Does Anyone Actually Use a "Smartphone"? 101
jm2morri asks: "I am currently in the market for a new cell phone and while I'm at it I'd really like to combine my PalmOS based PDA into my new cell phone. I'd really like to keep PalmOS based so that I can sync with my wife who has a PalmOS based PDA as well. However I don't want a camera since there are new security laws being written, as I type this, to restrict the use of camera-phones. Has anyone used one of the smartphones on the market? What is the voice quality like? How often does it crash? Do you have any other observations?"
Sony Ericsson P800 (Score:3, Informative)
I like the pen based input and with some extra software the "smartphone" features like calendar, todo list, etc. are okay.
I can't say about the P900, but when bluetooth and the OS is more stable i would give it a try.
Re:Sony Ericsson P800 (Score:4, Insightful)
I assume that the software developed in these devices is to the same standard as most of the rest of the industry. To much rush and too little testing. There is a lot to be said for a bog std phone that is just a phone
Re:Sony Ericsson P800 (Score:2, Interesting)
Smartphones (Score:4, Informative)
The notepad and enhanced contacts are invaluable, as is the keyboard for sms.
Sadly, it recently developed a really weird fault (works when roaming, just not at home!) and to save time I just upgraded to the Treo 600.
Just my first impressions, but it looks like it will prove just as useful, though not always as convenient, but I can put multilingual dictionaries on it which is a great use for me. mobile email is also a consideration.
All in all, so long as the phone side isn't made too difficult, some of us can make good use of smart phones. However, if all you want is a nice decent phone, there are many simpler and more convenient devices on the market.
sph-i300 (Score:3, Informative)
I like it a lot, as I have all my numbers, appointments and little notes on my phone, which is hard to forget at home. And syncing it with my PC is the #1 reason I bought it, as I won't have to worry about syncing my phone and palm together and if I do lose my phone, I still have all the numbers. I just get any new Palm OS phone and sync it and I'm golden.
There are tons of programs for Palm including an SSH client, IRC client, a ping util and a couple of browsers that are good in a pinch (and only in a pinch, really).
I have two compliants about this phone though. This particlular phone is not compatible with Sprint's vision service, so my phone tops out at 14.4k. The i330 is vision capable, so I imagine I will get that next. Also, the screen is hard to see in the sun, which is a minor inconvienence.
I say if you can deal with carrying something of that size all the time, go for it.
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Re:sph-i300 (Score:2)
Recently I even figured out how to use this phone as an internet connection for my Linux notebook. It has a lot of latency, which is nasty for terminal-type interaction, but for web browsing it is pretty good. (Note: Sprint officially frowns o
I have one... (Score:3, Informative)
The first one had its problems - it was a little unresponsive (as compared to a stock Nokia etc) and its battery life sucked a bit (I got about 3 days standby out of it). The mail/sms client behaved a little oddly at times as well. I stuck with the Smartphone for the simple reason of Outlook integration, which was excellent.
The E200 fixes most of the problems and has some nice additional features (multiple POP3 accounts etc etc). The battery life is a little better and generally the phone is a lot more responsive. The best bit is that I can now sync it over the air (GPRS) with Exchange 2002 automatically. I always have my latest mail/contacts/calendar even when I haven't been at my desktop for a while. This, for me, is the silver bullet. Any other idiosyncracies I can handle.
My only other complaint would be its size - it is a touch bulky, but Motoral do a flip version I think which solves that problem (although it doesn't have bluetooth in its current form I think).
Hope that helps
Motorola A920 (Score:4, Interesting)
I've hacked mine a bit (replaced some of the UIQ components with third party ones) to allow me to install software (3 lock thier phones down to ensure that you can't install fun software on your phone, bollocks to that I say).
There are some stability issues (opening a 2MB e-book in html on the opera browser will cause it to lose connection with 3's network sometimes). A quick reboot fixes those of course. What price we must pay for our toys.
Also, battery life becomes more of an issue because you're dealing with a 266MHz CPU in your pocket, not just a flimsy phone-call appliance.
