Bye bye iPhone (bye-Phone?) – iPhone vs Droid part 4
Unbelievably, the reception/voice quality of my iPhone 3Gs was even worse than my original iPhone (2G). Even with 3 bars showing, I was unable to make or receive calls. When I switched off 3G, I was able to make and receive calls, but people sounded like they had mouths full of gravel.
How bad was it? So bad that right after work, I went to the Apple Store and returned the phone and cancelled my ATT service. In typical Apple fashion, this was easy-peasy lemon squeezy. Got apoligies for my troubles, they scanned the phone and I was done, released from ATT bondage in a few minutes. Loved the device, hated the service.
Slightly OT, I installed the Android SDK on my Mac last night. Not exactly hard, but not exactly easy if your terminal skills have gotten a bit rusty (since I only do it once a year or so, I can never remember how to set Paths, edit the .bash_profile files, etc – I’m gonna post about this soon). What’s cool about Android apps is that they’re written in Java – what a relief after (trying to) delving into Objective C, the iPhone language. Looking forward to writing my first Android app…
I went home and ordered my Droid online, which lead to the nightmare known as Verizon customer service. I’ll leave this for the next post, but I believe I finally got everything resolved and should have my Droid tomorrow.