RAZR the ipod of phones?

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: state 08

I have to agree with DLeRium. Having a cell phone with a 100 other features isn't stupid. You're mentality is wrong. In this day in age, you can't be thinking "basic" is best. That'll get you no where. If everyone thought the way you did, and just assumed that their old technology is good enough since it works, then we'd be pretty far behind technologically.

Uh, I cant find one extra feature that actually makes my life easier where it would be worth paying for. Maybe I'm missing something, but the bells and whistles dont help me out at all.

Voice dialing - I can speed dial just as fast.
Blue tooth - My speakerphone works just fine setting the phone in my lap.
Camera - I dont take pictures as it is, but we have a decent camera.
Text messenging - A complete waste of energy. If I want to chat, I'll call someone.
Songs/Ring tones/etc - My phone vibrates, because rings are annoying and unprofessional.
Internet/email - I cant think of a reason that I'd ever need that mobile. None.

Bluetooth - Obviously you haven't used bluetooth before, or rarely use it. I can cook while talking on the phone. Ican play CS while on the phone. I can do a lot of things without having to press a billion buttons. It's the easiest thing in the world to talk around and make calls while I'm going to work.

Text - Dumb? No. What if you're in a meeting? What if you're in class? What if you're at work? A text is a surefire way to get a response when you're not sure what people are up to. I text my friends at work so we can grab a bite at lunch. That way I don't have to call and get us potentially both into trouble.

Songs/ringtones - Sure unprofessional, I agree, but not everyone puts phones into their pockets (women). Different ringtones are good so you can distinguish between people

Internet/email - Not everyone sits in front of a comptuer 24/7. I worked IT and my manager needed email on his phone. Why? When you're fixing other stuff up, you can't check your email unless you run back to your terminal. Your phone will tell you. What if you're on the go. IF you're driving to the airport, waiting at the airport, driving far away, anything.

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: LegendKiller
2GB card + Sprint PPC6700 = much better than RAZR

Last time that I checked, I only use my phone to call people... so my POS4000 crap ass phone works just fine. Anything more is stupid.

Well most people here post on forums so all you need is a Pentium II 266 mhz. Agreed? Oh no, you don't agree.

So shut up.

Just because you don't know jack sh!t about cell phones doesn't mean badass phones are stupid. You're the equivalent of people who buy Dell and HP prebuilt PCs.... You can only get so much with a branded phones.

iPods are actually good. Show me something that small and so functional. What does the competition offer that is better? Mmmm not much. iPods and their competitors have technology that are on the same generation.

RaZr is about 3 generations behind in technology. VGA camera phone? LoL. Let's see. I went from V600 (same as a Razr w/ VGA) to a K700 (roughly the 1.3 MP period), to a K750i (2MP camera generation), and hopefully a K800 in the next month or so (3MP).

It's technology 2 years old.. likea fvcking Athlon XP Barton. If you think your RaZr makes you look cool, then please show off your Barton system too, because they are both worthless...

Did you just admit that your computer's only use is surfing ATOT? Because that is what you implied.

No, he's 100% correct. People buy a computer as fast as necessary (unless they don't know any better). Most of us here are gamers or need fast computers for other purposes. And I know that some ATOTers have slow computers because they just need something for internet and word processing.

Also, comparing him to a Dell user is a terrible analogy. You can purchase a Dell for an average computer, or you can build it yourself for a faster computer with a cheaper pricetag. What you're describing literally offers no logical comparison.

I, too, only use my phone to call people. I use my computer for everything else.

I have more respect for someone with a fast computer than a leet phone. I don't know anyone who thinks you're cool for using a trendy phone.

