Wi-fi cellphones

[ChaoZ]

What are some good GSM ones? I want to access the internet without those damn data plans.

 

[uli2000]

First off, the internet experiece is dissapointing at best on a phone, even a ppc/smartphone. That being said, how much do you want to spend? You could find a used Nokia e61i for around $150 used on ebay. Also, look at MDA/8125, Cingular 2121/htc faraday to be about that price range as well. It just goes up from there. Personally, even though Ive been using WM phones for a few years now, if I had the cash, Id look at a nokia N95. Dont get the 8gb modle as it wont do 3g in the US.

 

[secretanchitman]

iphone...really, its the best you can go for.

 

[ChaoZ]

The MDA/8125 looks like it's within my price range so I'll check that out. I would love a N95 but I'm too poor.

 

[yllus]

I have the candybar-shaped Qtek 8310 / iMate SP5. It's definitely nice, but the joystick is dying after about a year of use.

 

[George P Burdell]

I used the T-Mobile Dash for a year (switched to a Moto Q9 yesterday). Good phone.

Keep in mind that wifi drains battery life rapidly. I was initially not planning on paying for a data plan, but now I can't live without push email and Google Maps and a 100 other little mobile website that make life a little bit easier. If you decide to take a data plan, choose a 3G phone over a GPRS phone.

 

[TimeKeeper]

HTC Touch Elf / Duo

 

[Pliablemoose]

So far I've had the t-mobile SDA, Dash & just got a Wing.

They're not bad...

Alternately you could get a Nokia n800 or n810, they're the ultimate geek toy

 

[mooseracing]

I've used the T-mobile SDA (HTC) for about a year and love it. I am running WM6 on it and usually use teh wifi while at lecture classes or when I need to check my email and don't have a computer nearby. I'm ready to step up to something with a full keyboard though.

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
So far I've had the t-mobile SDA, Dash & just got a Wing.

They're not bad...

Alternately you could get a Nokia n800 or n810, they're the ultimate geek toy

thinking of getting the dash with the WM6 update. your experience. i didn't really like the wing.

 

[Pliablemoose]

I really like mine, gave mine to daughter's BF so they could stay in network & talk, daughter has one, I actually liked it more than the Wing, but I need s bit more screen, the wing is huge compared to the Dash.

 

[SickBeast]

Can you get on Skype using one of these phones?

 

[zig3695]

i get on skype with my motoQ9c. i need at least two bars for steady talk, but otherwise it honestly works better then my cordless linksys cit200 skype phone. the sound quality on my cell phone/sprint pcs network is tops

 

[hightekkie]

Do you really need a phone to go with that WiFi? or the WiFi only? surfing through the net with a smartphone is a totally different thing when your on a pc, for 1 a phone does not have a full size qwerty keyboard so it would take sometime compising that e-mail. Why not buy one of those UMPC like the ASUS EEE then carry a regualr phone.

I'm using an HTC Wizard/Cingular 8125 but i still do my surfing on my laptop.

 

[uli2000]

Originally posted by: SickBeast
Can you get on Skype using one of these phones?

Skype has a WM client. On both of my WM phones, it will only do speakerphone unless you have a bluetooth headset connected, then it goes to bluetooth. There is also a program called fring that will do skype, msn, google talk, twitter, and SIP.