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Slim, good service, good interface, mp3?
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Posted by: JustBarno

My contract is almost over... I'm thinking that I want to get my first smartphone or windows mobile device as they are finally slim/small enough to meet my needs as a full pocket phobia sufferer.

#1 priority is size... what phone is the smallest?
#2 good service, I like verizon for this reason in the SD/OC/LA area (SoCal).
#3 I hate verizon cause thier interface sucks, but I'd imagine that this isn't a problem on smart phones? I want it to be slick, and fast... i HATE to press a button and wait.
#4 It would be nice to have a good amount of room for MP3s and the ability to send them over bluetooth so that I can use it on my motorcycle as music player.

Browsing and all that other jazz would be nice, but more of a bonus than a top priority.

Posted by: JustBarno

no help? doh!

Posted by: kingsford

Well if you want to stick with verizon your choices are significantly lower. Would you consider switching to a GSM carrier?

Posted by: JustBarno

Yea, as long as the service is good in my area. I'd consider any provider

Posted by: kingsford

I know you want a small phone but do you have a preference on form factor? (Bar, flip, slider, etc.)

How important is it being a smartphone? Smartphones are capable of a lot but they aren't all necessarily that fast. They can actually be quite slow if you're running several programs. If you're just using the phone for music, calls, and web browsing you may not need a windows mobile or symbian.

Other than size, OS, multimedia functions, call quality and bluetooth is there anything else important? You mentioned browsing, so would wifi be an asset? Is a decent camera important?

And lastly what do you want to pay?

Anyways it'll help a lot if you can answer those questions.

Posted by: JustBarno

I tend to like bar, but its not important to me.

as for smartphone, i'd just like to use it as my central calender, other than that, the rest of the smartphone jazz would just be fluff.

wifi might help, but again, this will mostly be a phone, calendar, mp3 player.

The rest is nice, as long as it doesn't mean a compromise on my more important functions.

as for price, for the right phone, i'd pay whatever. but the cheaper the better.

I'd say iPhone if cingular didn't have the worst ratings ever.

Posted by: kingsford

My first suggestion is the Sony Ericsson W880. This phone is incredibly thin and is great with music. The downside of this phone is it's only triband. And consequently that may rule it out. If you make most of your calls in Major Cities like LA you'll most likely be fine. However, you may receive poor reception outside of cities. Check out other sony ericsson W series phones if you like this one.

A second phone you could consider is the Samsung U600. Also, very slim. Packs a 3MP camera. It's Quad band so reception shouldn't be an issue. It's music functionality isn't as high as the W880 but it still will get the job done.

Now both of those aren't smartphones. If you wanted to go the smartphone route i'd suggest going with a nokia phone because their phones are generally better for multimedia than windows mobile devices. The best nokia for you would probably be the N76. It's small. Has good music features. And you should be able to sync microsoft outlook with it's calendar (if that's important). The only thing is it's rather expensive.

A couple other ideas.... 1. the Motorola ROKR E6. I'm currently using this phone. And I love it. If you're into linux this phone is great. It's got good music features but it's a medium sized phone. 2. The Samsung F300 AKA Upstage M620 (used on sprint) Again very small. Good music features. 3. LG prada. If you like the iphone this could be for you. It's a really beautiful phone but it's very expensive.

Anyways, I'm not sure how good the calendar features are on these phones. The N76 would probably have the best calendar.

Hope this helps

Posted by: DubDub

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Originally Posted by JustBarno

Yea, as long as the service is good in my area. I'd consider any provider

Pick your carrier and let us know.

Posted by: JustBarno

Quote:

Originally Posted by DubDub

Pick your carrier and let us know.

I'll probably pick my carrier based on the phone

Posted by: kingsford

So do any of the phones I suggested interest you? Or did I go completely in the wrong direction lol :P

Posted by: DubDub

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Originally Posted by JustBarno

I'll probably pick my carrier based on the phone

Totally the WRONG way to do it. What if you pick a phone and the carrier doesn't have coverage?

You should always pick the carrier first. Look at where you will use the device - where you live, work, travel, play etc. You need a signal for the phone to work!

Posted by: JustBarno

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Originally Posted by DubDub

I live in a major metro area, all providers have service, and as it happens, my city doesn't allow any more cell towers to be built, so everyones service sucks at my house. I just want the best phone for my needs, and i'll go from there.

Posted by: JustBarno

mooo0ooo000?

Posted by: canuck6225

I can't advise you on the phone, but I will suggest you go with a GSM provider.

The market for GSM devices is more active and manufacturers tend to bring out better products for that service.
That makes it easier for you to switch devices should you not like the one you get, or a better one comes along.

Posted by: JustBarno

I think my old approach sucked... How about this, can I get a list of the 10 most popular "thin" smartphones.

I know of:

Blackjack
Que
and iPhone

What else is there?