What's the good?
- Internet access on my phone
- Games games games
- MP3 playback
- Camera and video recording/playback
- Reading e-books wherever I go
- Phone takes 128MB SDcards for storing more MP3's
- Using MP3's as a ringtone
- Awesome address book/calendaring
- Email from your phone
- All the other neat PDA stuff
I love PDA functionality. I would own a PDA, but I would never take it with me anywhere, always leave it at home because I don't need it (like any other gadget). I have to carry my phone for work purposes, and it's useful to have with me. It also happens to do all these other amazing things. And all I need when I go out is my phone, my wallet, and my keys, and I'm set with all those capabilities listed above. It's much better than carrying phone, keys, wallet, pda, mp3 player, camera, video camera... forget that. You'd buy the camera and leave it at home and never get to take that nice picture when you get the chance. Likewise you never know when you'll get bored and just pop open one of your ebooks and have a read, or browse over to bash.org and see what people are being quoted for saying.
Re:Motorola A920 (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Motorola A920 (Score:2)
P900 (Score:4, Informative)
It does just about everything, and is the perfect compromise for a PDA/Phone (ie, not to big and not too small).
The sound quality is fantastic! The persons voice sounds more realistic, not high pitched and tinny like it did on my Sony Ericsson T610.
The reception is also excellent. I live in a dead zone and the T610 would never work (nor would any other mobile) but the P900 works fine! Maybe it has a bigger internal antenna since its physically bigger.
The phone is superb. I would definitely recommend it, or the P1000 (or whatever it will be called) when its released later in the year. Apparently this one will have a keyboard on the back of the flip.
Unfortunately the phone has a camera, as all new phones and PDA/Smartphones do these days
I'm not sure what you can do about that... pretty much every phone has a camera these days, so you're pretty much stuck using an old phone + PDA combo or just get a camera phone/smartphone/etc.
Everyone is gonna have them, so places will just need to learn to deal with it.
D.
I don't use one myself... (Score:3, Informative)
Nokia 6600 (Score:2, Informative)
The OS is not too stable and I get sporadic crashes. Though it is mostly fixed in the latest firmware upgrade. Unfortunately the firmware is not user upgradable and you have to go to a service center which charges you for the service of upgrading your cellphone firmware.
The cellphone will eventually replace my PDA, but not at the moment, since it still has some useful apps which are not available in the cellphone (SecondScreen TV, HandySh
Nokia 3650 (Score:2)
Re:Nokia 3650 (Score:1)
Don't buy a pda AND a phone!
Re:Nokia 3650 (Score:2)
Re:Nokia 3650 (Score:2)
Conventional Wisdom (Score:5, Insightful)
Internal testing is pretty good at finding major bugs, but some always slip through and find their way into the hands of the consumer. Most of these become obvious after the device has been on the market for just a few weeks - the sheer volume of people using the devices means bugs are found quickly. Nokia is pretty good at taking that feedback and rolling out updated firmware - usually less than two months after the product's been on the market. (Gotta keep that field failure rate down!)
People looking for stability should avoid devices that use the initial firmware version, unless they mind taking their device in for an update a few months later.
It was the same with my Sony Ericsson P900. The initial firmware release (R1A) had some annoying problems which are well documented on enthusiast sites, but four revisions later (R4B) it's turned out to be a fantastic device.
Kyocera 7135 Smartphone (Score:3, Informative)
Mine has crashed in the single-digit numbers of times since I got it. I have found that letting it run out of battery while roaming tends to drive it nuts, and that situation got me both my two data-loss crashes...since then, i've carried a live backup on the 256MB SD card I keep in the unit with my 'critical MP3s' and 64MB worth of files. I use it as a backup MP3 player as well. Battery life is presently around 2.5 days, but that's on the original battery - when new, it lasted around 4, with moderate talktime. This one is on Verizon, btw.
