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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 02:51 PM
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make your company get you a phone h:
i am getting a phone but its no smartphone and i cant use it for personal much
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 02:52 PM
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That looks exactly like my bb strom.

And I will never get another HTC again.

Slowest interface ever. I've had two different ones now, same story with both.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 02:56 PM
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holy balls thats an expensive phone.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Grifter
i am getting a phone but its no smartphone and i cant use it for personal much
tell them to give you smartphone h: and why cant you use for personal much?
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 03:24 PM
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because i will get the phone bill just like my coworkers
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Grifter
because i will get the phone bill just like my coworkers
company policy is no personal use?
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 04:32 PM
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iPhone for the apps and UI
jailbroke mine and its damn near perfect. Just need faster 3G speed. which is a problem with ATT
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 04:45 PM
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iphone is my nextphone.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 04:57 PM
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suggest the iphone
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 05:07 PM
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The Touch HD does not have US 3g bands. Good luck surfing on EDGE!

HTC Touch Diamond 2 is pretty similar screen size plus US 3g and probably available subsidized thru the carriers. HTC Touch Pro 2 has similar screen size, plus slide out qwerty and brings back the tilting screen from the Tilt.

Otherwise if you want to go unlocked and Symbian the Nokia N97 brings will be similar slide/tilt qwerty touchscreen like the Touch Pro 2, and the Samsung OmniaHD is a similarly-spec'ed touchscreen-only phone.

I have a Tilt and I use the following apps to make it more appealing:

Google Maps - general mapping and location-based search
Live Search Mobile - like Google Maps but also does turn-by-turn navi and location-based gas prices (I used on Saturday when my gas light came on while driving from Chicago to Madison)
Opera Mobile - good browser for actually loading HTML
Skyfire - alternate browser, does Flash etc
Fring - IM & Skype client
Youtube
WM Internet Connection Sharing cab file - the unlocked HTC tethering app, better than AT&T crapware
WMwifirouter - turns the phone's data connection into a wifi hotspot (used this my whole vacation in Vegas when I didn't want to pay for the hotel's wifi)
PicoDrive - Sega Genesis emulator

Personally even though Windows Mobile is clunky, no other OS offers every single one of these options so I'm keeping my Tilt.
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