Re: Mobile phone reviews please!
I guess it depends on where you live and work, ofcourse. My work is in downtown, so both Cingular and Verizon offer great coverage. My home is up in the hills, so both have similar problems, but Cingular is much better, and there are fewer call drops. Before switching to Cingular, I had checked the coverage map of T-Mobile, and it basically suggested fairly poor reception at my home, which is understandable as T-Mobile is a recent player in this market. Cingular has definitely improved by leaps and bounds in reception after their merger with AT&T.
The other thing is Verizon, for some reason, deliberately switches off available functionalities in the phone sets. They only have 2 phones with BT, and even there the BT can only be used for headset, and the functionality to move info from one phone to another is switched off. Atleast this was true a few weeks ago, when I was researching on various Verizon discussion forums and talked to their reps.
Plus Cingular being on GSM offers many more communication options that Verizon just can't. Like now, folks in Pak can send SMS directly. Plus, GSM is so much more handy if you ever travel out of US.
Lastly, the smartphone I ultimately ended up wanting was not available with T-Mobile anyway. They are still offering only the Treo 600, whereas I got the 650. Sprint was the only other option, but the GSM factor swung the vote for Cingular.