I'd recommend it wholeheartedly for one reason: I no longer need carry a Palm and a phone. This one does the job of both. It's a *slightly* compromised phone (big, battery hungry) and a more compromised Palm (OS4, lousy processor) but its advantages (for me) more than outweigh those issues. I like it quite a bit, and consider it the first real 'phone that science fiction promised me as a kid.'
Re:Kyocera 7135 Smartphone (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Kyocera 7135 Smartphone (Score:2)
Heavy user here (Score:2)
and Sony Ericsson P800 and P900, currently using the P900.
(You might want to read my CV, brief and full)
I have to say smartphones are the bees knees.
After all why wouldn't you want your PDA to also be a phone with internet connectivity?
My P900 is my ebook reader and offline browser [mobipocket.com], and my portable games machine [my-symbian.com]
It has a camera to take photos at a moments notice (better than no photo at all) and even short movie clips with sound.
I user opera for web browsing with the
Camera phone security laws? (Score:1)
Re:Camera phone security laws? (Score:2)
Re:Camera phone security laws? (Score:2)
The bill before Congress would make it illegal to videotape, photograph, film, broadcast or record a naked person or someone in underwear anyplace where a "reasonable person would believe that he or she could disrobe in privacy."
The legislation also would make it illegal to sneak photos of a person's "private parts" when "their private parts would not be visible to the public, regardless of whether that person is in a public or private area."
A person convicted u
No camera+palmOS narrows it down (Score:2)
However, not wanting a camera is going to restrict your choices... Perhaps something like an old Treo 270? Or if you want something newer one of the Samsungs.
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Samsung SPH-I500 (Score:2, Insightful)
If you open it up it has a screen on top that has your phone menus (like address book etc) or Palm OS menus. On the bottom it has your keypad and a small area to write - just like the Palm. So the PDA functionality is also pretty good.
I also like that this particular phone does not have a cam
No Smartphone (Score:2)
I do not use a smartphone and I think I will never use one - for a simple reason: My "ancient" Nokia 5130 (modified 5110 for 1800 MHz) works, works, works.
There are no crashes because of a bug in some "smart" component I do not need. It does not support ringtones, logos or other kiddie nonsense. It is a telephone I can simply carry around and use it whenever I need it. It shows the caller's number (and name if it is in the phone book). Nice to have, but not really needed. It has a simple calculator. Nice t
Re:No Smartphone (Score:1)
Actually, I find distinctive ring to have real business utility, particularly combined with profiles, I can know from the moment the phone first chirps if a call is from a major customer or from a friend who wants to know if I want to grab a pint after work.
Depending on the time of day, I ignore either one or the other.
Prior to getting a Treo 600, I carried my personal cell phone, my work c
Treo 600/Sprintcapsule review. (Score:4, Informative)
The battery life very good for a PDA, comparable to other digital phones. Talking is the most power hungry activity. I never run out of juice, but YMMV depending on how much you talk. Handset gets uncomfortably hot if you talk a long time at maximum transmit power.
The screenvery good in most lghting conditions, and is at least usable in bright direct sunlight. The keyboard's OK, but a little cramped; the Blackberry layout is superior if you are doing lots of keying, but more awkward as a phone. You can do without stylus, but I miss graffiti sometimes.
The browser works suprising well. I can browse the non-PDA version of slashdot adequately. Naturally flash and ActiveX dependent sites don't work. You cannot use the phone as a modem for your laptop, a limitation designed for SPrint to avoid clashing with their PC card modems. However inexpensive third party software can turn it into a modem for your laptop.
THe camera is a complete piece of shit; it's basically a pinhole camera. Resolution is poor it has a serious problem except with very/strong. brightly lit scenes with low contrast. Basically, it's enough of a camera to get you into trouble in places where cameras are forbidden, but not enough to be useful for anything.
The phone has no bluetooth, but it does have a SDIO slot that may support an (as yet unreleased) third party bluetooth card. I understand there is a header on the PC board for the bluetooth chip, but it is not populated because Sprint doesn't want bluetooth on this beast.
