help me pick my new cellphone!

[skisteven1]

Well, my cellphone officially died.

Which means YOU get to pick a new one for me! I had a Cingular S55/56 by siemens, and i liked it, but now it's dead and that's sad.

reqs: bluetooth (duh), GSM (ideally 4-band), camera, SYNC WITH OUTLOOK (contacts, and CALENDAR very impt).

I think that's about it... I'm kind of looking at the linux based cellphones due to customizability. What do you think? I like the treo 650, but its too expensive.

I'm allowed a new phone in my contract, but I'm not sure how that /actually/ effets pricing. no new plans though. I'm looking to spend 200-300 or less.

Let the suggestions begin!

 

[geno]

Flip or bar?

Nokia 6630

I'm a huge nokia whore, Series 60 powered phones can be a ton of fun. I've got a bunch of cool games on mine that I've downloaded, hell you can even play a ported version of Doom on them. I've also got an NES emulator that runs perfectly with sound at 30+ FPS, and I have one of the older S60 phones around. I've downloaded a web browser so I can browse the web (Not just WAP sites) too...

 

[brunswickite]

treo 650

On a good deal I think you can get it for less then 200 bucks with rebates. Also be prepared to pay the 45 bucks a month for unlimited data.

 

[skisteven1]

Forgot to mention -- the $45 unlimited data plan isn't worth it... it's just too expensive w/o any gain.

Also, I've seen some with wifi support and full web browsing..... which would be sweet, since there's tons of hotspots around here.

 

[Ciber]

#1
#2
#3

 

[imported_Mike]

Treo 650

 

[daveymark]

forget the treo fanbois, get the smt5600

 

[Czar]

k750i

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: daveymark
forget the treo fanbois, get the smt5600

If you're going to discount the treo...at least suggest a nice flip or something... :roll: Way to go on the half ass bar suggestion.

 

[skisteven1]

Is there anything out there with wifi and a keyboard in my price range? Or at this point am I just better off getting a phone to be a phone and a pda to be a pda?

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: daveymark
forget the treo fanbois, get the smt5600

I really couldn't agree more. I absolutely LOVE THIS PHONE! Use beta player to play videos because WMPLAYER on the phone won't play DIVX files.

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: skisteven1
Is there anything out there with wifi and a keyboard in my price range? Or at this point am I just better off getting a phone to be a phone and a pda to be a pda?

The latter, PDA phone combos aren't good. You don't really want to necessarily bring a PDA to a bar with you for example. But if you need to get a map, you CAN actually go to yahoo maps and get a map on your smartphone. You also could get a GPS kit for the smartphone (works on smartphones) that includes maps and GPS reciever (not absolutely sure how it works). I've watched movies on my smartphone and it's decent, I for the most part just put my music on thier and just listen to it because I don't really get into situations where I'm goanna wait for 2 hours. I will likely get some simpsons episodes and convert them to the phone's size so I can watch them when I'm waiting for what ever.