What cellphone service do you have?

[JimWilliamson]

Verizon with a Treo 600. Not looking to replace the Treo - maybe only if it dies (it gets dropped about once every 6 weeks - takes a licking and keeps on ticking).

I might upgrade to the unlimited voice plan (I don't do data on it though I might if $$'s were a bit lower for data). I've been happy with coverage until I get into the Colorado valleys / canyons then coverage immediately drops out - likely the same for other carriers.

[JimWilliamson]

Also, for those that feel you need a landline for schools to call or what not, just get a Google Grand Central number.

Do schools not want people to use cell phones for contact needs?

[JimWilliamson]

Temporarily setting aside the fact that the iPhone rulz and is the greatest invention since the wheel...   ...I ditched my Verizon VX-6800 Windows Mobile 6 phone this afternoon and reactivated my Treo 700P. All I can say is...

WOOHOO!!!  

The Treo is **so** much nicer than the WinMobile phone. Easier, faster, more intuitive...it just works.

Now what I'm trying to figure out is...why the hell did I think I was tired of the Treo a few months ago???   (Guess it just goes to show---all things are relative...)

There's a PC Magazine article discussing mobile devices. They're mentioning that many phone creators are designing OS/GUI's for low power / long battery life devices except for Microsoft which is designing as if the devices will adhere to Moore's Law (and get faster) as desktop devices do. With that said, the comment is that Windows Mobile is agonizingly slow on most mobile devices. Bottom line - the industry is moving towards long battery, slow CPU's, making the most of what's there whereas MS is moving towards devices with fast CPU's (and likely short battery life).

From the comments I don't think I'll be looking for a Windows Mobile device any time soon. I do wonder if Palm will be able to pull their foot out of the grave.

[ReynoldsFH439]

I have TMobile and am happy with it.  

I got my first phone while I was in school in a tiny town in Iowa.  TMobile (through Iowa Wireless) and US Cellular were the only two companies with towers in the town, and after talking with other students who had cell phones those were the two companies that had reasonable coverage there. When I compared the two, I could get a 1 year national plan with Tmobile but US Cellular only had a 2 year plan  where if I left the Midwest (travel or permanently), I would lose the night and weekend minutes.  Since I had dreams of exploring the world or living on a coast after graduation and was at a point where a lot about my needs could change in 2 years, Tmobile was the obvious choice.  I have not had any trouble with them coverage or otherwise.

I did look around recently to see if I could get a better deal, but $40-$45 (before taxes, of course) seems like the lowest you can get and still have enough minutes.

My phone is a Motorola Razr.  Before that I had -still have, somewhere- a Samsung e315.  I am not a big fan of the Razr.  It has about half the battery life of the Samsung.  The Samsung could hold more text messages because it would start saving them to the phone if it ran out of space on the sim card, and I liked the phone book better too: easier to set up speed dial, sort contacts, etc... I have trouble getting the volume high enough on the Razr too.  

Thinking about it makes me want to switch back to the Samsung before the Razr dies, but I had tried to get used to the Razr and in the mean time bought some fun ring tones... including one where Michael Buble promises me I will get laid any time OSVS calls me or texts me  

[phoenix]

Our personal cellphone is a Razor with service from Verizon.

For work I have a Blackjack with service from AT&T. Last year I went to some rural areas in Georgia and had no service. That's my major complaint. Oh and now my phone keeps f'ing up, saying "NO Sim" on the screen and then no services available. AT&T sent me a new SIM card to try out.

[Bodhi]

Sprint was unbelievable. I got a sprint phone about ten years back because of some company volume discount (probably saved two bucks). The service was terrible, I couldn't get a signal right outside one one of the buildings of a prominent telecom I was working at, right in the middle of the Research Triangle park (more business goes on here than probably five or six southeatern states combined!). Nothing nada. No signal at my home in the burbs either. Dropped calls driving around in numerous "dead spots". When I call to complain and ask when they were planning on improving their network, the lady just laughed. She told me that Sprint was always working to improve its service (read right off on on-screen script)!

So at least I get a decent Alltel signal at home and a weak one at work. They do have the lamest phones though. Glad I don't have a teenager.

[R.Markus]

Sprint was unbelievable. I got a sprint phone about ten years back because of some company volume discount (probably saved two bucks). The service was terrible, I couldn't get a signal right outside one one of the buildings of a prominent telecom I was working at, right in the middle of the Research Triangle park (more business goes on here than probably five or six southeatern states combined!). Nothing nada. No signal at my home in the burbs either. Dropped calls driving around in numerous "dead spots". When I call to complain and ask when they were planning on improving their network, the lady just laughed. She told me that Sprint was always working to improve its service (read right off on on-screen script)!

Nothing's changed, trust me.  

[TomInOregon]

We're with AT&T.  Until the floods last December, they were the only provider in our area.  Now Verizon is going to put in a tower as well, but I have never had any problems with AT&T's service.  We currently are paying $170 or $180 per month for 4 iphones with 750(?) shared minutes, 200 texts each and (of course) unlimited data.  Prior to getting these, we hadn't had cell phones in over 5 years.  For home, we have Verizon because a landline is useful to have and we have DSL through them.  Of course, the only thing we actually know will work all of the time is Ham radio.

Tom

[Tar Snake]

I'm not a talk on the phone type of person so I went pay-as-you-go.

Page Plus Cellular, they use the Verizon network, I believe. Works well enough, I get a reminder to buy time before my minutes expire and can buy more online or with the phone. Easy.