Generally I'd rate it fine as a phone and about 80% as good as a Tungsten as a PDA. I'd prefer a Tungson and a small digital phone connected by bluetooth, but overall very good.
Re:Treo 600/Sprintcapsule review. (Score:1)
Re:Treo 600/Sprintcapsule review. (Score:2)
I now happily "lug around two separate gadgets" as you said. I'm happy about it because there's far more functionality and far less weight (the Visor Prism + VisorPhone was a BRICK).
Also, the price was about the same... I bought the Visor Prism for $300 and the VisorPhone for $100.
The Tungsten|T3 was $295 and the T68m was $71.
Re:Treo 600/Sprintcapsule review. (Score:1)
I was worried about the larger size and candybar-ness after 3 years of the mot v60 but it is still pretty compact... even works in the front pocket of 501's.
Treo 600 (Score:1)
However, it is true that the "phone" side is not (yet?) perfect, I anxiously await the software update expected later this week.
It also true that the phone sometimes reboots (approx. once a week), but it boots as fast as Palm (and not as a PC!), and never lost any data. I can live with this...
3650 (Score:1)
Treo 600 (Score:5, Informative)
I had Kyocera 6035 for a couple of years. Then I switched to Handspring (now PalmOne) Treo 600. I have been using it for over 6 months (since the week it came out in stores).
Treo 600 is the best smart phone on the market. I have sprint as my provider and also have their vision professional pack for $15 per month extra that allows me UNLIMITED web access. I have not used the SMS much but I mainly use my phone for voice calls which are of great quality, it has an awesome speaker phone, it does have a decent camera (cameraless versions to be available soon), included keyboard is the best. I also use my phone to check work email using Sprint's Business Connection software (don't need to buy extra VPN software), you can even log into your VPN using this phone, it also has POP and SMTP mail access, Calendar function is great and I use it greatly, Hotsynching is amazingly easy to do, you can install Palm applications over the air, included web browser is a full featured web browser and you can view just about any website. I also have an additional proxy based browser called Reqwireless WebViewer (a java based AMAZINGLY FAST browser, costs $20 one time, worth every penny).
This phone is amazing if you are a true computer user. I use it sometimes with VNC to access my Windows XP desktop!
There is so much you can do with this phone. There is tons of palm OS freeware and paid software. If you need answers to anything regarding this phone, check out Treocentral Discussion Forum [treocentral.com]. Great site with tons of useful info, people reviews, experiences and software links.
Re:Treo 600 (Score:1)
Re:Treo 600 (Score:1)
I'm also a Treo 600 user, and I really like it. I'm using AT&T, and although their customer service has pretty consistantly underwhelmed me, their coverage seems to be decent (San Francisco Bay Area). I've been using AT&T for many years, and switching from TDMA to GSM when I bought the Treo definitely reduced my coverage. Still, between the Cingular merger and migrating the TDMA cells to GSM, the service is getting better and should continue to improve.
Okay, back to the phone. The big selling poin
Re:Treo 600 (Score:2)
I get unlimited wireless web access with my $15 per month sprint vision professional pack. In the first 2 weeks of getting the phone, I downloaded about 95MB (web pages/sites/images) since I was moving and had my main computers packed up. Sprint's software has a code that you can use to see how much data you have downloaded since buying the phone. I had
HipTop, aka T-Mobile Sidekick (Score:2)
I'm still waiting for the missing sync for it so I can get my contacts synced up with my laptop. I don't use many of the other features, as I have a Zire 72 for all that. Two other things I wish the HipTop had was longer battery life (if I forget to charge it at night, I'm screwed) and the ability to be used as a modem.
Blackberry 7280 (Score:2)
The Blackberry doesn't have the wealth of apps that Palm OS can offer, but what it does do, it does VERY well. Getting email pushed to the device is a great feature. It also does SMS texting (for you Europeans out there...you know you're addicted). The cell phone quality is just as good as any Nokia cell phone I've had in the past.
