What's the Best Carrier For Your Smartphone?

You might have seen these on TV or on YouTube, but there's no denying that cell phone service providers are on an all out war with each other for your subscription. Each one of them deals their own low blows all the while stating that they provide the best service there is. The people that suffer the most are the subscribers that want to know which one actually is the best. The problem with trying to marketing something is that you over exaggerate the facts so much so that you don't get the right facts and you don't get to see the downside of subscribing to a single carrier.

What's the real difference between and Verizon? Which one offers the best features for your smartphone? I'm personally tired of the Luke Wilson ads because they seem kind of sad on AT&T's behalf. They're a decent carrier (from what I hear from user feedback) but they get a lot of bad rep because of what happened with the iPhone. If you care to take a look at the numbers, the iPhone is still the leading smartphone brand and AT&T is the leading carrier in this sense. Other than bad signals in certain areas and a few anomalies, you can still be happy with your coverage. Verizon and the Android are close up and comers.

Android sales don't pull numbers like the iPhone does, but it's trying to steal away some of the thunder that iPhone's been swaggering. Verizon's "There's a map" for that ads really are spot on; so much so that AT&T wants to pull them off the air. It's the choice carrier for smartphones that don't venture out of the U.S. but it comes at a heftier price tag. These two are the choice carriers because they have exclusivity to the best smartphones. A lot of iPhones have been jailbroken because users want to keep the phone but they don't want to stick with AT&T, but as a precaution it's simply a lot better to not have a jailbroken iPhone because you make it vulnerable to hacking.

There are bound to be places that have no signal, get used to it. You can expect run into that problem from both carriers.

The author of this article, Jego Goldstein, is a Computer Analyst who has been testing and developing software for several years. He advocates the need for computer literacy in society and strives to make technology more user friendly. One of his latest projects is My PC Tweaks, a comprehensive and easy to follow guide to understanding your computer.

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Amateur Radio: God Logs in to the "What's New in the World" Hf Net

I've always had an interest in radio. When I was a kid I was always looking for parts to make a crystal set, a diode operated earphone radio.

We didn't have solid state diodes in those day so I used a chunk of galena my grandfather had mined. With what was called a "cat whisker" I could create what is known as a contact diode which gives the current-only-in-one-direction criteria required to rectify a radio signal.

When tube radios came out as the depression subsided with WW II, we had a tube radio in our home. However, we often lost Jack Armstrong and the Green Hornet because of tube failure, something we seldom see now days. With the failure of the tube we could be out of the Jack Armstrong, Green Hornet, Inner Sanctum, and The Hit Parade business for months until someone came up with the money and time to get a new tube.

In high school, I became very interested in Amateur Radio and read all the old license manuals I could find. I only knew one operator and he was off to the war but I was able to read his books. Life went on, I went to the Korean War, then college and all that so I never had either the time or money to get into Amateur Radio. However, my son and I were out doing some church work one evening and I saw that the home we were to visit had a Quad Antenna. The owner, N3XU, now a silent key, gave us the 5-minute code test on the spot and both of us became operators as did my oldest son.

When I left AZ several years ago, I sold all my HF gear but kept my 2-meter rig. So, I was flipping around on 145 MHz and I heard, "This is GOD1 listening!"

I said, "KK7ID, here!"

It was unusual to hear anything on my 2-meter rig which is on my tool bench in the garage. Here is how things went:

GOD1: Where are the guys?

KK7ID: What guys? Name is John.

GOD1: Is that you, Mo? Changed your call signs again. WW3JFJ! WB3KYG! This is God.

KK7ID: God! That is an unusual name for a Ham. Why did you call me MO? I haven't used that handle for years. Do I know you?

GOD1: You might be killed. You might be wounded. But do your duty and do as you've been trained.

KK7ID: It is YOU! Korea. I was ready to climb over the ridge line and join the Chinese Army with all those 105 rounds pounding us from our artillery down in the Punch Bowl.

GOD1: Three time in one night is a bit much. You were very lucky. I was looking for the What's New in the World HF Net.

KK7ID: You are not on HF.

GOD1: Oh, you are right. You've got to watch this Kenwood® 6990332. I got on the wrong band. Sorry to have bothered you.

KK7ID: You are not bothering me. What in the heck is a Kenwood® 6990332?

GOD1: It's a code they use in the labs at Kenwood® for a model they hope to introduce in June of 2009. They will be behind in production because of the typhoon, so it won't be out until February 2010. A mess of integrated circuits are going to get soaked.

KK7ID: What typhoon?

GOD1: Fall 2008. If you were here, you could see it. Want to see it?

KK7ID: What would I have to do to do that, die?

GOD1: You are not getting out of that Can-You-Draw-This Art Course that easy. No, I can put it on your computer screen. Let's see, which email address should I send it to? It makes a great screen saver. Oh! I can just put it up on one of your web sites. Wait! I'll just put it directly into your computer. There, it is on your screen. How does it look?

KK7ID: I'm out in the garage.

GOD1: It's in one of those plastic containers you bought at Wal-Mart. Try JJ.

I shuffled a few containers around and opened container JJ. There was my wife's sewing frame, the reason I was in the garage in the first place.

KK7ID: I'll go into the house but I don't want to lose contact with you, not before we can set up a schedule.

GOD1: On your screen you will see an Icon. It's a direct link to my chat room. In looks like a Barbegazi .

KK7ID: A Barbegazi? One of those ice gnomes. I'll find it, but I don't want to be chatting with a zillion others. I want to chat with you.

GOD1: Okay! I'll set up a private chat room on your computer. I'll have to tell Moses and Abraham and Peter to keep out. They like to stick their noses here and there.

KK7ID: I didn't mean to cut Moses, Abraham, and Peter out. I'm new at this.

GOD1: Fine! We are all set. See you Taylor Jones the Hack Writer.

The End

P.S. That is going to be one hell of a storm!

P.P.S. Learn about amateur radio at: http://www.arrl.org/

Copyright©2007 John Taylor Jones, Ph.D. Taylor Jones the Hack Writer

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