Edit: I'm not saying you shouldn't get new phones with 1000 features (it drives the economy I guess), I'm saying that people who won't use those features shouldn't pay extra for them. I use my phone to call people. I've used it to find movie times one time. I have no need for the multitiude of features offered by the RAZR, therefore I will not purchase one. Some people need those features. Some people buy the phone and don't need the features. The people in THAT category are stupid.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Bluetooth - Obviously you haven't used bluetooth before, or rarely use it. I can cook while talking on the phone. Ican play CS while on the phone. I can do a lot of things without having to press a billion buttons. It's the easiest thing in the world to talk around and make calls while I'm going to work.

I dont need to chat so much on the phone. Besides, like I said, speakerphone works great on my phone. I would never use it because its pointless.

Text - Dumb? No. What if you're in a meeting? What if you're in class? What if you're at work? A text is a surefire way to get a response when you're not sure what people are up to. I text my friends at work so we can grab a bite at lunch. That way I don't have to call and get us potentially both into trouble.

I keep my phone on vibrate when I can take calls, and off when I can't (which is rare). So text's wouldn't help at all. I dont get in trouble for answering my phone.

Songs/ringtones - Sure unprofessional, I agree, but not everyone puts phones into their pockets (women). Different ringtones are good so you can distinguish between people

I'm not a woman. My phone is on vibrate in my pocket.

Internet/email - Not everyone sits in front of a comptuer 24/7. I worked IT and my manager needed email on his phone. Why? When you're fixing other stuff up, you can't check your email unless you run back to your terminal. Your phone will tell you. What if you're on the go. IF you're driving to the airport, waiting at the airport, driving far away, anything.

Sure, if you need it as part of your job, but thats few and far inbetween. If I didn't check my email for a month straight, no part of my life would be disrupted.

 

[Leros]

The RAZR is a crappy phone, but for people like me who keep their phone in the pocket, it fits very nice.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: state 08

I have to agree with DLeRium. Having a cell phone with a 100 other features isn't stupid. You're mentality is wrong. In this day in age, you can't be thinking "basic" is best. That'll get you no where. If everyone thought the way you did, and just assumed that their old technology is good enough since it works, then we'd be pretty far behind technologically.

Uh, I cant find one extra feature that actually makes my life easier where it would be worth paying for. Maybe I'm missing something, but the bells and whistles dont help me out at all.

Voice dialing - I can speed dial just as fast.
Blue tooth - My speakerphone works just fine setting the phone in my lap.
Camera - I dont take pictures as it is, but we have a decent camera.
Text messenging - A complete waste of energy. If I want to chat, I'll call someone.
Songs/Ring tones/etc - My phone vibrates, because rings are annoying and unprofessional.
Internet/email - I cant think of a reason that I'd ever need that mobile. None.

Bluetooth - Obviously you haven't used bluetooth before, or rarely use it. I can cook while talking on the phone. Ican play CS while on the phone. I can do a lot of things without having to press a billion buttons. It's the easiest thing in the world to talk around and make calls while I'm going to work.

Text - Dumb? No. What if you're in a meeting? What if you're in class? What if you're at work? A text is a surefire way to get a response when you're not sure what people are up to. I text my friends at work so we can grab a bite at lunch. That way I don't have to call and get us potentially both into trouble.

Songs/ringtones - Sure unprofessional, I agree, but not everyone puts phones into their pockets (women). Different ringtones are good so you can distinguish between people

Internet/email - Not everyone sits in front of a comptuer 24/7. I worked IT and my manager needed email on his phone. Why? When you're fixing other stuff up, you can't check your email unless you run back to your terminal. Your phone will tell you. What if you're on the go. IF you're driving to the airport, waiting at the airport, driving far away, anything.

