So here is the dilemma. The phone I have is a basic phone. Now it barely works, and I have lots of issues with it, plus, I am so busy during the day that I need something to put my work calendar on, get emails from the company that I own, possibly get company emails, as well as be able to text with ease, talk, and has all the bells and whistles on it. As far as price is concerned, let's say it is not an issue, but I would like to get the most bang for my buck. Oh, one catch, it has to be UNLOCKED!!!

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I would go for a Blackberry. They pretty much set the standard for sending/receiving e-mails on your phone. I personally have the Curve and love it. Blackberry offers many different FREE apps for it along with ones that you need to pay for. I currently get my work e-mails and e-mails from my two personal e-mail accounts.

I am not a big fan of the touch screens, I had one prior to my Curve and couldn’t stand it. But that’s just me there are plenty of people out there who love it. I really don’t know much about the IPhone and what it has to offer with syncing up e-mails and calendars, so I can’t really say too much about it.

But if I were in your shoes I would be looking at a Blackberry.

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If you would like me to elaborate a little more on the Curve feel free to drop me a PM.

I've had a Palm 650, Palm 750, BlackBerry 8800, iPhone 2nd Gen, and BlackBerry Bold.

The bold is by far the best phone I've had. I can list NUMEROUS reasons why the iPhone does not even hold a candle to the blackberry. Let me know if you want more info.

I'd love info from both of you!!! I was looking at the Palm Treo 750 and Centro as well as a Blackberry Pearl 8120, the Curve, and one of the 8800 series phones. There is just so much to look at with them that I thought I'd come to the experts!

I have a T-Mobile Shadow, and I love it.

Ok. Here's some reasons I hated the iPhone:

- No external indicator light for new messages/missed called
- No instant email delivery
- No way to clear the "new email" marker without reading every message individually
- No mark all as read feature
- No way to copy/paste. This means no forwarding text messages, no copying from 1 email to another. No copying an address to an email/text message.
- Painfully bad battery life. Less than a day (checking email every 15 minutes).
- No sound profile support. You can change the ringtone and that's about it.


Things I love about my blackberry bold:

- Instant email delivery (often times before GMail even shows it)
- Can cut/copy/paste between emails/apps/text messages
- Notification light for various things (new IM, new email, new twitter, etc.)
- New Message indicator clears just by opening email app (don't have to read every email to clear alert)
- Can customize every sound tied to every event
- Wi-Fi is awesome (althought the iPhone has this too)
- Beautiful screen (although smaller than the iPhone, it's clearer and more vivid)
- EASY to type on (I chat on it regularly and people can't tell)
- Great battery life. I can go 2, sometimes 3 days without a charge.


The Treo 650 and 750 were like kids toys compared to even the iPhone. Palm just has not kept up it seems.

I can't contribute, but I'm curious: why does it have to be unlocked?

Get the T-Mobile G1 - right gabe?

It's internet 3g etc. plus wifi, bluetooth etc. and a green light that tells you when you have notifications.

It runs the google android operating system for which you can easily write apps in java!

What more could you want?

<sarcasm>Does it make phone calls?</sarcasm>

Yeah I think it does somewhere - bit of a sideshow on phones these days. It also does SMS and IM!

The Best Fone Ever!

This post has been edited by Nykc: 13 Jan, 2009 - 12:00 PM

Because I am on T-Mobile right now, but looking to switch to Verizon, and do not want to pay for a phone again. With is being unlocked, I can carry multiple sim cards, and not have to have a different phone. Also, when I travel out of the country, I will be able to buy a sim card in that country, and still use my phone. I was turned onto unlocked phones by an Aussie sailor I met at my previous job.


It seems as if Skyhawk and jjsaw have me looking more at the blackberry curve and bold than anything now. The G1 is not unlocked.

This post has been edited by P4L: 13 Jan, 2009 - 12:07 PM

I agree with unlocked phones, however Verizon just flat out sucks.

G1, dammit! You can get them unlocked~!

I already told you this on Twitter a million times! ._.

What's a balckberry? It's almost like Andriod. ROFL

Ok Gabe, convince me why...on here...not twitter. What can it do other than have personal apps written for it in Java?

You won't be able to take a phone from T-Mobile to Verizon. T-Mobile is a GSM carrier, and Verizon is CDMA. Two totally different technologies.

The only problem with the above statement is that Verizon has switched to the 3G network. Granted that T-Mobile is on the GSM network, but if I get the Blackberry Bold...kinda leaning that way since suddenly Gabe is quiet....it is supported by both the GSM network, and 3G network. So getting an unlocked phone would be beneficial if I wanted to switch networks. This is per the Verizon wireless website.

You're a programmer, this should be your #1 reason!

I would have a G1 already if T-Mobile worked where I live (not one 3g network here).

Only problem with that statement is that Verizon's 3g is EVDO, and (ATT and T-Mobile) both use UMTS (albeit on different bands)

3G stands for "third generation" for third generation wireless network. It's not an actual network type itself.


If you have an EDGE signal from T-Mobile, the G1 would still be a good phone. Not as fast as UMTS, but still a hell of a lot better than the GPRS-only signal I get out here in the ass-end of Texas.

I don't have 3g where I live but I leave 3g switched off most of the time because it drains the battery.

I exist on EDGE, 2g etc. I think I have GPRS at my house - you can get by with it. The G1 does work with other specifications than 3g!