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View Poll Results: Which phone should I get?
Samsung i700 Pocket PC
42.86%
Samsung i600 Smartphone
35.71%
PalmOne Treo 600 Smartphone
14.29%
Kyocera 7135 Smartphone
7.14%
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Which new cell phone to get?

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Old Sep 16, 2004 | 09:41 AM
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I was going to get a PDA but then my cellphone broke and I have a $100 credit toward a new phone of my choice so I think I will get a PDA/Smartphone. But I'm not sure which one to get. I am going to be using it as a phone and organizer. I will prolly use some of the other functions but those 2 are the main ones. They are in decending order with the most expensive at the top. I like things about all of them. Keep in mind that I've never owned a PDA so the more info about the PDA side of these the better.

Samsung I700

Pros: Big screen, most powerful, easy to see in the car if I get the GPS attatchment, easy to see tasks/appointments for the day.
Cons: Bulky, somewhat uncomfortable to talk on, no keyboard, most expensive.

Samsung I600

Pros: Smaller, flip phone, easy to see tasks/appointments for the day.
Cons: No keyboard, no grafitti(spelling?), smaller screen

PalmOne Treo 600

Pros: Keyboard, got good reviews, big screen
Cons: Kinda bulky, not as easy to see tasks/appointments for the day.

Kyocero 7135

Pros: Smaller, grafetti(spelling?), least expensive
Cons: No keyboard, not as easy to see tasks/appointments for the day.



Please give me whatever feedback you can on any of these phones and your experiences. I have to choose phones from verizon because of my $100 credit.
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Old Sep 16, 2004 | 10:38 AM
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I don't like them smart phones. They're too chunky to fit in a pocket gracefully.

AT&T has a screaming deal where you can get a Sony Ericsson T637 for free with new service--and the phone just came out!
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Old Sep 16, 2004 | 10:42 AM
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"None of the above." -Richard Prior
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Old Sep 16, 2004 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
I don't like them smart phones. They're too chunky to fit in a pocket gracefully.

AT&T has a screaming deal where you can get a Sony Ericsson T637 for free with new service--and the phone just came out!
I actually want them exactly for the space issue. It is a lot easier to carry one Smartphone, then a regular cell phone and a PDA. I would have both on me almost all the time.
Like I said it has to be with Verizon because they are who I have the credit with and they are who I have my service thru.
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Old Sep 16, 2004 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by clickwir
"None of the above." -Richard Prior
why?
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Old Sep 16, 2004 | 10:58 AM
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Old Sep 16, 2004 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by canada
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choose one of the options I gave you
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Old Sep 16, 2004 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by LABARINTH
choose one of the options I gave you
The first one... the Pocket PC i700

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Old Sep 16, 2004 | 11:37 AM
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What do you need a PDA for?

I had a Palm Zire 72 over the summer when I was selling cars, but I've sold it on ebay since going back to school since I have no use for it as a student unless I really want to schedule when I'm doing my homework.

Hell, most cell phones nowadays have calendar features and such built in to them anyway.
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Old Sep 16, 2004 | 11:37 AM
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76 views and 6 votes(one of which was me, don't know why it made me vote to see the results of my own poll). What gives? Come on people.
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