Or from a business (small business mind you ) perspective...


asuming that I had the money to buy these accessories immediately ( wil later when I get some $$$)

bluetooth....as contracotrs/remodelors/builders, we face some hard crap everyday. Beign able to talk to someone about what materials to get and still having ones hands free to tighten an expansion bolt by hand while on a 20ft ladder...yeah...ou get my point.

camera- we use it to take preliminary photos of jobs so that we can provide our clients with precise and detailed quotes without having to go back to "take a look"

text - not completely useless. With modern smartphones, it is basically the same as an email except that they press one button and know what yo uwant to tell them installed of 86'ing and waiting....if you have push mail , well then you are one lucky son og a gun

<--uses IMAP

Song/ringtones - Do I need to stop working? Identifiers keep you from wasting time on the jobsite....obviosuly having Sisqo's Thign song going off isn;t professional. Defaulting to the lowest common denominator when analyzing the use people could have for it is jsut plain ignorant./


Internet/email - Being able to respond to client emails (requests , addendums to contracts, general queries, website information requests ) while going 70mph on I-95?

I don't think I need to say anythign else other than reiterate the fact that there are uses for these things, and acting all self-important becasue they don't apply for you is ignorance

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Bluetooth - Obviously you haven't used bluetooth before, or rarely use it. I can cook while talking on the phone. Ican play CS while on the phone. I can do a lot of things without having to press a billion buttons. It's the easiest thing in the world to talk around and make calls while I'm going to work.

I dont need to chat so much on the phone. Besides, like I said, speakerphone works great on my phone. I would never use it because its pointless.

Text - Dumb? No. What if you're in a meeting? What if you're in class? What if you're at work? A text is a surefire way to get a response when you're not sure what people are up to. I text my friends at work so we can grab a bite at lunch. That way I don't have to call and get us potentially both into trouble.

I keep my phone on vibrate when I can take calls, and off when I can't (which is rare). So text's wouldn't help at all. I dont get in trouble for answering my phone.

Songs/ringtones - Sure unprofessional, I agree, but not everyone puts phones into their pockets (women). Different ringtones are good so you can distinguish between people

I'm not a woman. My phone is on vibrate in my pocket.

Internet/email - Not everyone sits in front of a comptuer 24/7. I worked IT and my manager needed email on his phone. Why? When you're fixing other stuff up, you can't check your email unless you run back to your terminal. Your phone will tell you. What if you're on the go. IF you're driving to the airport, waiting at the airport, driving far away, anything.

Sure, if you need it as part of your job, but thats few and far inbetween. If I didn't check my email for a month straight, no part of my life would be disrupted.

then obviously you are not the target demographic that the designers/marketing departments had in miond, so this stuff is not for you, so stop trying to INVALIDATE IT FOR EVERYONE ELSE

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: state 08

I have to agree with DLeRium. Having a cell phone with a 100 other features isn't stupid. You're mentality is wrong. In this day in age, you can't be thinking "basic" is best. That'll get you no where. If everyone thought the way you did, and just assumed that their old technology is good enough since it works, then we'd be pretty far behind technologically.

Uh, I cant find one extra feature that actually makes my life easier where it would be worth paying for. Maybe I'm missing something, but the bells and whistles dont help me out at all.

Voice dialing - I can speed dial just as fast.
Blue tooth - My speakerphone works just fine setting the phone in my lap.
Camera - I dont take pictures as it is, but we have a decent camera.
Text messenging - A complete waste of energy. If I want to chat, I'll call someone.
Songs/Ring tones/etc - My phone vibrates, because rings are annoying and unprofessional.
Internet/email - I cant think of a reason that I'd ever need that mobile. None.

Are you being serious man?

Not everyone needs the "bells and whistles." If all you use the device for is phone calls then that's certainly fine, but most phones are multifunction and serve a lot more purposes than simply making calls. Your lack of imagination in their use hardly makes them ridiculous.

People with busier lives have needs that extend beyond the norm. I use my phone to synchronize tasks, contacts, calendar (meetings, etc.), email and everything else I'd ever need. It's an absolute necessity.

 

[TallBill]

Well Goosemaster, you at least provided valid reasons for a high-tech phone in a business environment. Obviously a business would be smart to purchase company phones for those reasons, and I'm sure many more.

I certainly dont think I was acting self-important. I was just saying that it would be stupid for me (and a portion of people with high-tech phones) to own something high-tech. Dont get me started on cars though, as I'm ten times as passionate about people wasting money on wheels.

