"Obviously, you haven't used any unsigned apps! I have been using the G1 rooted and at one point half of over 70 apps on the device were "unsigned" or not from the market. I have NEVER had any problems!"
So you have tested every phone on the market and you know for a fact that every phone on the market works with every unsigned app that is created and put out on the internet? if you want to get snarky then lets get snarky.
Unsigned apps are like unsigned software with windows. sometimes it works and has no problems other times not so much and can cause major problems. the thing is you don't know. you are taking a chance. not all phones are the same and not all phones firmware and other things work exactly like another phone.
just like what works on one computer might not work on another even though it should.
"Guessing you live in a tech savvy city that has a lot of free WiFi hotspots? I don't have WiFi for over seventy percent of my day - so, this will effect me."
I don't know i haven't check. more than likely there are hotspots somewhere near me to connect to. FL is wierd like that in some ways. You can complain about it but even verizon i think is switching to a capped plan.
Why? simple network stress. att is trying to fix there network as well to make it more reliable. so you either 1. upgrade all the bandwidth (which costs mega bucks) or 2. you limit the usage and charge less. so they went with limiting the usage and charging less. it is cheaper for them to add a hotspot than it is for them to increase bandwith.
"I don't really care if ATT locks down the apps anymore - I'll simply wait it out for some tech savvy dev to "root" the phone - remove ALL of the ATT CRAPWARE and restrictions and use it however I want. It is still a CRAPPY thing for ATT to do and a CRAPPY way to do business."
you would rather rant than keep up with the news of what is going on be my guest. ATT has evidently learned it's lesson from the backflop. the next android phones coming to market will be full out android phones with 0 restrictions on them according to all news reports.
"But, first ATT has to provide a decent Android device - all they have provided so far is CRAP, CRAP, and (soon to be) MORE CRAP. Come ON! The HTC ARIA - another backflop/crap phone. The screen is so small! Who would want to use it as a "smartphone!""
att has no say in what size screen is coming on a phone. they have no say whatsoever. you also do not know all of the details.
It could be very well possible that att was forced to sign a non-competition clause for X years to get the iphone contract. which i think is the case hence the delay in coming out with better phones. now that is almost up we are seeing them break into different markets.
"I can't WAIT till my two son's contracts are UP so I can afford to DITCH my ATT family plan and go to a carrier that has SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE iCRAP for sale as a smartphone."
i wish you luck i really do. other carriers have their own issues just as much as att has theirs. i would go to the other sites and check and see all the complaints.
i hate switching and my wife just renewed her contract. i am out of mine but i am not getting another phone till i see something interesting that i like. i am with you. there is nothing on the att market right now that interests me at all. i am waiting to see what happens and how that comes later on.
i am also frustrated that iphone is the only thing on the market, however like i said i am sure a non-competition clause was signed to get the deal. which would explain a lot of things. since that contract is coming up in the next year or so we could see some more phones come onto the market.
Okay then, if that is what u believe in, go right ahead.
