Verizon Android

As I said a couple days ago, Verizon called to remind me about my new every two promotion. I told them I wanted an iPhone.

But that's not 100% true. I'd also be temped by an Android phone.

I didn't need Verizon's There's a Map for That ads to know that ATT might not work for me. My friends iPhone gets no service in my home.

So I wait - stuck on the "best network" - without a smart phone that I actually want.

That might change with Verizon announcing support for Android phones. I'm pretty excited that they might come this year!

But what are the phones? All this year there have been rumors that one will be the Motorola Sholes. At a recent press conference it seemed the two phones were revealed. Today I see that an update to customer support software at Verizon stores has been updated - it shows two Android phones. The phones are the Motorola Sholes and Calgary. The HTC phone shown at the press conference is not there. That's a shame.

In any case, whatever the phones are, I can't wait to read reviews and see these for myself. Who knows, maybe I'll get one. Here's to choices!

Verizon iPhone

My contract is up with Verizon. Actually it has been up for 6 months or so. Last week they called me and reminded me that I have new every 2 deal with them. "We just want to make sure you know you are eligible for a new phone Mr. B." This of course I already know. I also know I would have to sign up for a new 2 year agreement to get it.

I've been holding out for an iPhone I say. OH, we have phones that are just like the iPhone she says. Which ones I ask? The Blackberry Storm she says.

I say: look, I don't agree. Call me when you have something that is either an iPhone or is just a smooth.

I've used both and I continue go to the Verizon store and try every new smart phone they get. None has been great. They suck really. Slow to respond, slow to do anything. Hard to configure and understand. No app store (with apps in it).

Who do they think they are kidding?

site stats

I signed up for sitemeter a couple weeks ago. I never knew if anyone sees this blog or not till now. Now I know that very few people see it. I'm still impressed with myself somehow.

Sitemeter is very cool. It can show me which pages were looked at, what search terms led to my site, where in the world the visitor was from, and so much more.

One of my favorite stats is the page rank:

14  http://mjbiren.blogspot.com/2008/09/iphoto-library-size-2.html
10  http://mjbiren.blogspot.com/2008/07/tastes-change.html
 7  http://mjbiren.blogspot.com/
 3  http://mjbiren.blogspot.com/2009/02/toshiba-tg-01.html
 1  http://mjbiren.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html

Very interesting. If you have a site of any kind - get yourself a sitemeter account and prepare to be surprised.

Make XP faster

Got ? If your pc seems to be slowing down you might try CCleaner. It cleans out caches from your browsers and from windows. It also has a windows startup manager - to get rid of items that launch when windows boots. Finally it has a registery cleaner. Go and get it. There are many reviews that say it doesn't suck.

The same people make Defraggler - better than windows own disk defragmenter.

Again, I ask, what is wrong with MS? Shouldn't they be making the best tools for thier own OS?

BTW, what about smartbooks? No windows 7 for those. Is that such a bad thing? If I have to run Linux or Chrome, I'm ok with that. The headache that is windoz should be banished somehow.....hopefully, for my company's sake, smartbooks will help with that.