New phone advice...

[6spdcoupe 5,000+ posts]

Changing service and going with a "smart phone" Top choices are now between the Motorola Q and the Blackberry 7130e. These will be used on VZW. Thoughts on each?

From what VZ told me, theres been issues with users of AOL accounts and logging in with the Q.....

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[yne721 10+ year member]

i love my motorola, and as soon as cingular offers the q i'm picking that up.

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

I've used both and the Q is nice, but it takes miniSD which is lame as micro is the cell phone standard now. Both are well built units though.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

cingular 8125,or the tmobile mda they are bothe the same but great phones. pm me to unclock the phones i have mentioned for free. i love my MDA.

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

what exactly is a smartphone, i am kind of a phone dumbass, i just like things that look cool, work good, and actually call people. i just got the new samsung slide phone, the black and chrome one cingular has, i like it, but the navigation buttons are a little small for my fat fingers.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

thats not a smartphone. A smartphone to me i think requires a speed processor,and capable of do more than 1 function. For instane my MDA can go on full HTML websites while nonsmartphones can only go at that most like an MMODE or TZone kinda thing. Even the RAZR its not a smartphone its very limited. I can watch movies on my phone listen to music in most formats instead of the midi files. i have a divx player,an NES emulator, with a smarthphone the things you can do are almost endless. I am not too familiar with blackberrys as i am with Windows mobile phones. Blackberrys are supose to be great for mainly EMAILing. and PALM is being phased out i thnk as you can see Verizon has the only windows mobile Treo700 phone. If you really want to go into depth Howard Forums is a great place to start

 

[6spdcoupe 5,000+ posts]

I actually bit the bullet and went for the BB. The Q or the LG 9800 do not currently support tethering and thats most critical. Also neither support attachments in emails. Not a huge deal, but can be somewhat helpful..

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

I just noticed you are with verizon,so i wouldnt have been able to help you out since verizon is not gsm(also meaning no sim card).

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

i wasnt saying mine is, i was just saying that i got a new one. yay.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

i wasnt saying mine is, i was just saying that i got a new one. yay.

oh ok,but i hope i clarified for you on what a smartphone is

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

thats not a smartphone. A smartphone to me i think requires a speed processor,and capable of do more than 1 function. For instane my MDA can go on full HTML websites while nonsmartphones can only go at that most like an MMODE or TZone kinda thing. Even the RAZR its not a smartphone its very limited. I can watch movies on my phone listen to music in most formats instead of the midi files. i have a divx player,an NES emulator, with a smarthphone the things you can do are almost endless. I am not too familiar with blackberrys as i am with Windows mobile phones. Blackberrys are supose to be great for mainly EMAILing. and PALM is being phased out i thnk as you can see Verizon has the only windows mobile Treo700 phone. If you really want to go into depth Howard Forums is a great place to start

one of my high up bosses with IFG (the guy who owns the company own the white sox, and they manage many major sports centers) he can control the temp in our towns new $43.4m arena, and he can also view any of the 70 some odd cameras. he can do much more, but that is some of the cool things he does from his blackberry.

 

[pimpedout97x]

i have a blackberry 8700g for tmobile. love it, will never go back to a regular phone. i just LOOKED at the Q and i didnt like it just by looks...

 

[bumpin_blazer 5,000+ posts]

what exactly is a smartphone, i am kind of a phone dumbass, i just like things that look cool, work good, and actually call people. i just got the new samsung slide phone, the black and chrome one cingular has, i like it, but the navigation buttons are a little small for my fat fingers.

the plastic one right?

 

[bumpin_blazer 5,000+ posts]

I actually bit the bullet and went for the BB. The Q or the LG 9800 do not currently support tethering and thats most critical. Also neither support attachments in emails. Not a huge deal, but can be somewhat helpful..

good choice bud. the moto q is IMO a piece of shit. i used it 3 months ago when they started giving them to regional reps and i hated my buds phone. he went back to his BB.

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

the plastic one right?

last time i checked, most phones are in fact plastic. be a little more specific.