bling581

November 05, 2010 at 10:04am

"How do you folks put up with it?  Is it not as bad as it seems?  Or is simply the best alternative to an iPhone?  I have an iPod Touch (flame on, I have my fire proof underwear on) but at least I can choose to not upgrade it if I don't want to."

The iPhone isn't any better when you have Steve dictating what's good and what's not for Apple's customers.  I hate not being able to watch Flash movies and content on my phone, or having Apple decide which apps are better for me to choose from.  AT&T sucks as a carrier and unless Verizon starts carrying the iPhone I won't think twice about switching phones when my contract is up.

monkeykid753

November 04, 2010 at 4:39pm

I'm gonna start my own goddamn network so I won't have to deal with all this damn junk! I paid $200 for my phone, hyped it up for you, and am now paying $90 a month for 3 lines. What else do you want from me? STOP MAKING YOUR PRODUCTS SUCK! And this really applies to all networks, but mostly Verizon and AT&T.

Walnut

November 04, 2010 at 3:30pm

MORE bloatware? Time to root, it seems. This is bullshit.

someuid

November 04, 2010 at 2:56pm

I thought Android was supposed to be the cell phone OS that was going to set everything free.  I get the feeling that it has led to even more control and confusion being forced down on consumers.  Before, the schoolyard bully was limited to just chasing you off the swings and see-saw.  Now that an entirely new playgroud with swings, see-saws, jungle gyms, wooden forts, baseball fields, etc have been built, the schoolyard bully has put up a chainlink fence around the whole school to better control and terrorize you.  Sure, you have more toys to play on, but you're in a bigger prison yard now as well.

I don't have one of these phones, but I do read the maxpc news items, and it seems like everyone is stuck in Carrier Controlled Hell with their Android phone.

How do you folks put up with it?  Is it not as bad as it seems?  Or is simply the best alternative to an iPhone?  I have an iPod Touch (flame on, I have my fire proof underwear on) but at least I can choose to not upgrade it if I don't want to.

crazitrain02

November 04, 2010 at 2:43pm

I guess it's a good thing that my Incredible is rooted then, so I won't get this garbage.  I'm still looking for a custom ROM that will get rid of all the MISC crap they put on there from the 2.2 update.

ajuhawk

November 04, 2010 at 2:32pm

Verizon needs a serious competitor for wireless coverage.  I liked Alltel because they didn't force all their garbage on you, but when Verizon bought them out, I was pretty much stuck as now they're the only ones with decent rural area coverage.

As for the Incredible, it's been a pretty good phone, but with each update, Verizon is pushing more and more garbage onto the phone that I DO NOT WANT ON IT!  I'm almost to the point of rooting just so that so much junk isn't auto running on startup.

How about some useful inovation from Verizon and reasonable pricing of plans.  At least then I could stomach them forcing junk onto my phone, but when I pay a premium price already, I don't want their junk.