Pick a new phone for me, my Moto Q is dead

[countdemoney]

iPhone.

 

[oscarthewild]

HTC Quartz is the phone to get! Wimax + GSM.

The bandwidth is an issue with 3G and 3.5G when looking at web content. This has WiMax. As our fearless forum founder, you have contacts all over the world. -

 

[j]

Originally Posted by oscarthewild

HTC Quartz is the phone to get! Wimax + GSM.

The bandwidth is an issue with 3G and 3.5G when looking at web content. This has WiMax. As our fearless forum founder, you have contacts all over the world. -
I can't speak/read Pyccknn.

 

[oscarthewild]

Originally Posted by j

I can't speak/read Pyccknn.

Oh what lofty heights do I hold the venerable founder of this forum to. Like I mean, who doesn't even know basic Pyccknn.

Non ruski versions are imminent. Most likely in SE Asia. May already be available. I think if you put the word out that you want one, some forum member may know how.
Bigger screen than the Ipod. As you probably know, HTC makes phones for Google.

Another option for my next phone is to look at the multi SIM units from HK. Have two lines (business and personal) and just one phone to carry.

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[Matt]

Originally Posted by oneeightyseven

lol this means that you are assuming the phone you are talking about was ever "high end", seeing as Oxxford is quite high end. Does not seem relative as the phone never was high end.
Incorrect. In 1997, at this size, with Snake 2, a flashlight and a currency converter, in a package that is like 13 cm long....this thing would have been top of the line.

 

[kwilkinson]

J, I'm up for a new phone and the Q looks decent. Were you happy with yours and it just pooped out, or was it no bueno from the start?

 

[j]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

J, I'm up for a new phone and the Q looks decent. Were you happy with yours and it just pooped out, or was it no bueno from the start?
Ask Slim, he has the new one - mine was the very first version and there have been improvements. It was pretty decent overall but I don't use that many of the features. And mine being old had some bugs and stuff for most of its life. Considering the abuse I put it through, it held up pretty well really - almost 3 years before it finally crapped.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Went and looked at the E71, and aside from the fact that the back of the thing is a fingerprint magnet, and the keys are a little smaller than I'd like, it appears to be 100% awesome. The thing feels totally solid. Am thinking about picking one up pretty soon. WiFi and GPS.

 

[thekunk07]

i hope your zune, betamax and dreamcast are still in fine form.

Originally Posted by j

My Motorola Q started blinking the Verizon logo and now when I try to reflash it, it won't take the flash. It's pretty beat anyway so I'm assuming it is done for. Luckily I saved my pim.vol when I upgraded it in March so I have most of my contacts kinda-backed up (although it's gonna be a pain to transfer them).

Anyway, I'll need to get a new phone and I don't follow the phone/gadget world at all. I mostly use it for phone and text functions but I'd love to have one I can use for email/forum and tether to my laptop. I like the form factor of this one but I do like the touch screens on a lot of the new ones. The iPhone seems okay but is missing some stuff that I like to have, and seems too locked down for my taste. I'm okay with Palm or Windows Mobile and don't plan to use it too much like a computer, but there's no sense in getting something too limited either.

Anyone have suggestions for me? I am not against switching providers either, no particular loyalty to Verizon and if I get an internet plan I'll probably be paying more than I want to.

Thanks.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by thekunk07

i hope your zune, betamax and dreamcast are still in fine form.

I still maintain that the Dreamcast was the best console of it's time.

 

[Ludeykrus]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Went and looked at the E71...... WiFi and GPS.

Standalone GPS chip w/o pay-by-the-month service, or proprietary GPS?

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by Ludeykrus

Standalone GPS chip w/o pay-by-the-month service, or proprietary GPS?
I believe the GPS and Nokia Maps are stand-alone/free, but the turn by turn directions and voice navigation might be extra. I don't really know.

 

[Ludeykrus]

Cool. I don't even know what 'standalone GPS chip' means. I just like acting like I know something about the conversation.

Carry on!

 

[btlaxripper]

The Q is such an awful phone. I have a matte black one, and I can't delete text messages. Everytime I turn off the phone, or the battery dies (which happens a lot becuase the battery life is awful) they all magically reapper. So the gf can read all of them, but they clog up so much room on my phone it freezes now. Almost 2 years of texts and call logs embedded on my phone.

 

[Rambo]

Blackberry Tour is out today for all those interested.