All this, plus Outlook sy
Re:Blackberry 7280 (Score:2)
Blackberry as Treo application? (Score:2)
Research in Motion (RIM), maker of the Blackberry, licensed their keyboard design to Handspring for the Treo, and has also issued licenses for the Blackberry "push" email software for PalmOS. No software has be
Re:Blackberry 7280 (Score:1)
I own a samsung i300 (Score:1)
How about just a Palm phone? (Score:3, Informative)
I got the Samsung i500 shortly after it came out, and I love it. Form factor is great, battery life is good, color Palm 4.1 functionality works great, and the voice quality is as good as the network you're on (since basically the 'phone' software is just a Palm app that's hardcoded in - the mode switch button on the side is incredibly useful).
Signal strength is a little weak due to small antenna, and it does not have many of the funkier features bigger phones have like external speaker, enough space for MP3's, etc. Only thing I miss is not having an expandability slot of some kind: the original i500 is stuck with 16MB. Integration between Palm apps and the phone is good, but not great: most places in Address you can press Talk to dial the currently selected phone number, but you can't if you're actually editing an address record.
Other than very occasional sync problems, I've had no stability issues: the phone has never failed or had problems due to Palm apps or anything. So if stability is a concern, look for one of the less-feature-overladen Palm phones. 8-)
P.S. SprintPCS is great. But SprintPCS also sucks: no *supported* SMS exists for this phone that I know of.
I see one advantage (Score:2)
Am I the first one to think of this? (Score:2)
You know, I can't say that I've ever used my PDA to sync with my girlfriend....
Re:Am I the first one to think of this? (Score:2)
The n-gage (Score:1)
Re:The n-gage (Score:1)
Treo 600 (Score:2)
Crashing: It happens, usually a bad palm app will cause it to bork, but if you are careful which apps you add, you won't have a problem. Don't use AIM, use a third party IM client.
Voice Quality: Well, not so great....I use Sprint and I think that there is too much bass or something along the line, or I talk to too many poeple wiht low voices. Included headphone quality is crap.
Camera: Has one....but like was said before is utterly crappy.
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I use a Tungsten W (Palm Phone/PDA) (Score:2)
My fault entirely for not actually trying a model out first.
It's big, clunky and pig slow. It uses a 33mhz Dragon Ball processor, to power it's (beautiful) 320x320 display.
The thing tends to freeze up when attempting to open graphically intense website, I think that's probably because of the low processor with a hi res display.
And to top it off, I've had the unit replaced 3 times since I first got it in Dec 2003.
I would highly recommend staying away from such a useless tool.
Series 60 devices pretty good (Score:4, Informative)
I'm quite a fan of the Series 60 [nokia.com] devices. Series 60 is a Symbian platform, and a couple of manufacturers produce phones based on it.
I've had a Nokia 3650 for about a year, and just got myself a Nokia 6600.
They're both pretty stable (occasional need to reboot due to memory leaks, but not too bad), loads of apps available for them (though quality does vary), and easy to write for yourself. Oh, and they're pretty damn good for voice calls too (nice speaker phone mode etc). Cheap too, I got both mine free when signing up for 12 months with my provider (Vodafone).
About the only downside is that input is only via the text pad. That said, you can buy a bluetooth keyboard + bluetooth keyboard software (3rd party) and you're away, so that's always an option
Re:Series 60 devices pretty good (Score:2)
PalmOS: OK, Symbian: great (Score:2)
I haven't used a Symbian-based phone, but for years I've been using Psion PDAs based on earlier versions of the OS (called EPOC at the time), and can attest to it being rock-solid. If I were in the market for a high-end smartphone (with an eye towards ditching the laptop), I'd definitely consider Nokia's 9290.
Sync may be a problem on Windows (Score:2)
My only complaint is that the Bluetooth sync capabilities aren't as useful to me as I would like. At work I am limited to Windows and it seems that the only two choices for Bluetooth sync are Outlook and Outlook Express.
