Any one using smart phones?

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If you want Email and a device that syncs to your outlook, get a blackberry, I loath the day I switched to a Windows based phone, the Email is nothing like Blackberry. I am going back as soon as I can unload the one I have to one of my kids.
 
jrannis said:
If you want Email and a device that syncs to your outlook, get a blackberry, I loath the day I switched to a Windows based phone, the Email is nothing like Blackberry. I am going back as soon as I can unload the one I have to one of my kids.
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i wouldn't rush...how many times has the blackberry network gone down in the last 6 months?

why do you dislike the windows based phone? i've been using a Q since they came out, no problems...before that I did make the mistake of getting the Audiovox 6600...that was a mess....but the Q is fine...
 
emahler said:
i wouldn't rush...how many times has the blackberry network gone down in the last 6 months?

why do you dislike the windows based phone? i've been using a Q since they came out, no problems...before that I did make the mistake of getting the Audiovox 6600...that was a mess....but the Q is fine...
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How many time do you have to reboot your Windows CE based phone?
Half the time its cant or wont let you return emails, email isnt pushed to your phone, CE has to log on and "check" your mail at pre determined intervals.
If you want it to check your email accounts a few times an hour it will drain the battery.
IMO Blackberry is the way to go for Email.
 
tell me about the Q, that phone is also available to me..I am not worried about sending or receiving emails via my phone..is it bulky are they tough..easy to use..I am kind of rough on my phone and like the razor has proved to be a tough phone and has good signal..I really do prefer the old fashioned way of communications sometimes..calling to hear your voice or just stopping in and chating..they are by far the best forms of communicating..I have been able to test drive several phones but no one is willing to let you test drive one of these expensive little devices..
 
don't submerge your phone or PDA

don't submerge your phone or PDA

This thread's got me laughing.

I used to work with an old guy. He was a gadget junkie. He had every address, phone number, important date, and every other bit of info on his PDA. He came-in to see my one day, and he looked pale and distraught. He asked me what he could do with the device he just dropped-in the toilet. It wasn't funny then.

I still carry a school composition book. I've had to dry it out a few times...

P.S. phone - Virgin Mobile, $29./ pay as you go - auto topoff.

SegDog
 
SegDog said:
He asked me what he could do with the device he just dropped . . .
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I'll see that, and raise you.

I drove over mine.

End of the day, put the truck in the garage and I don't notice that the PDA slipped out of my side pocket (Skillers).

I went to bed not missing it, then, the next morning went out to shovel off a fresh inch of snow. At one point this "thing" went skittering off through the snow from a shove of my shovel.

Time elongated as the realization dawned.

Thing is, other than being without it until I got a replacement, I had everything on the desktop, except for a few notes that day. Synchronization is a painless process, in my opinion.
 
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Thats what my Palm Treo did constistantly once the "P" button got stuck from a small piece of grit. It was impossible to dial or use otherwise after that, and was it's coffin nail.

Prior to that it crashed - often... The speaker and Mic. opening were large enough, and magnets powerfull enough to collect metal shavings (which seemed to be more previlent in my environment when I had it - because they ended up in it...) so it was impossible to hear or speak into clearly enough to hold a conversation. Before that it was like talking through a set of tin cans and string anyway.

IMO it is a neat idea to be able to collect e-mail on the go (So long as it is a short one.) - not to actually send one. Good to hold data on - so long as you entered it through another device. Not built for dirty construction sites - or persons who get their hands dirty - then touch the phone. It was brick sized for a phone, and too minature to be used a computer of any function.

I want my old Motorola Startac BACK! It held numbers you put into it, stayed charged all week, you could hear people and they could hear you - like a phone should!!!! Wanna take notes? Legal pad. You want a computer? Get a cheap used lap-top, and inverter for your truck. Want internet and e-mail from it on the road - find an open WiFi. Every 3rd one locally is wide free/open here. Or get a dedicated Cell modem card....

Otherwise my personal phone right now is a Razor - it too has it's moments - but acts like a phone sometimes, and does take some neat pictures - some have been posted here....
 
al hildenbrand said:
I'll see that, and raise you.

I drove over mine.
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I "accidently" threw an old "big ol' brick" Nextel out the window on the freeway at speed into the breakdown lane - Came to my senses at the next exit and went back for it and the boss was still talking. :grin: Spare a few additional DEEP scratches - worked fine for several years to come.

Anyone remember pagers - I chucked one into the Bay - never got it back - but boy did it feel good.....:wink:
 
Verizon

Verizon

We have Verizon and the latest Blackberries. Love them.
We have a business plan. I could not live without my blackberry as I can receive personal email also.
Talk with a business agent with Verizon, you wont be sorry.
Especially if you have a few guys.
The field for Manager is awesome.
 
I use the Q, Keep apponiments in it and numbers, easy to use and you look like a business man, I use the camera for pictures on the job no need to carry anything extra
 
had nextel blackberry for 2 years until we just switched to at&t. got the tilt which is HTC. it far out does anything blackberry ever had. my outlook and mobile estimating all right here along with the camera, video recorder and an awesome touch screen and sliding keyboard that tilts so you can type easily. i recommend it to everone i talk to about phones i got all my guys phones with cameras and it has come in handy more than i ever thought. we can send pics of stuff on jobs that they cant explain fully or even better they can document issues on the job send it to me and within 5 minutes of us discovering something there is a nice little email waiting on the generals computer.
 
cschmid said:
..any features I should be checking out..
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Once you have the unit and the manual to poke and prod, look to the accessories such as an additional charger that will work in the vehicle (I like the ones that are dual line/auto).

Also, get the specs on the expansion memory. I suspect it will be SDram, but I don't know, as I'm not specifically familiar with the Q. I have a 2.0 Gig SD card in my UTStarcom. The most single valuable function of the large mass storage is for photos, IMO.

As you learn about the setup of the camera, email attachments, files created by "Notes", you will find you can tell the device where to store the files. With a large SD card, one can leave system RAM as free as possible, yet take a large number of photos (by storing the photos, etc. on the SD card).

Had a nicely complicated gut and redo of a single family that I took the time to photo (with my phone) at roughin. I took a lot of photos and moved them to the desktop project file. At devicing, there were the obligatory "loose details" that finally got settled when the homeowners committed to a particular fixture, cabinetry detail, etc. I loaded the roughin photos back onto the phone SD card and, using the builtin zoom features, knew just exactly what was behind the drywall. Priceless!!

Also, play with the Screen Character size (I don't think that's the correct name) as well as the Input Options. You'll be able to experiment with a couple types of character input methods until you find the one(s) that work(s) best for you.
 
Bumping this one back up. I thought someone once said that they had a smartphone with a program for electrical. I think it may have been Celtic but I can't remember. If anyone knows of this, can you post the link and its capabilities again?
 
bobbyho said:
Bumping this one back up. I thought someone once said that they had a smartphone with a program for electrical. I think it may have been Celtic but I can't remember. If anyone knows of this, can you post the link and its capabilities again?
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on my treo I have a program called lectricalc from Arkansoft.
http://arkansoft.com/
It has reference tables and calculators.

also a utility called ConduitFill which is very handy.
http://arismendiz.tripod.com/
Very handy for figuring fills with various combinations of sizes.

Had one called EEpro, which also had some fire alarm stuff, but I just demo'd it and didn't buy.
 
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