July 29, 200916 yr As posted in another thread, the coverage offered by AT&T in Manhattan (especially lower Manhattan) is laughable. My iPhone will continue to suffice for personal email and stupid apps, but now I need something that will actually work as a phone. I was considering a blackberry, as I have grown accustomed to them and find them excellent. However, I don't really want to pay for the data plan, and I won't have corporate support for email, so that seems to be a waste. So I'm thinking that I need one of them smart phones? I'd like something that is a solid phone, and ideally with a keyboard so I can text without learning to type on a numeric keypad like a teenage girl. And it needs to be on Verizon. Help a Monkey out.
July 29, 200916 yr I say walk into a store and mess around with what's there, and pick out the one you like.
July 29, 200916 yr Author Blackberry Tour That was my initial thought, but it gets expensive fast. I'm wondering if I can get a "lite" version of something that doesn't need as much data. I say walk into a store and mess around with what's there, and pick out the one you like. That's my plan. Of course, the two Verizon "affiliates" I went to today have inoperative display models.
July 29, 200916 yr ...However, I don't really want to pay for the data plan... So I'm thinking that I need one of them smart phones?These two statements seem mutually contradictory. If you're going to keep the iTouch for all the data services and apps, I'm thinking you need a dumb phone. Maybe a camera. The point being, most smart phones will require a data plan. Unless what that means to you is, "so the question becomes, what smart phone has the cheapest data plan"?
July 29, 200916 yr Author These two statements seem mutually contradictory. If you're going to keep the iTouch for all the data services and apps, I'm thinking you need a dumb phone. Maybe a camera. The point being, most smart phones will require a data plan. Unless what that means to you is, "so the question becomes, what smart phone has the cheapest data plan"? Yeah, I guess a dumb phone with a keyboard for texting.
July 30, 200916 yr or one of these? (its a nokia n810) paired with a dumb bluetooth phone that has a (cheap) data plan, from a provider of your choice.
July 30, 200916 yr Author Maybe I'll just wait to see if AT&Pee can successfully bring service to Manhattan...
July 30, 200916 yr Just wait till Verizon gets the Palm Pre early next year.The Iphone will get kicked to the curb if they do.
July 30, 200916 yr Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if the Pre hits Verizon in the first couple weeks of January. I know Sprint keeps claiming they have a longer exclusive deal but I'm doubting that.
July 30, 200916 yr Just wait till Verizon gets the Palm Pre early next year. They'll just cripple the hell out of it anyway.
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