 

[Goosemaster]

I jsut realzied that I need to get a spell checker for my cell hpone

 

[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Bluetooth - Obviously you haven't used bluetooth before, or rarely use it. I can cook while talking on the phone. Ican play CS while on the phone. I can do a lot of things without having to press a billion buttons. It's the easiest thing in the world to talk around and make calls while I'm going to work.

I dont need to chat so much on the phone. Besides, like I said, speakerphone works great on my phone. I would never use it because its pointless.

Text - Dumb? No. What if you're in a meeting? What if you're in class? What if you're at work? A text is a surefire way to get a response when you're not sure what people are up to. I text my friends at work so we can grab a bite at lunch. That way I don't have to call and get us potentially both into trouble.

I keep my phone on vibrate when I can take calls, and off when I can't (which is rare). So text's wouldn't help at all. I dont get in trouble for answering my phone.

Songs/ringtones - Sure unprofessional, I agree, but not everyone puts phones into their pockets (women). Different ringtones are good so you can distinguish between people

I'm not a woman. My phone is on vibrate in my pocket.

Internet/email - Not everyone sits in front of a comptuer 24/7. I worked IT and my manager needed email on his phone. Why? When you're fixing other stuff up, you can't check your email unless you run back to your terminal. Your phone will tell you. What if you're on the go. IF you're driving to the airport, waiting at the airport, driving far away, anything.

Sure, if you need it as part of your job, but thats few and far inbetween. If I didn't check my email for a month straight, no part of my life would be disrupted.

Your problem is you seem to think what you think a cell phone should be is what everyone else should thinks it should be. Just because it's how you feel, doesn't mean that it's the same for everyone. Did it ever occur to you that others might have different needs for their cell phone?

Personally, I still don't have one, and for me, they are pointless alltogether. However, at least I can understand where some of the stuff on new phones might be valuable to someone else...

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

then obviously you are not the target demographic that the designers/marketing departments had in miond, so this stuff is not for you, so stop trying to INVALIDATE IT FOR EVERYONE ELSE

I do believe that I used the word "I" many many times throughout my posts.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Well Goosemaster, you at least provided valid reasons for a high-tech phone in a business environment. Obviously a business would be smart to purchase company phones for those reasons, and I'm sure many more.

I certainly dont think I was acting self-important. I was just saying that it would be UNECESSARY for me (and a portion of people with high-tech phones) to own something high-tech. Dont get me started on cars though, as I'm ten times as passionate about people wasting money on wheels.

I edited the bolded part.

Choose your words more wisely, and we won't have these arguments.

Frankly, if you can't see thigns from other people viewpoints, you will always be left behind and get into these types of arguments.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Well Goosemaster, you at least provided valid reasons for a high-tech phone in a business environment. Obviously a business would be smart to purchase company phones for those reasons, and I'm sure many more.

I certainly dont think I was acting self-important. I was just saying that it would be stupid for me (and a portion of people with high-tech phones) to own something high-tech. Dont get me started on cars though, as I'm ten times as passionate about people wasting money on wheels.

So somehow my reasons are illegitemate because I'm a college student and all those features aren't business-related?

When making calls to Dell, it's quite annoying when you're on hold. Making any personal call is just ten times easier when you can be doing things at the same time -- fixing my computer while speaking to my friend, driving is safer, etc. etc.

Texts apply to me because that's how I contact people to grab lunch (I do work in a library) or how about meeting up after class. I used to think texts were stupid too because of the extra charges, but it's an easy way to talk to someone without having the whole phone call. When you make a phone call, there's a whole process you go through with a whole conversation. A text is as simple, informal, and quick as an IM, but can be done when you're not at your computer.

Ringtones don't apply to me so I know what you're talking about. When I referred to women, I meant that a lot of women don't put phones into their pockets (and they don't have pockets many times) so a ringtone is very important to them, and the use of distinguishing between people? Very important. When I'm busy with whatever it is, I don't want telemarketers or people I don't care about calling.

