Has anyone tried one of these phones? They have wifi.
We were wondering if it would solve the problem of only having
one laptop. The other person could use the phone for emails, browsing
the web, texting etc.. I saw one demonstrated today and I was impressed. Any comments would be welcomed.
We are fulltimers and only use cellphones and aircard on the computer.
I have the Curve with Verizon as the provider and works very well. I don't know if there's a difference in the phone type with T-Mobile but probably not. Very handy with up to (10) email accounts, internet browsing, calendar, address book and many other applications you can load as well. Helps me tremendously especially with business email as I can respond immediately and know what's going on.
Used to carry laptop for email, Palm One for calendar to make appointments and of course the separate cell phone. Now all in one. There are additional charges from the cell provider for certain functions, at least with Verizon, not sure on T-Mobile. I'm sure you'll like it.
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We evaluated them and although the phone was ok the software was horrendous. On PC's the installer kept freezing and on OS X none of the included software would work at all. The phone was well laid out and had a good list of features but they did have a tendency to ignore incoming calls and emails. We had high hopes but had to pass on these. Excellent design, poor quality control.
Keep in mind that web browsing on anything short of an iPhone is going to be a painful experience.
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My daughter commented this evening how much she likes her T-Mobile / Blackberry combo. It does great for her. Now she answers Email on the run during the day without using her laptop.
How much laptop stuff do you want to do on a Blackberry?
It can handle email, does it very well, that is Blackberry's reason for existence. If all you ever do on a laptop is read and answer email, a Blackberry is a much more appropriate tool; a laptop used only for email is 99% unused potential.
Blackberry can do a lot of web browsing; converting web sites, on the fly, is part of the Blackberry service. Not everything accessible from a PC works well on a Blackberry (or any other PDA or Smartphone).
If you use your laptop as a personal information manager, Blackberry can take over that function, and share information with the laptop, providing that you use compatible PC software.
There are many other Blackberry applications that do some of the same things you might do on a PC, but Blackberry is a long way from being a PC substitute.
My PDA preference is Palm, because of specific applications Blackberry does not have. But if my use of the PDA was primarily email, I would choose Blackberry, because it does email so much better.
BB are very good devices, they are know for their email & organizing capabilites
as far the internet, MY LG Dare from verizon, can go up against the iphone any day, and do every thing but java games and activeX
email and web browsing on the dare is nearly as good as the iphone, i give the fruit phone a 'slight advantage' because it has a slightly larger display
the fruit phone is a good wifi internet device, but not a great phone, service and coverage are better with a BB, even on ATT
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The other night (Wednesday) at dinner, I had a brief opportunity to compare three smartphones - LG Dare, iPhone 3G, and BlackBerry Curve. For a person like me that has a simple, 6-year old cell phone (LG VX3200), I must say, all three were impressive. Although there was not time to put the phones through all of their paces, I did develop some impressions, which I will share.
The Dare and iPhone felt better in my hand; the Curve felt "chunky."
Text entry was easier on the iPhone and Curve. I never really got the "hang" of entering text on the Dare. As was explained to me, the Dare's screen is pressure sensitive and the iPhone's screen is capacitance sensitive. I have short fingernails and in the short time available, I couldn't get the "taps" consistent. The Curve had an easy, for me, to use keypad.
The picture quality and capabilities of the Dare were superior to the other two. The iPhone could not capture video; the other two could.
Only the iPhone could connect to WiFi - We were at Panera Bread. I understood that the Curve on T-Mobile could connect, but on Verizon, the carrier my friend uses, the Curve could not connect to WiFi. I didn't really understand why.
Web browsing was superior on the iPhone. The browser and the multitouch input made Internet use surprisingly acceptable for such a small device. BTW, to make this comparison, all three phones use a celluar connection. WiFi increased the iPhone's advantage.
Of course, there are lots of other feature comparisons that one would want to make before buying one of these phones, but those are the only ones I can comment on.
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