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Posted by gehzumteufel on Nov-21-2008 16:24:

quote:
Originally posted by l�cid
no worries. you also recommended the Samsung Rant which i ended up getting tonight... and i'm loving it so far.

The rant got really good reviews from both reviewers and customers.

Posted by nix0807 on Nov-21-2008 18:45:

depending on your use of a phone.. smart phones can definitely be handy.

but the basic cellie is good and reliable..

i like blackberry style phones.. currently have a samsung blackjack, but its hard to navigate online, so looking for something new.

the data charges from some are $$.. guess it depends really what you are using it for..

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Posted by UWM on Nov-21-2008 18:57:

Anybody have any info on HTC Fuze?

My ATT contract is up and thinking about upgrading from my Blackjack II.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Nov-21-2008 19:01:

quote:
Originally posted by UWM
Anybody have any info on HTC Fuze?

My ATT contract is up and thinking about upgrading from my Blackjack II.

Fuze = HTC Touch Pro. BADASS is all I can say. This phone alone is tempting me to jump to AT&T from T-Mobile who I have loved the 4.5 years I have had them.

For the specs here they are. http://www.pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=1472

edit//Also, since you are using a Smartphone Edition/Windows Mobile Standard device, it will take some real getting used to the Windows Mobile PPC/Windows Mobile Professional Edition devices. Things are located differently in many ways and there are more settings options available.

Posted by UWM on Nov-21-2008 19:10:

Definitely will check that out. Thanks for the heads up on the Windows thing too.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Nov-21-2008 19:20:

quote:
Originally posted by UWM
Definitely will check that out. Thanks for the heads up on the Windows thing too.

No problem. Also, if you do get the Fuze/Touch Pro, you have a MASSIVE community at your disposal at www.xda-developers.com. I am on there too and LOVE the place. Great resource to have.

Any other questions about it, feel free to ask.

Posted by spanglo on Nov-21-2008 21:28:

quote:
Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Fuze = HTC Touch Pro. BADASS is all I can say. This phone alone is tempting me to jump to AT&T from T-Mobile who I have loved the 4.5 years I have had them.

att is the devil. Don't sell out for fucking phone.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Nov-21-2008 22:24:

quote:
Originally posted by spanglo
att is the devil. Don't sell out for fucking phone.

It isn't so much the phone, as the 3g network.

Posted by Ted Promo on Nov-22-2008 00:39:

any word on the Storm just yet? Still debating on that or the Pearl 8130.

Posted by BoReD365247 on Nov-22-2008 01:06:

I got the Touch Pro with Sprint. It was pushed back and back ordered at first so I got the Diamond initially , but my heart was always with the Touch Pro. I ended up exchanging it for the Touch Pro. Switching from a MotoQ i can attest to the differences in the OS. The only issue I have with it is that for the life of me I can't get it to work with my LEAP network on campus. It won't accept the certificate or authenticate so I'm stuck without WiFi on campus.

Only other issue is that I have a MBP so there is no native software to sync with. I have used both Missing Sync and Syncmate and I think Syncmate is more functional, although a bit newer (read: has bugs/problems still).

Posted by squats on Nov-22-2008 02:15:

quote:
Originally posted by UWM
Anybody have any info on HTC Fuze?

My ATT contract is up and thinking about upgrading from my Blackjack II.
I got one 2 days before its official release and all I can say is .... sex. As with any Winmo phone it sucks out of the box but with all the tweaks and apps you can find on the web it is a real beast of a phone.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Nov-22-2008 03:07:

quote:
Originally posted by squats
I got one 2 days before its official release and all I can say is .... sex. As with any Winmo phone it sucks out of the box but with all the tweaks and apps you can find on the web it is a real beast of a phone.

Yeah the operators have HORRIBLE roms. They are bloated full of shit and run like asshole.

Oh and Bobby: If you need to back your shit up, get PPCPimBackup. It is made for Windows Mobile. I am unsure if it works for the BJ or not.

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Nov-22-2008 03:25:

I absolutely refuse to get a smartphone.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Nov-22-2008 04:16:

quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
I absolutely refuse to get a smartphone.

I know some people that are like that.

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Nov-22-2008 04:29:

quote:
Originally posted by gehzumteufel
I know some people that are like that.

I don't want to be tied to email any more than I have to. Everyone I know with a Blackberry is attached at the hip to it - it's like a tool for obsessive-compulsives. I want a phone that can make calls, send texts, and serve as an alarm. The day I check my work email from my phone on the Metro is the day life has become too serious.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Nov-22-2008 04:34:

Posted by The17sss on Nov-22-2008 04:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
I don't want to be tied to email any more than I have to. Everyone I know with a Blackberry is attached at the hip to it - it's like a tool for obsessive-compulsives. I want a phone that can make calls, send texts, and serve as an alarm. The day I check my work email from my phone on the Metro is the day life has become too serious.

I have to say... I can't agree more. I refuse to make the jump for the same reasons. Pretty much all of my friends have a blackberry or something of the like, and they are slaves to them. Some of them are degenerate gamblers too so they're also constantly checking updated sports scores and stats when we're out on a weekend.. annoys the shit out of me and when I see people I don't even know doing the same thing. I refresh my email inbox enough when I'm sitting in front of a regular computer... I can't imagine how much worse my curiosity would get if I had that convenience at my fingertips 24-7.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Nov-22-2008 04:40:

Posted by Frenchie on Nov-22-2008 04:44:

I think it's so unnecessary to have a work phone as well as a personal phone. (Unless your work consists of you being able to be contacted 24/7) You work for 8 hours, you shut off your computer or shut down the cash register and away you go.

And I agree with the whole if I have to be checking my email on the train and can't wait until I get home or to work life is a little too controlled. I leave my house so I don't have to be around the intertubes every second, some people don't know how to let go.

Posted by l�cid on Nov-22-2008 04:54:

heh, i kind of felt the same way when i had the Blackberry for a day. as convenient as i thought it might be to be able to check e-mail whenever i wanted, i realized very quickly that it wasn't necessarily such a good thing.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Nov-22-2008 05:40:

I don't even have my email setup on mine. I don't have any need for it. I can check it later when I get home or I can check it via the web from my phone. I rarely ever check my mail on my phone.

Posted by TranceOwnsLol on Nov-22-2008 07:11:

buy a Vertu, they're sexy.

this is the vertu constellation

Posted by kr00t0n on Nov-22-2008 19:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
I don't want to be tied to email any more than I have to. Everyone I know with a Blackberry is attached at the hip to it - it's like a tool for obsessive-compulsives. I want a phone that can make calls, send texts, and serve as an alarm. The day I check my work email from my phone on the Metro is the day life has become too serious.

Most Blackberries are hardly smartphones though, they are just push-email enabled phones with keyboards. Their focus is email.

The only times I've ever used email from my phone was to log into my yahoo via the internet browser

Music, tv shows, google maps integrated with GPS, stuff like that is while I love my Xperia.

Posted by Orbital32 on Nov-22-2008 20:39:

I got the Storm, the current version sucks. I think there were few phones released (some stores only had 4, some stores didn't have any) because they newest software was jacked up. You can tell they had to revert to and older version of software. Hopefully the issues will be addressed, then the phone will be bad ass.

Posted by verndogs on Nov-22-2008 20:50:

I have a friend who still refuses to get a cell phone to this day lol

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