, maybe 2 or 3 apps, cost  between 4 and 8 dollars per month!!  
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> But I imagine I'll not have any significant issues with the TMobile network. Can the Verisimilitude network really be worth that much more?  
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> And TM, they seem to be a 'come from behind' player since their customer service is so superior.  They have confidence, they want customers, Verizon just seemed to know they were ripping me off, so I returned their phone and switched to TM, thereby getting more, paying less; and even the insurance is cheaper... for a better phone with free backup: not another 7.99 per month!!
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> But Verizon will punish me with early termination.  Good riddance.
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> Is TM slower than V, maybe; but not that much. They're both slow.
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> This post should appear as from my POP kissbrothers.com account.  Also free,
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> Charles
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