itouch and carry a phone, or HTC Touch?

[judasmachine]

My fiance wants a touchscreen PDA, phone, wireless computer type thing. We are in the middle of a contract with Alltel, and don't want to pay any penalties for switching to the iPhone, and AT&T. I mentioned the iTouch, and she likes it, and I have to admit that I like it too. Switching to HTC's Touch would cost us less as Alltel will just make us sign a new contract. So my question is, should we carry our regular phones (a Wave, and a RAZR) and an iTouch, just suck it up and move to the iPhone, or go with the HTC Touch?

 

[gorcorps]

Well does the 'little lady' even WANT an mp3 player? Sounds like you'd be better off getting a new phone.

 

[judasmachine]

Yeah she also wants an mp3 player. I'm getting all this from her via email, so I don't know exactly what she wants, but what she's describing is an iPhone.

 

[judasmachine]

Thanks for the help. She made the decision that she's getting an iTouch until her Alltel contract runs out.

 

[QueBert]

iPod Touches are EVIL! I still sit and find myself flipping threw the Cover Flow for no reason other than I find it neat to watch. The damn thing has keep me hypnotized since I bought it. I thought the cool factor would fade but I still play with it like a new toy, and I bought it a long time ago. I should have bought a model with no features. Your wife will love it, coolest gadget I've bought since my Voodoo2.

 

[pm]

There's also a Nokia N810 - which has Wifi, can play MP3's and movies, has a touchscreen, browses the web with a Mozilla-based browser and can be connected to the internet via a bluetooth-capable tethered internet connection to another cell phone. It has a keyboard and a bigger screen than an iPod Touch (800x400) and can take miniSD cards for expansion. It has a real GPS and you can make free Skype calls on it when you are near a WiFi basestation.
http://arstechnica.com/reviews.../nokia-n810-review.ars

 

[Inspector Jihad]

htc touch is the hawtness

 

[judasmachine]

Originally posted by: pm
There's also a Nokia N810 - which has Wifi, can play MP3's and movies, has a touchscreen, browses the web with a Mozilla-based browser and can be connected to the internet via a bluetooth-capable tethered internet connection to another cell phone. It has a keyboard and a bigger screen than an iPod Touch (800x400) and can take miniSD cards for expansion. It has a real GPS and you can make free Skype calls on it when you are near a WiFi basestation.
http://arstechnica.com/reviews.../nokia-n810-review.ars

I find the bolded VERY interesting!

 

[Overgloc]

Unlock Iphone? Does altell use SIM card? I Love my Tilt with 8Gig Sdcard

 

[QueBert]

to Overgloc I doubt Altell sells SIM cards as they're CDMA not GSM

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: pm
There's also a Nokia N810 - which has Wifi, can play MP3's and movies, has a touchscreen, browses the web with a Mozilla-based browser and can be connected to the internet via a bluetooth-capable tethered internet connection to another cell phone. It has a keyboard and a bigger screen than an iPod Touch (800x400) and can take miniSD cards for expansion. It has a real GPS and you can make free Skype calls on it when you are near a WiFi basestation.
http://arstechnica.com/reviews.../nokia-n810-review.ars

if it were only a little faster in the video media playback.. I read that flash is iffy on it. The lack of flash on the ipod Touch keeps me from sinking into it.. I hit the wall real fast playing with safari.

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: pm
There's also a Nokia N810 - which has Wifi, can play MP3's and movies, has a touchscreen, browses the web with a Mozilla-based browser and can be connected to the internet via a bluetooth-capable tethered internet connection to another cell phone. It has a keyboard and a bigger screen than an iPod Touch (800x400) and can take miniSD cards for expansion. It has a real GPS and you can make free Skype calls on it when you are near a WiFi basestation.
http://arstechnica.com/reviews.../nokia-n810-review.ars

I would not, repeat not, get that for a non-technically inclined person. It also does not have a cellular radio built in, meaning that it's not a regular cell phone and can only make calls when in range of a wi-fi connection that it has access to.