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The HTC 8X and Scotland

30 Apr

 

Using my HTC 8X in Scotland was definitely interesting. Since Verizon is ridiculously expensive for oversees, I switched out the SIM card with one from MAXROAM. These guys are great, they are very responsive and any issues I had with the SIM they took care of within 24 hours.

As a camera the phone took some truly astounding photos This is my favorite

The moon and Venus over Aberdeen Scotland

The moon and Venus over Aberdeen Scotland

Outdoors the phone worked fantastically, I had a pretty decent data connection almost everywhere we went. The keyword is outdoors. In every city, in every building, if I went in to any building and wasn’t near a window, I lost all connectivity. I had my wife check her Iphone and it usually had a signal in every building I asked. So from a hardware standpoint I don’t think the antenna bands on the 8X are well suited for Scotland.

Surrounded by IPhones

29 Mar

All my life I have been a bit of a techie. When it comes to cell phones, I have tried windows CE, Android, and now the new Windows Phone 7 & 8. I could never bring myself to buy an IPhone. First because it wasn’t available on Verizon and second by the time it was available I had owned an IPod Touch and was already over the OS. So what happens when the IPhone becomes available? As soon as our contract is up, the wife and kids are off to get IPhones. AAAARRRGGGGHHHH,

Well at least they are happy. Me? I will continue with my new HTC 8X and wait for the Nokia 928 to arrive on Verizon and wheedle my way into getting one of those – Possibly.