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After owning the iphone, what other phone comes in second place?
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I looked at heaps of phones (we don't have the iPhone in oz) and got a Treo 750 and the missing sync.
I have loved the phone, I mainly use it for email and to run apps (gradebook for school). It runs Windows Mobile V6 which I must admit being a Mac user leaves me feeling a little off.... but it has worked really well.
I tried the N95 and Blackberry, but I like 3G and 3rd party apps (the ones I need). Treo won, but I also bought a iPod touch just to be sure (...and got the $20 update...... LOVE the email app)
I'm going to jump all over the 3G iPhone if it ever gets here!
I have loved the phone, I mainly use it for email and to run apps (gradebook for school). It runs Windows Mobile V6 which I must admit being a Mac user leaves me feeling a little off.... but it has worked really well.
I tried the N95 and Blackberry, but I like 3G and 3rd party apps (the ones I need). Treo won, but I also bought a iPod touch just to be sure (...and got the $20 update...... LOVE the email app)
I'm going to jump all over the 3G iPhone if it ever gets here!
Personally, I wound up with an O2 (HTC) XDA Orbit. WM6, built-in GPS, runs TomTom 6, houses lots of technical info I need for work and syncs perfectly with my Macs using MissingSync.
I looked at the iPhone, the N95, the Treo and the Blackberry models, and none really offered quite as good an overall balance of compactness vs. features I needed as the XDA.
I'm hoping that by the time I'm due for an upgrade, the iPhone will offer a few more 'business-class' features
I looked at the iPhone, the N95, the Treo and the Blackberry models, and none really offered quite as good an overall balance of compactness vs. features I needed as the XDA.
I'm hoping that by the time I'm due for an upgrade, the iPhone will offer a few more 'business-class' features
I think that a 3G iPhone will just be proper amazing!
One of the main downfalls with the current iPhone is how slow the internet can be! But if it were to have 3G... It would actually immense!!! x
One of the main downfalls with the current iPhone is how slow the internet can be! But if it were to have 3G... It would actually immense!!! x
Its funny, cos my mate was saying to me the other day "i'm going to buy the LG Viewty today... its got a 5mpx camera, HSDPA, touch screen etc etc". And I felt like saying, "there are other phones out there?" I couldn't care less...
I used to have a pretty strong interest in the mobile market. Always read the reviews on GSM Arena, Mobile-Review and whatnot. But that interest is just dead now. Its solely about Apple filling in the gaps. As a Mac user and general consumer, its light years ahead. Come 6 months with lots of apps via the SDK, an easy way of getting them through iTunes, 3.5G and a better camera, its over.
Its going to be a lot harder for the other cell companies to get the UI/UX (syncing media, enjoying media, multitouch, app quality etc) and OS right (networking, scalability, developer tools) than it is for Apple to add in a 3G radio and higher quality camera. The hard work was done by implementing an embedded OSX and gesture based interface. I look at my old 3G, Symbian based N-series Nokia in disgust.
I await their clones.
I used to have a pretty strong interest in the mobile market. Always read the reviews on GSM Arena, Mobile-Review and whatnot. But that interest is just dead now. Its solely about Apple filling in the gaps. As a Mac user and general consumer, its light years ahead. Come 6 months with lots of apps via the SDK, an easy way of getting them through iTunes, 3.5G and a better camera, its over.
Its going to be a lot harder for the other cell companies to get the UI/UX (syncing media, enjoying media, multitouch, app quality etc) and OS right (networking, scalability, developer tools) than it is for Apple to add in a 3G radio and higher quality camera. The hard work was done by implementing an embedded OSX and gesture based interface. I look at my old 3G, Symbian based N-series Nokia in disgust.
I await their clones.
The 2nd best phone I ever owned was right before the iPhone, the Nokia N95. Besides the stellar camera on the N95 (5mp, auto focus, great zoom, etc), the iPhone destroys the N95 in just about every single category. I am always on the lookout for the next big thing, but since I purchased the iPhone, I haven't found a better phone.
Blackberry Curve, which quite frankly is a better all around smartphone than the iPhone.
(I'm not looking to pick a fight, I love my iPhone. But anyone who has ever had experience with smartphones will always hold a special place in their heart for RIM's stuff.)
(I'm not looking to pick a fight, I love my iPhone. But anyone who has ever had experience with smartphones will always hold a special place in their heart for RIM's stuff.)
The newly announced Nokia N96 looks really nice, but I know it won't be as simple to use as my iPhone.
I had a cheap Samsung flip phone that worked as a basic phone, had good call quality, and lasted through 3 years of my beating, dropping, and drowning without ever moaning. No fancy web browsing, music playback, shiny interface, or 10000 megapixel digital camera, but I honestly kind of miss it.
I would have an iPhone right now, but the it just doesn't work well enough as a phone for me, ironic for a device first and foremost touted as a phone.
So instead a I have a Sprint Mogul for the next year until my contract is up, then I'll consider switching to AT&T if they can manage to roll out their 3G services in my part of the country, and pick up a Sony XPERIA X1, which looks very promising.
I would have an iPhone right now, but the it just doesn't work well enough as a phone for me, ironic for a device first and foremost touted as a phone.
So instead a I have a Sprint Mogul for the next year until my contract is up, then I'll consider switching to AT&T if they can manage to roll out their 3G services in my part of the country, and pick up a Sony XPERIA X1, which looks very promising.
I like the N96 aswell.
To be honest I would not call iPhone a smartphone at all, so after using it I think it is just a very very highend normal phone...sorta like to the 920T
To be honest I would not call iPhone a smartphone at all, so after using it I think it is just a very very highend normal phone...sorta like to the 920T
Really, the answer is that there isn't one. Maybe the Prada for its simplicity, but there is absolutely no comparison. The bulky plastic Nokia N-series hold no interest for me.