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Help with a Web/Data phone with Full Qwerty
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Posted by: badbeat

Right now I am on Tmobile but not against breaking contract due to their slow network....

I'm hoping someone can recommend 2-3 phones that are available right now, and maybe 2-3 phones that are upcoming within 2 months.

I'm looking for a nice screen where websites can be clearly read(news sites, youtube, etc), 3G, and a full physical qwerty keyboard.

Posted by: npaladin2000

The Nokia E71 should be launched Monday. According to sources, it will eventually be available in both AT&T and T-Mobile 3G flavors.

Verizon and Sprint have a couple of decent ones...the enV2 (Verizon) and I forget the name of the Sprint one, but it's a side-slider. Both of those are regular phones.

Tmobile also has that Windows-Mobile Blackberry-looking thing, and AT&T has the Moto Q9 and the Samsung Blackjack II. Those are all smartphones and more costly than a regular phone.

Posted by: zmiko

If price isn't an issue look at the Nokia E90, it's epensive, but does practically everything. I also agree that the E71 would be a great phone.

Posted by: Dette

npaladin2000 your thinking on the Rumor on sprint but that does not have EVDO so internet can be slow.

Sprint and Verizon also both have the Q9. Sprint is getting the Instinct which looks alright.. Could be better but still looks cool! You can move the web page just by moving the phone around.

Sprint Mogul has Rev. A and so does the Touch so those will be really fast internet

The 3G iPhone is coming out lol you could think about that!

Posted by: npaladin2000

No iPhones here, we're looking at QWERTY phones please.

I tend to recommend that if someone is getting a smartphone that they go with a GSM provider. Verizon just puts too many restrictions on "unlimited PDA data" and charges too much for it. Sprint is cheaper, but their CS is so hit and miss...well...Sprint is cheaper anyway. Just some things to keep in mind on that note.

And I didn't realize that the Rumor was limited to 1xRTT...my bad. Don't get it. It's an evil, horrible phone.

Seriously though, no-EVDO/UMTS should equal no-SALE.

The one phone that impresses me right now with Verizon is the enV series...no one else has anything like it, and I WISH there was a GSM version...it's a great texting phone.

Posted by: Dette

Yeah i wish that sprint had something like the enV but all we have is the rumor! and it sucks cuz the 1x data! its not that bad for casual use... if i was just a casual user i would definitely consider it but i am not i am a heavy user...
and i guess i didnt see the physical keyboard part.. i just saw full qwerty
sprint doesnt restrict there phones that much besides no picture mail which is annoying as hell i must say! lol

Posted by: Urthwhyte

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HTC TyTn II/AT&T Tilt which cab both be had unlocked. For frontfacing QWERT bar style phones, Velocity 111 should be out in a few motnhs or iMate 8502 which is already released.