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Added on 08/25/07 by
Kris |
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I didn't realize how absurd this smartphone crap was until the day before yesterday. We have a potential client using Blackberries as podcast players. Which was no big deal since I worked on a solution a few years ago at my day job but I needed to get the same version as the client. Hence a new radiation hot spot for my palm.
Now in the house:
1 Treo 700 (mine, Verizon)
1 xv6700 (Betsy, Verizon)
1 iPhone (work, AT&T)
1 Blackberry 8703e (work, Sprint)
Two of them are for work, like I marked them above, but it is ridiculous. They all do like one thing better than the others, one carrier's plan is better priced or the network makes all the difference. What do I mean?
Best sounding as a phone:
1. Treo
2. iPhone
3. Blackberry
4. xv6700 (horrible)
Ease of use as a phone:
1. iPhone (my mother-in-law could use it)
2. Treo
3. Blackberry
4. xv6700 (need 3 hands to make a call)
Ease of use overall:
1. iPhone
2. Blackberry
3. Treo
4. xv6700
Best OS:
1. xv6700 (windows mobile 5.0, too bad everything else about it sucks)
2. iPhone
3. Treo
4. Blackberry
Best media playback:
1. iPhone (wonder why?)
2. xv6700
3. Treo
4. Blackberry
Best keypad:
1. Blackberry (update: thanks Garrick for pointing out I misspelled it the first time -LOL)
2. Treo
3. xv6700
4. iPhone (it's pretty . . . hard to use quickly)
Best sms device:
1. Treo
2. Blackberry
3. xv6700
4. iPhone
Best email device:
1. Blackberry
2. Treo (would be third if AT&T edge were faster)
3. iPhone (on wifi this is second)
4. xv6700
Best web device (network):
1. Treo (doubles as EV-DO modem, love it)
2. xv6700 (doubles as EV-DO modem, never used it)
3. iPhone
4. Blackberry (locked into a special start page, blah and doubles as EVDO modem but Sprint rates are insane)
Best web device (wifi):
1. iPhone (experience much like real browsing
2. xv6700 (fast but reformats pages)
The other two are AWOL with no wifi capability
Best camera:
1. iPhone
2. Treo
3. xv6700
Blackberry is without
Best network:
1. Verizon
2. Sprint
3. AT&T
Best overall:
1. iPhone
2. Treo
3. Blackberry
4. xv6700
Taking all of this into consideration and my experience with all four operating systems and form factors, I have decided that my ultimate phone and carrier combo would look something like this:
An iPhone on Verizon's network, use as EV-DO modem, with an add on keypad and GPS onboard. That would get an 'ooh la la' and an amen.
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Interesting - I use a xv6700 and it's definitely a love - hate relationship. Phone audio quality I would agree is terrible but I love using it as a modem for a laptop. I am considering getting a different one in a few months and can't decide which one I want.
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Posted by: Marlin at:
6:05pm 08/26/2007 |
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I use the blackjack. Same experience love / hate. Some day apple will get their phones up to par. very close. but not their yet.
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Posted by: cb at:
9:51am 08/27/2007 |
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@cb it will happen as they are pushed.
@Marlin you should check this link out . . . windows mobile 6 coming to xv6700. now i really have to mess with betsy's phone.
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Posted by: kris
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2:45pm 08/28/2007 |
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Great on WM6, I am all about that. I sense a memory wipe and a fresh install coming up - I've needed to do anyhow due to various hacks gone awry.
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Posted by: Marlin at:
8:27pm 08/30/2007 |
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