Bottom line is I think you are too insistent on ignoring these great features. If I never had a BT phone, I would think it's stupid. Given so few people even experience Bluetooth, I highly doubt many people appreciate its ease. I'm sure before speakerphone was even an option, you might've thought that was dumb, and that hooking a hands free device would be good enough right? If speakerphone back then were today's Bluetooth, you might be thinkign the same.

Camera? Last time my friend got into an accident I hopped right out and snapped a few photos before we even moved the cars. I don't carry my Canon Powershot G3 that barely fits in my pockets everywhere I go, nor do i leave my Nikon D70 on the car with me.

I think there are plenty of good features that come with phones. Whether you use them or not is up to you, but it's hard to appreciate those features when you frown at them so easily.

 

[HTC User]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Well Goosemaster, you at least provided valid reasons for a high-tech phone in a business environment. Obviously a business would be smart to purchase company phones for those reasons, and I'm sure many more.

I certainly dont think I was acting self-important. I was just saying that it would be stupid for me (and a portion of people with high-tech phones) to own something high-tech. Dont get me started on cars though, as I'm ten times as passionate about people wasting money on wheels.

Honestly, does it really matter what other people spend their money on? It's their money, I could care less if they wasted it on a $1,000,000 poker game. I know the phone manufacturers don't care as well.

 

[TallBill]

Your reasons are yours. I'm not saying that you are wasting your money on whatever you buy. People blow much more daily on absolutely moronic stuff (worst I can think at the moment is rims). I just dont understand the materialistic concept that some people have. A lot of people buy stuff just because either everyone else is buying it, or because nobody else can afford it.

 

[arcas]

A couple coworkers have Treos (one a 650, the other a 700). Aside from being a little bulky, they seem pretty nice. Both are the PalmOS version. The guy with the 700 has a 2GB memory card and can watch divx movies while on a plane.

Another coworker has a Nokia 9300. At first glance, it's a step back to the late 90s phones. Bulky. But fold it open sideways and you have a "big" widescreen LCD and a qwerty keyboard. He has an SSH client for his phone and can log in to servers at work or IRC if necessary. He also has the broadband over bluetooth thing going so if he's on the road, he can use his laptop can use his phone's broadband connection. Pretty useful if you're at a conference or a cafe where wifi access isn't free.

I don't have a cell yet but I'm tempted. Not sure I want to deal with the bulk of a Treo or 9300 though even though the features are attractive.

 

[HTC User]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Your reasons are yours. I'm not saying that you are wasting your money on whatever you buy. People blow much more daily on absolutely moronic stuff (worst I can think at the moment is rims). I just dont understand the materialistic concept that some people have. A lot of people buy stuff just because either everyone else is buying it, or because nobody else can afford it.

I have one of those fancy phones actually. I admit I don't use every feature it has, I guess I'm a sucker for the latest and greatest phones, heh. I'm sure you spend your money on stupid stuff too.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: arcas
A couple coworkers have Treos (one a 650, the other a 700). Aside from being a little bulky, they seem pretty nice. Both are the PalmOS version. The guy with the 700 has a 2GB memory card and can watch divx movies while on a plane.

Another coworker has a Nokia 9300. At first glance, it's a step back to the late 90s phones. Bulky. But fold it open sideways and you have a "big" widescreen LCD and a qwerty keyboard. He has an SSH client for his phone and can log in to servers at work or IRC if necessary. He also has the broadband over bluetooth thing going so if he's on the road, he can use his laptop can use his phone's broadband connection. Pretty useful if you're at a conference or a cafe where wifi access isn't free.

I don't have a cell yet but I'm tempted. Not sure I want to deal with the bulk of a Treo or 9300 though even though the features are attractive.

yeah...took me forever to decide on the Q, regardless of what I psoted on here...

