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ultramegabob

ultramegabob

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Im having a bad day, my Blackberry 7100g just took a dump on me, I took my sim card out and put it in my old Motorola flip phone, but I have to make a quick decision on what to replace it with, I need a phone with a good calander thats easy to add appointments on the fly, I am looking at the Samsung Blackjack, any one have any input what to get?
 
Not sure of your provider. I thought about the Black Berry Curve. I never purchased it. I'm paying to much to Verizon as it is. That phone just looked a little better built.


Ken
 
khixxx said:
Not sure of your provider. I thought about the Black Berry Curve. I never purchased it. I'm paying to much to Verizon as it is. That phone just looked a little better built.


Ken
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im using AT&T (cingular)
 
Can't offer much about smart phones. I buy dumb phones, purposely. I just need one with a dial pad. I think it's a shame that nobody makes a rotary dial cell phone. Maybe like a Stromberg-Carlson or Westinghouse cell phone.
 
Simplify your life. Get a pocket calendar at an office supply store. It'll never "take a dump" on you.

Dave
 
Sparky555 said:
Simplify your life. Get a pocket calendar at an office supply store.

Dave
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no thanks, that dont work for me, I like to have my phone send me alerts a half hour before my appointments, I tend to get busy and lose track of time and need a reminder call....
 
ultramegabob said:
no thanks, that dont work for me, I like to have my phone send me alerts a half hour before my appointments, I tend to get busy and lose track of time and need a reminder call....
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Dave
 
My boss just got the Blackberry Curve and really likes it. I have the HTC Touch and feel the same. It is compact and user-friendly with more functions than I will ever use. I have the internet/data package, but I believe you can get one without, depending on the provider. I even keep Excell and Office files on there for generator scheduling and customer info.
 
ultramegabob said:
I would prefer to think of myself as the absent minded professor:D
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I couldn't agree more.

There are so many interesting things to pay attention to, other than clock watching. . .especially when these little wonders do such a darn good job of reminding.

I'm in the Windows Mobile camp, myself, and loving the facility of mass storage, WiFi and Bluetooth.

A quick scan of AT&T's Blackberry offerings looks like you're going to pay only about a hundred bucks unless you add things like WiFi and Bluetooth.

How was the keyboard, screen size, fit-in-the-pocket? Maybe you want more bells & whistles? Maybe not.
 
al hildenbrand said:
A quick scan of AT&T's Blackberry offerings looks like you're going to pay only about a hundred bucks unless you add things like WiFi and Bluetooth.

How was the keyboard, screen size, fit-in-the-pocket? Maybe you want more bells & whistles? Maybe not.
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My 7100g is very compact for the size of screen and the keyboard is an unusual set up keys are large because they serve two letters each, it took a little to get used to, but worked good for me, and I loved the scroll wheel. It actually was capable of alot more than I used it for, and so will whatever I replace it with, Im willing to spend more money for a phone that has a large screen and is easy to navigate and make changes to my appointments, and most of the newer ones have cameras built in which I think could be handy...
 
I use the Pantech that Verizon sells. It's okay, I can sync it with Outlook so I can edit my appointments, etc. I have it set up to chime reminders 15 minutes ahead of appointment time.

It does have Blue Tooth capability which I have found useless. Too much noise around makes the earset cut in and out enough to irritate me.
 
My 2 c
The only things I would consider is if the OS of the phone supports the APPs you wish to run.

today I use the phone/pda to program devices like door locks, lighting.

Then there is text, Photo and email .
 
Sierrasparky said:
My 2 c
The only things I would consider is if the OS of the phone supports the APPs you wish to run.

today I use the phone/pda to program devices like door locks, lighting.

Then there is text, Photo and email .
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what do you have?
 
one palm treo because the app to program the door locks will only work with palm.
Were getting a unit that uses windows CE because another app needs a ceertain Java applet only written in windows.....

I don't know if this will help.
 
Chamuit said:
I use the Pantech that Verizon sells. It's okay, I can sync it with Outlook so I can edit my appointments, etc. I have it set up to chime reminders 15 minutes ahead of appointment time.

It does have Blue Tooth capability which I have found useless. Too much noise around makes the earset cut in and out enough to irritate me.
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I would get one that sync with your office computer forsure. I am terrible at time management I still carry around that notebook thing.
 
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