Searching Google for PIM and Bluetooth or calendar and Bluetooth doesn't turn up muc
Re:Sync may be a problem on Windows (Score:2)
Also, the standard T-Mobile service plan for it is $40/month with 600 anytime minutes, unlimited nights (meaning 7PM-7AM IIRC) and weekends, and comes with free WA
What about viruses and such? (Score:2)
I imagine having your mobile infected by a malicious software would be more serious a threat - since it contains information absolutely personal and vital..
Blackberry by RIM (Score:1)
Just got Treo 180g (Score:2)
I love the slimming-down of the bat belt.
I chose the 180g for several reason:
1- it's smaller than the other Treo's
2- it has the graffiti area instead of the stupid keypad
Cons:
1- it's gray scale, not color like I was used to. But I think I will adjust
2- processor is a little slow. But I think I can deal with it.
Overall, I am pretty satisfied. It cost me $100 shipped, was unlocked, and worked immediately with Cingular but will also work with T-Mobile
Re:Just got Treo 180g (Score:2)
just added DES Store over lunch. It was fine for a few hours and then I pushed the envelope a little (don't recall now exactly what I was doing) and it died on me. Totally hung.
Had to do a hard reset, lost my data, and I don't have my USB cable handy.
Sigh...
That does bring up another complaint: why don't the other reset options (soft|system) work? why does it always have to be a hard reset?
Kyocera 6035 (Score:2)
But it's incredibly stable, and works very well as a phone and a PDA. It's digital/analog on Verizon, so I have coverage just about anywhere in the US where there is cell coverage at all. I've had maybe one crash in the last year, and I overclock it by 30%.
I keep phone numbers, calendar, to-do, tide tables, a few full e-texts, encrypted password aggregator, some personal database tools, metro maps, a ha
Why "smartphones" are worth it... (Score:3, Insightful)
Although it sounds simple, there is just no overstating the importance and power of having *all* your contacts with you at all times, and having that contact list integrated into your phone/dialer. No more wishing you'd put Joe's number into your phone, or trying to juggle data from the PDA to the phone. If you drive and talk, or ever want to be able to, this alone is enough reason to spring for the extra bucks for the smartphone. Bluetooth in both devices gets you closer, but it's nowhere near as transparent, and is a notorious security problem, too.
Don't worry about snazzo marketing features you'll probably never use. If you want an MP3 player, buy one, you'll probably be disappointed in your phone as one anyway - there's a lot of benefit in combining some devices, like the phone and PDA, but not much in combining those with an MP3 player or camera, for instance. The difference, of course, is that combining a PDA and phone is a win-win with few or no tradeoffs, while adding hardware to make even a decent smartphone passable as a digital camera or MP3 player is so expensive you can count on it being done only poorly.
Even 8 MB will store an enormous amount of data on a Palm device - many thousands of contacts, tons of text crunched into compact formats, and schedules forever. My phone is an older 8 MB one, and I have a LOT of contact and schedule data, plus a couple of versions of the entire Bible, and several dozen other essays, articles, and reference documents, and I still have over 2 MB left over. (I never even clean out old schedule events, I just leave them there since they're sometimes handy for future reference. I've been doing this for about 5 years with no problems at all.)
For all the benefits smartphones provide, though, the wireless carriers aren't capitalizing on the benefits of their networks or the growing intelligence at its ends - there are many enhancements that make sense, and could be supported, but aren't. For instance, rather than the relatively useless Bluetooth, why not have the ability to send contact info over the phone call itself? Use a digital connection on PCS networks, or even some clever touch-tone encoding to allow "beaming" directly over the phone line. This just makes sense, and could even be used by the carriers as a significant value-add, especially if the system works transparently across wired, wireless, and IP telephones. Here it is, the 21st century, and I'm still having phone calls saying "e-mail me you contact information, and I'll send you mine back." Why the heck can't that happen over the phone call? (Information could now justify some of their ridiculous $1.00 charges by "beaming" the number you just looked up into your contacts list, too, so you'll still have it after they've helpfully "connected you at no additional charge" - hope you wrote that number down, or it's another buck!)