 

[HTC User]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: arcas
A couple coworkers have Treos (one a 650, the other a 700). Aside from being a little bulky, they seem pretty nice. Both are the PalmOS version. The guy with the 700 has a 2GB memory card and can watch divx movies while on a plane.

Another coworker has a Nokia 9300. At first glance, it's a step back to the late 90s phones. Bulky. But fold it open sideways and you have a "big" widescreen LCD and a qwerty keyboard. He has an SSH client for his phone and can log in to servers at work or IRC if necessary. He also has the broadband over bluetooth thing going so if he's on the road, he can use his laptop can use his phone's broadband connection. Pretty useful if you're at a conference or a cafe where wifi access isn't free.

I don't have a cell yet but I'm tempted. Not sure I want to deal with the bulk of a Treo or 9300 though even though the features are attractive.

yeah...took me forever to decide on the Q, regardless of what I psoted on here...

How is that Q anyway? I'm not sure if I want to get a silicone or leather case for my Pocket PC Phone. Silicone cases keep the phone slimmer but makes it look like a toy. On the other hand, leather cases add more bulk but look more professional.

Oh yeah, direct push r0x0rz my b0x0rz.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: HTC User

I have one of those fancy phones actually. I admit I don't use every feature it has, I guess I'm a sucker for the latest and greatest phones, heh. I'm sure you spend your money on stupid stuff too.

Yes, I do. I cant really think of a recent example, but I do. But I do try hard to minimize wasted money. I'm not a tightwad, but its hard to save up money by spending money.

 

[mb]

I posted this in the other thread, but I might as well post it here too.

What most people don't realize is that the original razr that came out on Cingular (and/or t-mobile) used the same crappy software and technology from the V600 (which came out in 2004).
The V600 was an absolutley horrible phone (I owned one), but then they re-package it into the razr and OMG it's the best thing ever now because it's sooo thin! I've heard too many people say something like "oh I don't mind if it restarts randomly or drops a lot of calls, I like how thin it is." Yeah, it's thin, but it's wider and taller than most phones too.

Sure, they fixed a lot of the bugs when they brought it over to Verizon, but that won't change my opinion about it. The ones that Cingular have still suck.. my mom, my sister, and my sisters bf all have a Cingular RAZR and I cannot stand talking to them when they use it.

 

[LegendKiller]

Considering I paid $75 for my 6700 and $0 for my wife's A920 when we renewed our Sprint contract, I am not complaining.

What do I use on my phone?

email, web browsing, BT, Wifi, BT GPS, music, PW keeper, full size addres book, task keeper...etc.

Ohh, and I do have customized mp3 ringtones for people, have a friend my wife and I nicknamed "usher" (he was an usher in our wedding), so I have that "Yeah" song for him.

It rang at work, a couple people laughed, nobody cared. I work as a treasury manager at a fortune 100 top 10 bank, so if somebody called me unprofessional, I'd call them a fekkin judgemental moron.

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: state 08

I have to agree with DLeRium. Having a cell phone with a 100 other features isn't stupid. You're mentality is wrong. In this day in age, you can't be thinking "basic" is best. That'll get you no where. If everyone thought the way you did, and just assumed that their old technology is good enough since it works, then we'd be pretty far behind technologically.

Uh, I cant find one extra feature that actually makes my life easier where it would be worth paying for. Maybe I'm missing something, but the bells and whistles dont help me out at all.

Voice dialing - I can speed dial just as fast. Never truely figured out how to use this feature effectively
Blue tooth - My speakerphone works just fine setting the phone in my lap. A plethora of devices to be hooked up, tether it to your laptop and now you're online and GPS
Camera - I dont take pictures as it is, but we have a decent camera. use it to take pictures of things you normally wouldn't have thought to take a pic of
Text messenging - A complete waste of energy. If I want to chat, I'll call someone. good if you want to talk to some one with out having to call them, also be used as silent reminders such as in meetings
Songs/Ring tones/etc - My phone vibrates, because rings are annoying and unprofessional. meh
Internet/email - I cant think of a reason that I'd ever need that mobile. None. google maps on the phone and absolute must have IMO, ATOT on the phone

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: HTC User

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: arcas
A couple coworkers have Treos (one a 650, the other a 700). Aside from being a little bulky, they seem pretty nice. Both are the PalmOS version. The guy with the 700 has a 2GB memory card and can watch divx movies while on a plane.

