smartphone

I'm in the middle of trying to figure out what smart phone to buy. I am leaning toward the iPhone. However there have been some interesting developments. Apparently the antenna is at the bottom left of the device and it's fairly easy to short circuit the antenna and drop calls. The answer from Apple is "You are holding it the wrong way". This is a stupid answer. Now it appears that Apple is hiring 3 new Antenna Engineers. Maybe it's just me, but if you are creating a phone, it would be better to hire an Antenna Engineer before creating the phone rather than after. They are probably hiring replacements for the Engineers they just fired for their design of the current antenna.

This does affect me as I primarily use a cell phone for an actual phone rather than a toy. And I was planning on using it for work. However I am left handed and the way to short out the antenna is to hold it in your right hand. But it still makes me nervous. A guy at work has a Droid Incredible and it's very nice. But it's Verizon Wireless only and Miranda refuses to switch. AT&T does have a Back Flip and the HTC Aria and I may go with one of those. I don't know though.

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