Anyone here use a Blackberry or other smartphone?

[Nothing1234 2]

Blackberry Storm, Verizon

I adore it. However, I hate Verizon...they are a rip off. I wish I could have stayed with Tmobile and was able to have a full touch Blackberry with them...I'd leave Verizon in a heartbeat! Tmobile worked great overseas with no issues and minimal charges provided I let them know ahead of time I was traveling (plus you could switch SIM cards out). I haven't had a chance yet with the Verizon phone internationally.

[Otto 83]

BB Pearl (81xx) on T-Mobile (puke.. they suck here, can hardly tell they're a German company with the lousy coverage they have here in the US.) Love the blackberry - have for years - not as fancy as some of the other contenders, but for some of the things you give up, you get some great connectivity/email/chat/etc features out of it (the keyboard and smart typing tools are very nice).

Hear great things about Verizon..

[thesnowman 1]

Got a blackberry 8900 on tmobile. love it, downloaded an app so I can use it as a turn by turn gps navigator. I had a Curve 8320 (I believe thats right) and it is a good step up from that. good camera and good keyboard, plus the internet on it is awesome.

[Empress of Groovy 373]

The Droid looks interesting.

I'm under the tyranny of T-Mobile 'til June. The husband would like an iPhone eventually. Wasn't there talk of a Verizon-iPhone possibility at some point?

I'm already looking forward to getting another phone. T-Mobile has been OK, I just picked a mediocre phone (Samsung t819) w/ bad sound.

Decisions, decisions...

People seem to like Blackberry I see.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

The slashgear one is ok?

HTC Imagio

it's also a world phone

I'm curious to see the pricing on the Droid and whether it will live up to expectations. It looks like Verizon is going after the iPhone with guns ablazing.

[Darnell 8,479]

I have an HTC 6800, Windows Mobile 6.1 with some crazy skin on it., with a bluetooth earpiece.

I like it cause it also has wireless-g built in to it - so I can hang outside at my micro-farm, attend to business.

Sure, it's a bit old, but I've done some mods, updated some software, and it gets the job done, regardless of where I am (farm, office, visiting the parents ) - but my circle of travelling, with this phone, is small - prolly 120 miles, total - no loss of signal on Sprint..

Mostly, though, this goes against my grain - I'm a fan of GSM networks and thus GSM phones - the HTC 6800 is NOT a GSM phone - I have other phones I use in the UK and China - Can't frickin recall the makes or models, but all 3 of them run Windows Mobile 6.1 .. The unit I use for China - I added in some Chinese Translation Software, and some other PDA stuff.. All 3 of these are older models...

I really don't like the concept of phones being tied to carriers - I've lived outside the USA about 80 percent since the turn of the century, and I'm used to GSM-based services and phones... but...

This HTC 6800 rocks... I'd recommend it to any tech-head needing a phone and computer all in one... (Ya, I said computer... )

BE GOOD !

[Darnell 8,479]

The slashgear one is ok?

HTC Imagio

it's also a world phone

Really? The reviews I read said nothing about GSM or SIM. I've no plan to pay international roaming fees, or have it flashed to use overseas carrier. What gives? How is it a 'world phone' ??

Warmest Regards..

[Heracles 417]

Two of my favorite sites:

Great reviews for US cell phones. They actually test them.

http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/home.php

This one makes me cry looking at what the rest of the world gets. Great for any smart phone.

http://www.pdadb.net/index.php

The slashgear one is ok?

HTC Imagio

it's also a world phone

Really? The reviews I read said nothing about GSM or SIM. I've no plan to pay international roaming fees, or have it flashed to use overseas carrier. What gives? How is it a 'world phone' ??

Warmest Regards..

Built in GSM module. Only works outside the US though.

[pedroh 21]

samsung phones, even with their touch screens and keyboards, have a very basic and old OS, buying the prepaid AT&T prepaid keyboard phone for 99 bucks (samsung) and the impression,you'll see the same OS... the best phone I saw with keyboard and touch screen that doesn't fall in the cat of smart phone(like HTC), but gives u a lot of good stuff, is the LG Xenon, it has a faster OS, video and pics, and runs several apps at the same time...

[Darnell 8,479]

Booyah! - holy cr@p - it takes a sim card? Really ? wa wa wa ... :X

[Heracles 417]

Booyah! - holy cr@p - it takes a sim card? Really ? wa wa wa ... :X

Yes, it comes with a Verizon sim card. I am sure a hack will open it up to any sim.

http://www.pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&amp..._whitestone_100

Cellular-Phone

Cellular_Networks: GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS900, UMTS2100 [Asian and European Freq]

Cellular-Data;Links: CSD, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA

Secondary_Cellular-Phone

Dual;Cellular-Network-Operation: Selectable cellular module

Secondary:Cellular_Networks: CDMA800, CDMA1900

Secondary:Cellular+Data+Links: cdmaOne, CDMA2000 1xRTT, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rel. 0, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev A

Edited October 23, 2009 by Booyah!

[spookyturtle 9,466]

I've done a bit of research on the upcoming Droid. It looks good. I'd like to see how it is sizewise and if I can read the screen without a magnifying glass. My mother was right, it does make you go blind. I'm also wondering how this unit will be priced. Hopefully it won't be $400.

[Heracles 417]

I've done a bit of research on the upcoming Droid. It looks good. I'd like to see how it is sizewise and if I can read the screen without a magnifying glass. My mother was right, it does make you go blind. I'm also wondering how this unit will be priced. Hopefully it won't be $400.

If I was considering a Verizon PDA, I would look at either that or the

HTC Imagio. I am guessing it will be along the $199 mark like the imagio. Verizon seems to have wakey wakey and realized that the iphone is killing them and was cheaper than their PDAs

Edited October 26, 2009 by Booyah!

[Amby 490]

Blackberry Storm. Hated it at first, love it now. It could be better. Sometimes it just freezes up and I have to take out the battery so it resets. Just turning it off doesn't work. I probably do that once every other week.

[DeadPoolX 9]

I'm a little late to this party, but I have Blackberry Pearl 8130. I know that's not the "top-of-the-line" BB smart phone, but I got it "free" with a three-year plan using Telus.

I really like it. I use Opera Mini on it, which in most cases works a lot better than the built-in BB browser.

I can't use SureType, no matter how hard I try to learn it. It's nothing but annoying, so I use MultiTap. I've become pretty fast too.

Sometimes it ticks me off, but that's usually my provider's fault. I don't want Telus Mobile TV/Radio and I certainly don't want to see MySpace placed on there. Yet every time I do a hard reboot (remove the battery and then place it back into the phone) those programs reappear.