Another coworker has a Nokia 9300. At first glance, it's a step back to the late 90s phones. Bulky. But fold it open sideways and you have a "big" widescreen LCD and a qwerty keyboard. He has an SSH client for his phone and can log in to servers at work or IRC if necessary. He also has the broadband over bluetooth thing going so if he's on the road, he can use his laptop can use his phone's broadband connection. Pretty useful if you're at a conference or a cafe where wifi access isn't free.

I don't have a cell yet but I'm tempted. Not sure I want to deal with the bulk of a Treo or 9300 though even though the features are attractive.

yeah...took me forever to decide on the Q, regardless of what I psoted on here...

How is that Q anyway? I'm not sure if I want to get a silicone or leather case for my Pocket PC Phone. Silicone cases keep the phone slimmer but makes it look like a toy. On the other hand, leather cases add more bulk but look more professional.

Oh yeah, direct push r0x0rz my b0x0rz.

it's a sweet little thing, but far from perfect. It has crashed a few times, and definitely has its limitations. That said, for what we use it for (imap accounts, photos, directions, general internet lookups) it works fine....speacking from the point of view of a miser...er..rather, a poor fool.

If I needed an effective busienss tool and our business was not only benefitting from it, like it is now, but DEPENDING on it, I wouldn't get it, period. ie, I would have bought a treo.

It's nice, but things like a lack of pushmail support (we were thinkign of gettign outsourced exchange accoutns), the puny 107mhz ARM CPU and Windows mobile 5.0's general shortcomings severely limit what it can do.

This is not to say that it is bad. I am simply sayign that it dos what we need it to do, and although we can ask more of it, it is limited.

 

[HTC User]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: HTC User

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: arcas
A couple coworkers have Treos (one a 650, the other a 700). Aside from being a little bulky, they seem pretty nice. Both are the PalmOS version. The guy with the 700 has a 2GB memory card and can watch divx movies while on a plane.

Another coworker has a Nokia 9300. At first glance, it's a step back to the late 90s phones. Bulky. But fold it open sideways and you have a "big" widescreen LCD and a qwerty keyboard. He has an SSH client for his phone and can log in to servers at work or IRC if necessary. He also has the broadband over bluetooth thing going so if he's on the road, he can use his laptop can use his phone's broadband connection. Pretty useful if you're at a conference or a cafe where wifi access isn't free.

I don't have a cell yet but I'm tempted. Not sure I want to deal with the bulk of a Treo or 9300 though even though the features are attractive.

yeah...took me forever to decide on the Q, regardless of what I psoted on here...

How is that Q anyway? I'm not sure if I want to get a silicone or leather case for my Pocket PC Phone. Silicone cases keep the phone slimmer but makes it look like a toy. On the other hand, leather cases add more bulk but look more professional.

Oh yeah, direct push r0x0rz my b0x0rz.

it's a sweet little thing, but far from perfect. It has crashed a few times, and definitely has its limitations. That siad, foir what we use it for (checkign imap accounts) and general internet lookups, it works fine....speacking from the point of view of a miser...er..rather, a poor fool.

If I needed an effective busienss tool and our business was not only benefitting from it ,like it is now, but DEPENDING on it, I wouldn't get it, period.

It's nice, but thigns like a lack of pushmail support (we were thinkign of gettign outsourced exchange accoutns), the puny 107mhz ARM CPU< and WIndows mobile 5.0's general shortcomings make it a very could knife, but not worthy of the badge of the Swiss army...


if you get my drift....

I currently use mail2web's pushmail service and it's 100% free.