Now a bit about specific phones, and picking them: Although it's really hard to find working demos of these phones, insist on using a live one *before* buying - there are often subtle things that will irritate you that you can't see until you try it. (For instance, I recently decided against upgrading to the Treo 600 because it has the camera (both useless and a liability) and also does not support Graffiti. The missing Graffiti support is not something that's obvious until you hold it in your hands - some people prefer silly blackberry-ish keyboards, but the lack of Graffiti killed the Treo for me - if i
Treo 600 works for me (Score:2)
While the T600 does a better job of integrating wireless voice and data into a PalmOS^WHandSpring PDA, it is still an imperfect union of the two.
To really get "smart" phone behavior, you need to load third-party applications.
Unfortunately, many third-party applications make the device unstable (causing random resets), and c
Re:Treo 600 works for me (Score:2)
I've had my Treo 600 for about 6 weeks now and no lockups/reboots. I've got 20 or 30 third party apps, but almost all of mine are for palm 5.X and that may make the difference.
Since I had never had a palm based system prior to this, I don't miss the pen input (that was a selling point for me...:) )
BWP
Kyocera (Score:1)
Re:Kyocera (Score:1)
That said, I use a 7135 also, and love it. Can't wait to see what comes out next.
Re:Kyocera (Score:1)
Wild guess: 5135?
Re:Kyocera (Score:2)
see
for a good link [seapug.com]
I've owned a 6035 and now a 7135, love it also. try pdaphonehome.com for a large member base.
New laws? (Score:2)
Perhaps I've been living under a rock, but what new laws are these (and why wasn't a link provided)?
I know many companies restrict the types of digital equipment employees and visitors can bring onto their private property, but I haven't heard anything about legislation.
Re:New laws? (Score:2)
even aside from laws, it can still be a pain. our network administrator cant take his phone into our colocation facility when he goes to do any kind of server maintenance because cameras are not allowed in the racks.
I am a bit confused. (Score:2)
Re:I am a bit confused. (Score:1)
However, that said, I still _may_ want to take a call while at the rink and I want that flexibility.
I use a Treo 600 daily (Score:2)
In response to your question, yes I use a smartphone everyday. I use it more for a convergence device - I like getting my email, I like browsing the web, and I like the ease of
Audiovox Thera (Score:2)
I love it. Simple as that. Yes it can be a little annoying/unstable if you load memory resident programs onto the SD chip, but with a little forethought it can be managed.
Sure they could do more, but it has sold me on smartphones for a while to come.
The convergence of a higher level computer and phone services works for me. I went from having to carry 2 pda's and a phone to one device.
not to mention on verizon I get s
i had very good experience w/ treo 300 & sph-i (Score:2)
based on the two phones i used, the quality is as good as any other cell phone i've used. in fact, one of my reasons for buying the i300 was because the quality and reception was better than my previous samsung
Treo 600 (Score:1)
XDA II (Score:1)
I've had my XDA II for about 6 months now, it was 300 to buy on contract, and I barely pay ~30 a month for sending up to 300 sms/month + free calls and stuff.
To be honest, I was a bit worried about the size of it; its a pretty big beast, and
Already evaluated Samsung SCH-i600 & i700 mode (Score:1)
The results?
Yes - I carry two (Score:1)
I personally bought a PalmOne Tungsten W last year, and the 320x320 screen is head and shoulders above the i300. T-Mobile sells me all
pdaPhoneHome.com try it out here (Score:2)
PS, I love my 7135
Treo 600 (Score:1)
1. Use it as a wireless modem (linux/windows). Careful about charges mind you, but sprint is flat rate, and cheaper than buying a pcmcia setup
2. Synchs to outlook and evolution.
3. There is a great eudora client for it, so you can get your pop mail anywhere.
4. Set up a new user on your linux box via ssh!
5. Strip Dice!
6. Camera with third party software can be a soso video camera, b