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Post by Steel_City_X on May 5, 2009 15:53:55 GMT -5
I know that there are some technology nutcases (a very high compliment) around Inforoo and am trying to get information about wireless cell phones.
Okay - eliminate Apple and iPhone - wrong network.
I'm on Verizon - good or bad - am am wanting to get a new cell that allows wireless access. Samsung has a couple - Saga and Omnia that appear to be my choices through verizon. Maybe a Blackberry.
What do people have and what are your comments about the non-iphone options.
I currently am using Sprint with a HTC Touch Pro. I love it, but this is coming from a PocketPC nerd. It has everything I need and a lot of things I don't (wifi, evdo, microsd, vga screen, camera w/flash/zoom/autofocus, g-sensor, etc) I actually don't use the wifi on it much at all, as their EVDO Rev. A network gets pretty good speeds (enough to get maybe 300kb/s on a torrent on average). Very surfable IMO.
I definitely wouldn't pay retail on it, nor would I pay for most of the plans that are out right now (I got on a really good plan last year that is now retired and I pay about $30/month w/ unlimited data). But if you're going to be using only wifi, you may not even need a data plan. I'm a big Sprint fan though; most people complain of their horrible customer service but I seem to have good experiences with them the majority of the time.
I believe Verizon has their own version of the TP as well, although they crippled it with a much slower processor and less RAM.
Personally I think the Iphone is great, but I would never buy one myself. I have problems with ATT in general, and I really prefer Windows Mobile, despite its downfalls. Granted, I am a bit of a dork and I spend a lot of time tweaking my phone. So take my suggestions with a grain of salt. WM s definitely not for everyone.
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Jesse (wolfmanjess) has a phone that works over wifi. We were at Camp zoe a couple of weeks ago and NOONE had cell phone acces, except Jesse. All we had to do was stand over by the first aid building (apprently where they kepp the wireless router) and he could get service.
Everyone thought we were full of crap because there IS NO acces at Zoe, but we could call home each day.
I would love to have a phone with wifi for this very reason, most festivals are starting to have wifi now, but alot of time there is no cell access.
Well for one, you COULD get an iPhone. You would just need to crack it, and it should work for Verizon. I have two friends with Sprint that use the iPhone. I plan on buying myself an iPhone in about two weeks, and between the 15 friends and half my family owning them, I'd say they're totally worth it.
With that said, I'd go with a Samsung or Blackberry if you don't feel like having a cracked iPhone. It isn't wise, simply because it's tough to get updates on it, plus it voids any warranty you would buy for it. Samsung always puts out good products in terms of cell phones, you probably couldn't go wrong with them. My experience with the Blackberry Storm was good too, very solid phone.
IMO it wouldn't matter what you buy, most phones with WiFi are pretty much loaded with every other feature you can think of too. So if I were you, I'd just go with whoever offers the best warranty on the phone (because cell phone companies still believe that it is IMPOSSIBLE to break a phone within two years), and whatever name you trust most. I'd go with a bigger name when it comes to WiFi phones, because they've been doing it for a while
Jesse (wolfmanjess) has a phone that works over wifi. We were at Camp zoe a couple of weeks ago and NOONE had cell phone acces, except Jesse. All we had to do was stand over by the first aid building (apprently where they kepp the wireless router) and he could get service.
Everyone thought we were full of crap because there IS NO acces at Zoe, but we could call home each day.
I would love to have a phone with wifi for this very reason, most festivals are starting to have wifi now, but alot of time there is no cell access.
Were yall using Skype to call out or something different?
FYI Verizon is CDMA and you could NOT unlock an iPhone and make it work...
The Blackberry Storm is buy one get one (bogo) as well as all of their blackberrys. HOWEVER verizon disabled the WiFi on the storm so that rules it out, if you want WiFi.
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Jesse (wolfmanjess) has a phone that works over wifi. We were at Camp zoe a couple of weeks ago and NOONE had cell phone acces, except Jesse. All we had to do was stand over by the first aid building (apprently where they kepp the wireless router) and he could get service.
Everyone thought we were full of crap because there IS NO acces at Zoe, but we could call home each day.
I would love to have a phone with wifi for this very reason, most festivals are starting to have wifi now, but alot of time there is no cell access.
Were yall using Skype to call out or something different?
Nope it just uses wifi to establish a voip channel and it treats it just like cell signal. It also accepts incoming calls.
