Mobile Communication Device of Choice?

[mdfortwoguy]

I was having a discussion with a friend the other day in regards to what type of mobile device he was going to get to replace an aging flip phone, and we got onto a discussion of popularity and why.

I'm an Apple certified System Administrator/ACMT, and in general I bleed love for the company. That being said, I'm also the poster child of a CrackBerry addict - which always seems to surprise people. I hate AT&T with a passion and am fielding ~250 emails a day between my work and personal accounts, so I would shoot myself if I had to try to peck out emails on the iPhone.

What do you use? What made you choose that device?

[Big Panda]

I have a Samsung Magnet through AT&T. Used to have Sprint and I loved them. Never a dropped call. But the wife had AT&T for her business phone, so I switched to them. Got this phone because I was due for a new one and, well....it was FREE.

It's not a bad phone, but it's difficult to hear at times on my Bluetooth earpiece. Other than that, I LOVE IT.

[NANO]

got the PRE and love it, does what i need and more, pluse it will be the first of the phones to use flash 10.1 here at the end of the year! so internet veiwing will rock!

[Wdhitch]

I have an Iphone and I'm addicted to it!!!! I had a blackberry and I'll never have one again... I'm also connected at work and generally answer around 60 - 70 emails a day on it... it's so much better than the blackberry and does so much more.

My Dad was a 40 year IBM'r so the switch to anything Apple took some coaxing.... but it was soooooooo worth it.


By the way... Apple's support is second to none.... Have a problem with your phone? Go to the store and they give you a new one!!! Providing it's an actual issue with the phone and you haven't done something stupid...

[BigWarpGuy]

I have a Palm Centro. I am hoping the Palm Pixie will eventually come down in price and become available on any network.

[forestacademy]

I just can't justify the need to more connectivity. I don't get enough e-mails to add to my plan cost with a smart phone.

We just got new phones and for the first time added Music and removable storage for the Pictures we take. (see the Midwest Fall Rally photo's)

Also, I live where At&T and Verizon and T-Mobile and Cricket don't serve. I have been waiting for 5 years for someone besides US Cellular to decide my town is worth connecting but no one cares. And like the Verizon add with the blackberry in Paperweight mode, that is what I would have.

We would have gone camera free for my wifes phone but you cant get that with a Music player, so when she visits some of her clients she will have to surrender her phone.

[gurps]

I hate to admit it, I have both. 1 is from work- I don't pay for it, and usually turn it off nights and weekends. It's a BB.
a couple of months ago, for the first time EVER, I went and spent my own money on a cell phone- the iPhone. I've had a work provided cell phone for at least 11 years, but when it came to getting my own I did my research and the iPhone met my technical requirements best. Now, after I have had it for a few months, I keep finding more uses for it. The GPS is great when I take long bicycling trips ( getting lost is worse than knowing how far you still have to go! ), the weather app is also great for those same bike trips. There are a bunch of other benefits. In fact Last night I found a new use for it: My in home WiFi wasn't working on one computer. instead of walking back and forth between a connected PC and the problem PC, I logged into the wireless access point with the iPhone and was able to troubleshoot that way.

Tom

[BigWarpGuy]

I bought my Palm Centro reconditioned. It was bought directly from Palm without a plan; ie, unlocked. I switched my SIM from my LG C1300 phone and put it in the Palm Centro. Both are 3G. This way I have the PDA features but paying for just a regular phone. I checked at the AT&T mobile forum before trying it.

[forestacademy]

My Bank has an app I wish I could justify the account cost of an I-phone to use.

My wife sells at a Farmers market. My Bank has an App where you take a picture of the check someone just handed you and its deposited into your account. How cool is that?

But for now I just have to scan the checks at home to do the same thing when she gets back

[NCC1701]

I saw no selection for my choice (notebook or netbook), so I voted, "Windows Mobile/Android/Other"