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Whats the Best Device for Texting, Talking (Dialing), and Picture Messaging?
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Posted by: jetfxr

It seems after going around the world with every device under the sun , and the recent Premier lock down. I want to settle on a device with these strengths.
Basically I am looking for a
Palm threaded SMS and ease of inserting pictures and videos
Curve keyboard and dialer
WM Contacts
Blackjack 1 size.

Centros keyboard is too small.
Blackjack with TXTman is great but dialing is a pain and the keyboard slows me down.
Treo 750 and 680 are too big.
iPhone too fragile and lack of tactile feedback. Lacks mms.
All sliders out because it requires to hands to text.

Hmmmm, the hunt is on.

Posted by: CeluGeek

What about the Moto Q Global?

Posted by: RF9

Well I had the Treo 750 from the day it became available through AT&T. Then switched to the Tilt when it came out. I recently went back to the Treo 750 for many of the reasons you (jetfxr) list.

SMS being one of my primary uses of the phone, I wanted to go back to the Palm threaded SMS and keyboard. You can put the Palm app on other WM phones, but then you still have the keyboard to deal with on certain devices (like the Tilt.)

Phone dialing. Maybe it's just me, but I found dialing on the Tilt to be just slightly more effort than should be necessary. Maybe I was just spoiled with the ease of doing it on the Treo. On the Treo, there really is no 'dialer'. You just start dialing from the today screen, or hold down a letter to speed dial. There is a dial pad, but you really never have to access it.
The main down side to the Treo 750 is that the camera isn't as good as other phones. Good enough for picture messaging, but I got spoiled with the superior Tilt Camera.
Also no Wifi or GPS (if you care).

I agree, the curve keyboard is the nicest.

For all of your reasons mentioned, I'd say the Treo 750 if you hadn't said it was too big.

Also something to keep in mind. WM 6.1 has a threaded SMS program built in (so I read.) So you could look toward something that will ship with WM 6.1, or something that is likely to get an update to WM 6.1

Posted by: privax

I would of said a BlackBerry Curve BUT if you need Windows Mobile -- I'd say the most user friendly device is maybe the Q9 or BJ2.

Posted by: jetfxr

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Originally Posted by privax

I would of said a BlackBerry Curve BUT if you need Windows Mobile -- I'd say the most user friendly device is maybe the Q9 or BJ2.

No I just like the ease of managing contacts in Winmo.
BJ2 and Q9 cant have the Palm text program installed.

Posted by: Urthwhyte

BJ2 and Q9 are getting WM 6.1 updates, which include threaded text messages.

Posted by: RF9

Does the curve do MMS?

Posted by: Urthwhyte

Yup (chars)

Posted by: trjons

I'm back with my 750 as well.

I've sold my 8525, my iPhone, my Kaiser, and now I'm trying to sell my O2 Atom Life.

I still like Windows Mobile but I just love the form factor and ease of the 750.

Posted by: Urthwhyte

I used the Treo 650, and the lack of WiFi and huge instability killed it for me. Is the 750 really that much better with the Palm enhancements to WM that make it worth losing stuff like GPS, WiFi, and larger keyboard you get on stuff like the Excalibur and Vox?

Posted by: trjons

I don't use WiFi because it is a huge battery drain. Even moreso than using 3G which is easily disabled and re-enabled.

As for GPS, you can use Google Maps with "my location" and you really don't need GPS.

I need a touchscreen and you don't get that with the VOX.

Posted by: RF9

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Originally Posted by Urthwhyte

I used the Treo 650, and the lack of WiFi and huge instability killed it for me. Is the 750 really that much better with the Palm enhancements to WM that make it worth losing stuff like GPS, WiFi, and larger keyboard you get on stuff like the Excalibur and Vox?

I had the 650 as well.
The 750 is very stable, especially after the WM 6 update.
I prefer the smaller keyboard on the Treo to the Tilt. The larger keys are farther apart and I find it harder to type as fast.
Wifi, GPS, higher res camera, and more memory are all things the Tilt has over the Treo.
Wifi is nice around home and work when at a charger, but out and about it's just a battery drain and I never use it. But I do miss it considerably.
GPS I hardly used because Google maps "My location" and I have GPS in the car.
The larger memory on the Tilt was nice. I find the 64MB on the Treo a little cramped now. Also the 3MB camera was nice.

I think the GPS would be handy if you traveled a lot.

But after using it for 6 months I found none of that really made up for the lack of convenience the Treo 750 has.

I'm looking forward to the Treo 800w, which I hope will come to AT&T or unlocked this year. The Treo 800 answers all of the shortcomings, but a GSM/WCDMA version hasn't been announced yet as far as I know.

Meanwhile I think the Treo 750 is perfect. I've found I don't really need the latest stuff. Also the Treo 750 is quite a bit lighter than the Tilt even though it's not smaller.

Posted by: trjons

Actually the 750 is 33% lighter than the Tilt. Even the Hermes is lighter.

Posted by: Urthwhyte

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The Tilit didn't seem that heavy to me, but I guess that the Wizard is no lightweight either. Hopefully the 800 will fix some of the flaws of the 750 and give us the über-QWERTYbar we've all been waiting for.

Posted by: trjons

I haven't seen specs on the 800. What will it have over the 750?

I thought the Tilt was a brick as far as weight (no pun intended).

Posted by: jetfxr

Yeah I have had three 750's and I kept going back to my Blackjack for the size. It fits in shirt pocket. However my texting has gone way up. and the ease of texting that Palm has on their platform is hard to match. Even the iPhone is distant , but far closer than the rest.

Oh yeah I have 1 more request. Has to run Tom Tom Software and load maps from a memory card. I dropped my data plan for unlimited texting. Haha , Now I'm only dreaming. Of course the Hp6925 will do all the thing I want , too bad its a brick.

To recap the preferences and wants for my Jesus Phone,
qwertybar
GPS
PPC
touchscreen
wifi
curve keyboard and battery life
mms
Blackjack 1 size, color, and feel. scroll whell+D-pad
Camera with ease of operation and OK quality.

Potential solutions
Treo 750 , Faults= size , lacks of wifi , GPS and camera sucks.

BJ2 Faults= Silly dpad plus spinny thing, can't run Tom Tom and no Wifi. Keyboard is only slight improvement.

HP 69xxx, Faults= Size weight ,and just very cumbersome to opertate the phone side of the device.

Posted by: jetfxr

HHHMMMM

Looks as if its for a lefty.

Posted by: RF9

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Originally Posted by MVT

I haven't seen specs on the 800. What will it have over the 750?

I thought the Tilt was a brick as far as weight (no pun intended).

Treo 800 adds memory/storage, GPS, WiFi, Higher res camera, and 320x320 res screen (up from 240x240).
Features are darn near close to what the Tilt is, but done up in to a Treo.

It's coming to CDMA. No word yet on GSM/UMTS as far as I know.

Posted by: jetfxr

Yeah , as long as the keyboard is bigger than a Centro, it may work well.

Then there is this