Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Originally posted by: Platypus
This is a good thread to find.
I'm not interested in the petty bullshit arguments that I've read thus far in the thread but I'm looking for someone who has hopefully owned a few of the current offerings.
I need a new work phone that is email capable. I've had a few blackberries in the past including the Curve.. was really not impressed by it at all. Felt sluggish, browsing sucked. I've used a few Windows mobile devices as well and was completely underwhelmed by the experience.
Cost really isn't a big factor for me since I'm not paying the tab here. I was heavily considering getting the iPhone 3G simply based on the few times I've checked out a friends. I couldn't care less about the fanboyism or how trendy something is so please spare that kind of response. From a functionality standpoint what other phones should I look into? I was sort of intrigued with the iPhone simply because the interface was straight forward and simple and clean, it has a nice, colorful, large viewing area and it doubles as an mp3 player, something I am in the need of refreshing as well.
So far the opinions I've read are 'The iphone is amazing' and 'fuck the iphone it's completely awful'. Surely there's a middle ground centered around logic somewhere.
I've had one for about 6 months now, gen 1 hacked. Former owner of a dozen Palm devices including a VIIx, 1 TMobile SDA, 5 TMobile Dashes, a TMobile Wing, a couple of clunky HP & forgettable HP smartphones, etc... I've only owned one or 2 traditional cell phones, the rest have all been smartphones.
The biggest thing I miss is the ability to copy & paste, but I have to say the internet experience is the best available in the form factor, and yes I just had 2 BB Curves with Opera that I just sold on eBay.
The iPhone is dominating the market for a good reason, it's a good solid phone, and excellent web browser, very good email solution (BB is the best email solution), average calendar/scheduler (I think Palm is the best calendar/scheduler period).
In short the iPhone is good at a lot of things, with the best internet browsing of any phone.