What type of phone do you have?
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I've got a Blackberry Bold 9700, mostly 'cause pure touchscreens + my giant strangler hands don't get along too well. I really like it, though I admit it does at times annoy me that the vast majority of apps are written for the iOS & Android but not the BB one. Still, I get an upgrade in 6 months or so and I'll get an Android phone then.
Blackberry 9700 - I work as an IT admin for a bank. They're secure and easily centrally managed - all other phones fail at this.
Unfortunately blackberries fail at everything OTHER then those two things, which is a shame.
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Unfortunately blackberries fail at everything OTHER then those two things, which is a shame.
Whatever you do do NOT get any of the blackberry touchscreen phones. They are all terrible. The 9700 is the best phone they have ever made. Not that it's overly good, the rest are just way worseNeonWraith said:
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HTC Desire S
It does everything I need.
Hell it even has stepmania on it.
Life is goood
Before that I had a Samsung Genio Slide (corby pro or whatever) and that was a DAMN good phone, despite its lack of SMS space xD
And before that I had a BlackBerry Storm (yeah someone actually bought it) which I got as an upgrade from the Curve I'm eating in my profile picture (I didn't eat it, it was a joke)
It does everything I need.
Hell it even has stepmania on it.
Life is goood
Before that I had a Samsung Genio Slide (corby pro or whatever) and that was a DAMN good phone, despite its lack of SMS space xD
And before that I had a BlackBerry Storm (yeah someone actually bought it) which I got as an upgrade from the Curve I'm eating in my profile picture (I didn't eat it, it was a joke)
Friend of mine had a BlackBerry Storm, and of all the touch screens I tried around the time I got mine I liked that more than the rest of them...but when I asked if I could get one I was told they'd all been pulled from the shelves due to some problem with them, so I changed my mind.Sparcrypt said:Blackberry 9700 - I work as an IT admin for a bank. They're secure and easily centrally managed - all other phones fail at this.
Unfortunately blackberries fail at everything OTHER then those two things, which is a shame.
Whatever you do do NOT get any of the blackberry touchscreen phones. They are all terrible. The 9700 is the best phone they have ever made. Not that it's overly good, the rest are just way worseNeonWraith said:
What I'm hoping is that between now & me getting a new phone someone releases something like the HTC Desire Z, which no phone shop in Manchester seems to stock, not even places like CEX had one when I tried to just buy one a while ago.
Motorola Milestone although I'm probably going to get the Samsung Galaxy S when I change plans in a month or so.
Sony Ericsson K800i && Samsung (something cheap, lol) atm. I had a cheaper Dual Sim Touchscreen phone but I ended up killing the screen so I'm back to this. I'm kind of glad in a way, texting on a touch screen is so bloody painful for me.
Also, give me Android over an iPhone any day.
Also, give me Android over an iPhone any day.
I have a Blackberry Torch. I did have a Samsung Genio before, which was fine - the only reason I got the Blackberry was because the contract was better for the same price, and all in all it is a better phone. Plus, I thought if I'm going to become a Blackberry fag then I might as well get the best one. It's fun to have a touch screen and a keyboard...makes me feel kingly.
The original Storm? Urgh, those had horrible screens, it was like a giant button, you actually had to click it in for it to do anything.NeonWraith said:
The Storm 2 had an OK touch screen, so does the Torch - the problem with the blackberries and touch screens is less the quality of the screens and mostly that the OS just plain works better using the touchpad on the 9700 - the touchscreens are slower and less accurate for everything.
Oh and if you haven't put OS6 on your 9700 I'd recommend it - theres a few downsides (like all the stupid menu screens that you can't turn off) but they finally fixed the browser so it's not a horribly slow painful experience.
I have a Samsung Wave GT58...something. Got it for free for signing up on a 3 year contract.
It does everything except making phone calls.
It does everything except making phone calls.
I have a Blackberry something-or-other. I use it to make calls and receive and send emails and texts. It performs these tasks adequately.
I have no doubt if I was rich I'd have some top of the range 'complete laptop-in-a-phone' kinda thing, I may even have succumbed to the shiny white allure of the iphone.
However, I'm not, and I find my nokia 3310 makes n receives calls and texts, and..that'll do.
I've got a basic mp3 player (the Sansa Clip+, comes highly recommended, around £40, 8gb memory, and takes micro SD cards instead of having to pay silly amounts for a bit more space. Compact, simple, resilient to wear and tear, too.)
Then at home I've got a PC which I do my gaming, social networking, emails, and internet stuff on.
I think that while progress is great, and we've all gained much from these new breakthroughs, there was something to be said for being 'off the clock' when six o clock rolled around, you couldn't be called or mailed on the way home! Your boss could call you at home, but they were limited to pretty much asking you to come in early tomorrow, they couldn't send you extra work thru the phoneline
EDIT: watched the Lynch thing above, and I have to agree, you can watch some stuff on a 2 inch screen, sure, but most movies really do demand a decent sized screen and quality audio, not staring at a handheld on the bus with one earpiece in so you can listen to your mate while you're watching.
However, I'm not, and I find my nokia 3310 makes n receives calls and texts, and..that'll do.
I've got a basic mp3 player (the Sansa Clip+, comes highly recommended, around £40, 8gb memory, and takes micro SD cards instead of having to pay silly amounts for a bit more space. Compact, simple, resilient to wear and tear, too.)
Then at home I've got a PC which I do my gaming, social networking, emails, and internet stuff on.
I think that while progress is great, and we've all gained much from these new breakthroughs, there was something to be said for being 'off the clock' when six o clock rolled around, you couldn't be called or mailed on the way home! Your boss could call you at home, but they were limited to pretty much asking you to come in early tomorrow, they couldn't send you extra work thru the phoneline
EDIT: watched the Lynch thing above, and I have to agree, you can watch some stuff on a 2 inch screen, sure, but most movies really do demand a decent sized screen and quality audio, not staring at a handheld on the bus with one earpiece in so you can listen to your mate while you're watching.