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Dumbphone with the strongest calendar function?
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Posted by: Helicon Twist

Though I'm slowly getting used to S60, I still wonder if I really need a smartphone. For all of my phones, I require the following. As a Mac-using American, I must warn you, this won't be easy

OS X iSync support: either natively, or from the manufacturer (example), or 3rd parties (example)
phone must accurately display OS X iCal and Address Book data w/ support for all-day events, to-do's, alarms, contact data, etc.
GSM only; 850 and 1900 MHz are a must, quad-band preferable
EDGE at a minimum; AT&T 3G preferable
good WAP browser and RSS feed reader; don't care too much about "full" web browsing
monoblock or slider design; I dislike clamshells and hate swivels
> 2" display with QVGA resolution
responsive UI that won't make me hate it; decent built-in customizability preferable but not a deal-breaker
good J2ME performance (Google Maps, MobiMate WorldMate, games...)

I'm neutral on camera and video-capture functionality; I'll use it if it's there, but won't miss it if it isn't. I neither need nor want multimedia playback functionality; I have an iPod, which I like more than any competing device, and I'm sticking to it, end of story.

What feature-phones are, or shortly will be, available, that fit the above? Unlocked and unbranded, of course

I think I know the answer to this (SE K790a for now, K850i later), but I likely overlooked something.

Posted by: GeminiIII

you haven't got a chance of satisfying those requirements on a dumbphone.

Posted by: Helicon Twist

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Originally Posted by GeminiIII

you haven't got a chance of satisfying those requirements on a dumbphone.

Sony Ericsson phones come pretty damned close.

Posted by: bigb252

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Originally Posted by Helicon Twist

Sony Ericsson phones come pretty damned close.

Yea. But their calendar function is pretty limited.

Posted by: ATnt-RSC

V3xx or V9. The calender on the new RAZR's is better than the WinMo 5 smartphones like the BlackJack and 3125. It's easy to set up recurrances, location details, and event notes. Not sure how well they work with Macs, though, only WinMo phones through Missing Sync, Blackberries and iPhones work with Macs AFAIK.