I seem to be the only person I know who doesn't replace their phone every six months or so. Everyone else manages to break theirs, lose theirs or just get bored with it.
Nope. I've had a mobile since, ohhh, 2001 or so and I'm still carrying my second phone, an LG VX4600 (I think). It's been rugged and reliable and has always offered excellent battery life. And it was cheap.
I currently have a
Blackberry 7290:
I'm considering replacing it with the
Cingular 8525:
The reviews seem quite impressive, but I have not yet found anyone who actually owns one. If you do, please let me know what you think of it.
I thought I would wait for the iPhone, but there are so many unkowns & uncertainties that I could end up waiting for six months only to find out it isn't what I need or even want.
I'm in a quandry here.
My Palm Tungsten E is wearing out, and so is my wife's. We both use the handheld fairly heavily, but only really for the basics of scheduling, contacts, and games. I'm not really looking for another subscription so I can have mobile web browsing or email access 24/7.
My phone is working fine, but is a little large in form factor for what it does, and we're eligible for the typical Verizon 2-year replacement. Again, I don't need MP3s, mobile web/email, or other frou. A good camera would be a nice bonus.
I'm generally not a big fan of all-in-one devices if they compromise functionality, but then again, like Alton Brown, I dislike single-function tools, also. I'm really on the fence as to whether we should get Crackberries (or similar) or whether we should replace the phone and handheld separately.
Currently I carry my Palm in a hard case, a Swiss Army knife (speaking of multifunction tools) and my phone all in my pockets (I destroy belt clips), so it would be nice to combine the phone and handheld. OTOH I do use both at the same time, which is an issue of course.
And above all I'm not eager to sacrifice either call audio quality or battery life.
Anybody have any recommendations on which way to go? If I get a phone only, I'd like something as slim as possible that sounds good and has solid battery life. I like the look and feel of the RAZR but I've heard lots of bad things about the software, and I know nothing about signal sensitivity and sound quality - all things that would be more important than looks and size. That Samsung looks nice, but I'd be worried about a candy bar lasting long in my pocket.
One last thing - the handheld needs to support Macs (all the time) and allow me to import my Palm OS information (at least once). And I'm not really interested in waiting 6 months for an iPhone and paying $600.
Well, this was longer than I intended, but whaddaya think?