http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/ Engadget Comments for Engadget's back to school guide: Mobile phones http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
I recall an article about it, where the head of Motorola's mobile phone division would start his day by dipping his Startac into a cup of water and then testing it by making a call.]]>Aug 17th 2010 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Didn't expect that Engadget, you're changing, for the better!]]>Aug 17th 2010 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
I still occasionally use my dual band Startac whenever the sprint people can figure out how to activate it.]]>Aug 17th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
I would totally rock it if they had a StarTac with 3gs, wifi, gps, amoled and froyo too XD. I for one loved my StarTac and Nokia 3210 :).]]>Aug 17th 2010 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
Chris, I give you guys a lot of strife, but you definitely kick the ire avatar there, Gee. That's Canadian for Guy, BTW. ]]>Aug 17th 2010 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
Perhaps for phones outside of the "money's no object" category, Chris should also have noted the minimum monthly plan rates (Minutes, SMS, data)?

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I hate non-direct replies, they're just too lazy to scroll to the bottom. When people are too lazy to scroll with one finger, I fear the worst for humanity.]]>Aug 17th 2010 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
I hate it when people reply to the first comment just to be near the top. Especially when it has nothing to do with the topic on hand. ]]>Aug 17th 2010 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
i lost my StarTac on a rollercoaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH. I actually got it back in teh mail (i live in Brooklyn NY) about 3-4 months later. It was beat to hell and looked like it had been through a few good rainstorms but i plugged it in, turned it on and it worked (minus one button).]]>Aug 17th 2010 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
Thank you brother for saying that. Nothing like a response that has nothing to do with the post they're responding to. Pure egomaniacs.]]>Aug 17th 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
If I plugged mine into the cigarette lighter & made a call, that thing got so hot, I swear it could cook an egg!]]>Aug 17th 2010 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
its because the Evo has a "cellphone" part that that WORKS!! zomgs wtfbbq, i know its revolutionary]]>Aug 17th 2010 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/My wife dropped her Tilt off of the Magnum at Cedar Point. The shut the ride down and retrieved it for her. It survived the fall except the battery cover was missing and some scaring on a corner. I was very impressed with the durability of the phone but it is built like a brick.]]>Aug 17th 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/"@Andronicus Posted Aug 17th 2010 3:54PM
@zerverize

I hate it when people reply to the first comment just to be near the top. Especially when it has nothing to do with the topic on hand"]]>Aug 17th 2010 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Most of these phones aren't available in the UK. The closest Aria equivalent here is the HTC Wildfire, and the Droid X equivalent is the Motorola Milestone XT720. EVO 4G has no equivalent, nor does the mid range Samsung. The rest are available luckily and I agree with Engadget - all great phones]]>Aug 17th 2010 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
I STILL have my analog AND digital star tac's, in the boxes. I just couldn't part with them.]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
The iphone4 is barely mentioned as a "3rd" phone here, and with no positive text as the other two have.

So its clear here that Engadget has bowed to the demands of Apple-hating commenters. It is obvious that somehow the audience here has a skewed view of the world and thinks that Android is God, and anybody who mentions a good thing about Apple and iDevices is portrayed as a son of Satan, or a foolish apple fanboy. Any positive mention of Apple in any engadget article is criticized to the limit, and any such comment is downgraded to oblivion. When android is praised the commenters adore the article and its author, and android-praising comments are always made highest ranked.

And finally engadget authors have caved in to this audience.

Is this reality? Really? Are Apple products really crap? Is Android heaven? You really need to think here. Sometimes fanboism can become irrational.

Didnt Android start as an iphone clone, and added a few little features like navigation, and recently voice actions and flash? (along with other problems like battery drain, messy app store, no polish, etc)

Is iphone 4 really that bad? If you really think so, then personally I feel you should re-evaluate how your approach to the world, and to this issue.
]]>Aug 17th 2010 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Don't forget the poorly performing gps. That's a big selling point for back to school if in a new city(if college bound). Wish I'd know that prior, thank goodness to the 30 day trial and return policy.]]>Aug 17th 2010 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Are you kidding? Some people cry at any mention of Apple. Others cry at any mention of not Apple. Both are known as trolls.]]>Aug 17th 2010 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/To bad they dont sell them here any more, I still get asked "What phone is that, I've never seen one, blah blah. And this is almost a year after release. Plus im getting Gingerbread before anyone else!]]>Aug 17th 2010 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
"Better looking" is impossible to assess as it's too subjective. And while the Captivate on paper trumps the Evo in several fields, many people still prefer HTC for one good reason: Sense.]]>Aug 18th 2010 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
And screw the assholes in Congress and the telcos who railroaded this E-911 BS through the lawmaking process, giving Verizon and the others an excuse to refuse to activate StarTACs and other perfectly good phones because they don't have "GPS". The idea was that everyone had to get new phones, and to do that they'd pretty much have to renew their contracts. Everybody wins except the customers.

Ever call 911 from your supposedly E-911-capable phone? The first thing they ask is, "Where are you?"]]>Aug 18th 2010 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 18th 2010 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
/s]]>Aug 17th 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/That was DOA, it doesn't count. ]]>Aug 17th 2010 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
Missed the /s I see...]]>Aug 17th 2010 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
]]>Aug 17th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/And the Pixi??? Engadget is always ripping on the Pixi for being rather slow . . . .]]>Aug 17th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/

EVO ftw!]]>Aug 17th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/
I know, eh? Did somebody just hack this site?]]>Aug 17th 2010 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Still waiting for those supposed comments. Perhaps fandroids are the worst?]]>Aug 17th 2010 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/17/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-mobile-phones/Aug 17th 2010 5:09PM