In my opinion the two best smartphones on the market right now are the Blackberry and the iPhone. The blackberry is more to the point, as it's focus is primarily emailing and messaging other people. They even have something called the "blackberry network" which is kind of like msn for blackberry owners. If you want a phone that you can use to casually surf the internet, watch the occasional video clips and/or listen to music then I would go for the iPhone. It's much more of a "full media" experience, sort of like a mini laptop.
I would NOT waste my money on any HTC phone...not that it's a bad phone, but there are better ones. Another phone I have my eye on is the so called "google phone" or "nexus one" that is supposed to come out next month. It's been getting a lot of hype but it's too early to tell if it'll be any good, since it's also made by HTC (i think).
well the HTC magic runs Android so it is a "google phone" the "google phone" Simon mentions is going to be the HTC Bravo (replacement for the magic) which is the same (Specs and hardware) as the HTC Dragon (which is confirmed that Google employees have)
its kinda the same deal with motorola's DROID running android 2.0 the phone (hardware) was practically designed by google but built by moto
In my opinion the two best smartphones on the market right now are the Blackberry and the iPhone. The blackberry is more to the point, as it's focus is primarily emailing and messaging other people. They even have something called the "blackberry network" which is kind of like msn for blackberry owners. If you want a phone that you can use to casually surf the internet, watch the occasional video clips and/or listen to music then I would go for the iPhone. It's much more of a "full media" experience, sort of like a mini laptop.
I would NOT waste my money on any HTC phone...not that it's a bad phone, but there are better ones. Another phone I have my eye on is the so called "google phone" or "nexus one" that is supposed to come out next month. It's been getting a lot of hype but it's too early to tell if it'll be any good, since it's also made by HTC (i think).
Hope that helps :)
yeah the Magic is the "old" Google phone. I'll pass on the bb and iphone. Android interests me.
Also, the phone you speak of will not be within my budget.
I'm interested in Android too, but I don't think it will be a competitive platform until a year from now...Google's main strength is their systematic innovation. They will release an inferior product (beta) but they will continuously make it better cycle after cycle until it's the best product out there and the most efficient.
So if you apply this theory to their whole Android strategy, you'll realize that they put out the Android OS on HTC phones, then came the Droid from Motorola, now comes the Nexus One which is technically another HTC phone, but rumored to be branded as a Google phone. It's obvious that this isn't an actual "gPhone" but just another phone that Google has helped develop to be tightly integrated with it's own software products (ie. Google Voice, Docs, Maps, etc.).
Anyways, back to the point, this is just another phone as they try to catch up with Apple's iPhone...sooner or later they may come out ahead, but in the meantime, if you like Google products you will love the way that the Nexus one integrates it's hardware with Google's software...in a way that Apple won't allow because they are too proprietary. Being integrated with mobile hardware makes Google software more relevant and useful...that's all they want.
Man, I could write an essay about this stuff but it's way too late I don't even know what I was trying to say anymore lol
how did you manage to get them to knock down the price so much? you do a complete rehaul of your existing plan and added data onto it? and sign your soul away for another 3 years?
Basically i was on a group plan 2007-2009. Then that plan got canceled and I had to sign on my own and never got a chance to change phones. I explained this to CxR and they hooked me up.
I don't really need a smartphone, but hey if i'm going to twist their arm to get a new phone then i should go all the way.
Hmm, I added unlimited text plan via retentions and the person asked if I wanted to do HUP. I said yes, however, the phones at the time were really subpar, so I said I will give them a call when I figure out which phone I want. I wonder if it is still in their records... I wouldn't mind a new phone!
Hmm, I added unlimited text plan via retentions and the person asked if I wanted to do HUP. I said yes, however, the phones at the time were really subpar, so I said I will give them a call when I figure out which phone I want. I wnder if it is still in their records... I wouldn't mind a new phone!
they write that kind of shit down. If they forgot to, you're SOL.
When they offer you a sweet deal, ask for the reference number otherwise they won't honour it
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I would NOT waste my money on any HTC phone...not that it's a bad phone, but there are better ones. Another phone I have my eye on is the so called "google phone" or "nexus one" that is supposed to come out next month. It's been getting a lot of hype but it's too early to tell if it'll be any good, since it's also made by HTC (i think).
Hope that helps :)
the "google phone" Simon mentions is going to be the HTC Bravo (replacement for the magic) which is the same (Specs and hardware) as the HTC Dragon (which is confirmed that Google employees have)
its kinda the same deal with motorola's DROID running android 2.0 the phone (hardware) was practically designed by google but built by moto
Also, the phone you speak of will not be within my budget.
thanks for the advice. Keep it coming :)
http://gizmodo.com/5436673/leaked-nexus-one-documents-530-unlocked-180-with-t+mobile
So if you apply this theory to their whole Android strategy, you'll realize that they put out the Android OS on HTC phones, then came the Droid from Motorola, now comes the Nexus One which is technically another HTC phone, but rumored to be branded as a Google phone. It's obvious that this isn't an actual "gPhone" but just another phone that Google has helped develop to be tightly integrated with it's own software products (ie. Google Voice, Docs, Maps, etc.).
Anyways, back to the point, this is just another phone as they try to catch up with Apple's iPhone...sooner or later they may come out ahead, but in the meantime, if you like Google products you will love the way that the Nexus one integrates it's hardware with Google's software...in a way that Apple won't allow because they are too proprietary. Being integrated with mobile hardware makes Google software more relevant and useful...that's all they want.
Man, I could write an essay about this stuff but it's way too late I don't even know what I was trying to say anymore lol
oh and I ordered one last night through Rogers customer retention. $399 but they will knock it down to $135 if I call when I get the bill.
Basically i was on a group plan 2007-2009. Then that plan got canceled and I had to sign on my own and never got a chance to change phones. I explained this to CxR and they hooked me up.
I don't really need a smartphone, but hey if i'm going to twist their arm to get a new phone then i should go all the way.
When they offer you a sweet deal, ask for the reference number otherwise they won't honour it