Cingular just sent me a free Sync and a free month of data service!

I signed up for a tester program through mybluenotes.com via myspace.com. THey sent me an e-mail and said that I wouldn't be a part of the program. I get a notice that a package was trying to be delivered, so I went to UPS and picked it up. For some strange reason I thought that it might be the phone from cingular. I open the box and see two orange and blue boxes. I was so stoked. They gave me a free Cingular Sync (Samsung a707) and a multimedia kit for the phone. Inside was a little not saying that I get afree month of unlimited data service and get to keep everything. It came with a 1 gig memory card, headphones, USB cable, and Software. To top it off, everything that works with this phone works with my Samsung D807.

The phone already is amazing. The pictures are so clear and the recording is very good. It's a great phone and even better since it was free.

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Originally Posted by KareemRush21

I signed up for a tester program through mybluenotes.com via myspace.com. THey sent me an e-mail and said that I wouldn't be a part of the program. I get a notice that a package was trying to be delivered, so I went to UPS and picked it up. For some strange reason I thought that it might be the phone from cingular. I open the box and see two orange and blue boxes. I was so stoked. They gave me a free Cingular Sync (Samsung a707) and a multimedia kit for the phone. Inside was a little not saying that I get afree month of unlimited data service and get to keep everything. It came with a 1 gig memory card, headphones, USB cable, and Software. To top it off, everything that works with this phone works with my Samsung D807.

The phone already is amazing. The pictures are so clear and the recording is very good. It's a great phone and even better since it was free.

Now if they could only do something about those two little problems they have with the "worst service of any carrier in Southern California" and the "highest prices of any carrier anywhere" we might make some progress.

oh yes, definatley...i live in santa maria....which is still in southern cali and the service here is horrible..i can move the phone a few inches and the singal will be at 3 bars and then move it back and it goes to 0...using the phone in the house isn't possible....but an hour south down in santa barbara, i have full service all times with no problems at all.

Originally Posted by KareemRush21

oh yes, definatley...i live in santa maria....which is still in southern cali and the service here is horrible..i can move the phone a few inches and the singal will be at 3 bars and then move it back and it goes to 0...using the phone in the house isn't possible....but an hour south down in santa barbara, i have full service all times with no problems at all.

Los Angeles is the 2nd largest city in the nation. Wilshire Boulevard is the biggest street in Los Angeles running from the ocean through Beverly Hills into downtown LA. Take a trip down this major corridor and try using your cell phone on this one of the nation's biggest and busiest streets and let me know how long you are able to get and keep a signal.

Again, AT&T/Cingulbar = Poorest service and highest prices.

No problems here using Cingular... T-mobile is a crapshoot here in my neck of the woods... Funny how 3000 miles changes your opinion of a carrier.

Originally Posted by PocketVIP

No problems here using Cingular... T-mobile is a crapshoot here in my neck of the woods... Funny how 3000 miles changes your opinion of a carrier.

Actually T-Mobile and 3000 miles have nothing to do with Cingular's terrible service.

T-Mobile doesn't represent itself as the nation's largest carrier. T-Mobile does represent itself as a good major metropolitan carrier. Most people in New York and Los Angeles and a lot of other large cities experience excellent coverage with T-Mobile. However T-Mobile doesn't claim they'll give you the best service in a lot of smaller markets and everywhere else - Cingular on the other hand represents itself as America's best carrier.

Cingular also runs ads all over TV claiming to offer the best service -- unfortunately Consumer Reports and J.D. Power don't agree with Cingular and rate their service in Southern California as pretty poor.

America's best carrier oughta be able to provide generally good coverage in the nation's 2nd largest city. And if America's best carrier can't do that, they ought to at least be able to provide a consistent level of coverage on the largest street in the nation's 2nd largest city.

You might be ok with Cingular in your neighborhood. There might be people in some small regional markets who get good coverage from a small regional carrier too. The issue is that Cingular's talk doesn't match their walk. Their service s*cks in many large markets.

Having poor service and the HIGHEST prices of any carrier is hardly the hallmark of a great company. And that's the point.