Comments on: Motorola i1 coming to Boost Mobile iDEN and Best Buy http://www.retroblog.net/2010/05/25/motorola-i1-coming-to-boost-mobile-iden-and-best-buy/ I'm living in the past... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:24:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: matt http://www.retroblog.net/2010/05/25/motorola-i1-coming-to-boost-mobile-iden-and-best-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-11781 matt Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:12:53 +0000 http://www.retroblog.net/?p=2382#comment-11781 i am actually about to buy the new i1 next week but was just curious since it is on the iden network how is the texting on it? as far as is there any downloading needed of the text like I have had on other iden boostmobile phones? i am actually about to buy the new i1 next week but was just curious since it is on the iden network how is the texting on it? as far as is there any downloading needed of the text like I have had on other iden boostmobile phones?

]]> By: Justin http://www.retroblog.net/2010/05/25/motorola-i1-coming-to-boost-mobile-iden-and-best-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-9282 Justin Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:25:06 +0000 http://www.retroblog.net/?p=2382#comment-9282 Thanks John, I have an incogito "3G" phone from Boost and get average speeds of 121 to 162 kbps. Very slow compared to the 1195.6 kbps that Sprint provides to the average user. Its seems to me that you get what you pay for. Sad, i really want a droid but the internet would be unusable for what i do. Opera would help a little bit since it compresses everything going to your phone but if you are doing anything else you are going to get burned by the slow network. Thanks John, I have an incogito “3G” phone from Boost and get average speeds of 121 to 162 kbps. Very slow compared to the 1195.6 kbps that Sprint provides to the average user. Its seems to me that you get what you pay for. Sad, i really want a droid but the internet would be unusable for what i do. Opera would help a little bit since it compresses everything going to your phone but if you are doing anything else you are going to get burned by the slow network.

]]> By: John http://www.retroblog.net/2010/05/25/motorola-i1-coming-to-boost-mobile-iden-and-best-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-7324 John Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:58:24 +0000 http://www.retroblog.net/?p=2382#comment-7324 I didn't realize that Opera Mini uses a proxy that makes speed tests inaccurate. So, I downloaded the speedtest.net app and ran that. It consistently comes up with d/l speeds around 22-28kbps and upload speeds vary from 18-44kbps. Sorry for the error. Also, Boost offers a third plan on iden phones that consists of $1 per day with 10 cents per minute for peak hours and unlimited nights and weekends. I didn’t realize that Opera Mini uses a proxy that makes speed tests inaccurate. So, I downloaded the speedtest.net app and ran that. It consistently comes up with d/l speeds around 22-28kbps and upload speeds vary from 18-44kbps. Sorry for the error. Also, Boost offers a third plan on iden phones that consists of $1 per day with 10 cents per minute for peak hours and unlimited nights and weekends.

]]> By: retroDan http://www.retroblog.net/2010/05/25/motorola-i1-coming-to-boost-mobile-iden-and-best-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-7302 retroDan Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:10:02 +0000 http://www.retroblog.net/?p=2382#comment-7302 That's good to know, John. Thanks for the update. it's surprising to hear that Boost will allow pay as you go on this phone. hhhmmmm... But then again, why would someone pay over 300 dollars for the phone and then penny-pinch by going with a pay as you go plan? heh. That’s good to know, John. Thanks for the update. it’s surprising to hear that Boost will allow pay as you go on this phone. hhhmmmm…

But then again, why would someone pay over 300 dollars for the phone and then penny-pinch by going with a pay as you go plan? heh.

]]> By: John http://www.retroblog.net/2010/05/25/motorola-i1-coming-to-boost-mobile-iden-and-best-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-7297 John Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:29:33 +0000 http://www.retroblog.net/?p=2382#comment-7297 I just got the Motorola i1 today on Boost. I went to the mobile dslreports speed test page and got 415kbit download speed with 0.059s latency, and 19.804s d/l time for a 1MB file. Not spectacular, but I think that is about what i used to get on my ATT 3G Windows Mobile phone. So far I really like this phone. You ARE able to get the pay as you go plan with this phone. It is not limited by Boost on the software you can load on it from the Android Market. And even better, it is not bogged down by a bunch of bloatware like ATT like to do to its smartphones. I just got the Motorola i1 today on Boost. I went to the mobile dslreports speed test page and got 415kbit download speed with 0.059s latency, and 19.804s d/l time for a 1MB file. Not spectacular, but I think that is about what i used to get on my ATT 3G Windows Mobile phone. So far I really like this phone. You ARE able to get the pay as you go plan with this phone. It is not limited by Boost on the software you can load on it from the Android Market. And even better, it is not bogged down by a bunch of bloatware like ATT like to do to its smartphones.

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