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JFB · 11-05-2007, 11:51 PM

This PART 2 of The Webmaster Needs a New Phone Contest.
In a nutshell, whatever the forum members choose, is the phone I will buy.

(Here is a link to part 1) (CONTEST! The webmaster needs a new phone contest.)

To enter this contest all you have to do is vote in the poll above.

To keep the number of poll items reasonable, I have combined some of the suggestions from part 1 and eliminated a few phones that were not available or too expensive (E-90). If the combined poll items of Blackberries or Treos win, it'll be my choice of specific model.

Vote in this poll and you will get one entry into the contest. Anybody that posted a suggestion, already has one entry and will get a 2nd if they vote in the poll. YES that means they have a greater chance of winning.

All votes are public, one vote per user, all other previously mentioned rules apply. The winner will be selected by a random drawing starting with 1st prize through to 5th.

~~I'll let the poll run until Friday 11/23, with the option to extend it one more week until Friday 11/30.~~

VOTE IN THE POLL BY FRIDAY 11/30 TO ENTER THIS CONTEST

The Prizes are listed below.

Here are the details from Part 1.

Quote:

CONTEST!

It has been quite a while since we had a contest so let's make this a big one.

I couldn't decide whether to call this contest
The Webmaster Needs a New Phone Contest
or
The Wisdom of Crowds Contest.

I need a new phone bad and I'm going to leave the selection entirely up to the WA community.
You guys can stick it to me with the worst crap phone out there or the nicest smartphone available. (w/ some small exceptions; see the rules below.)

So how is this a contest?
Any WA member with more than 10 on-topics posts is eligible for two entries in this contest. The winner will be chosen at random from those entered.

How do you enter?
#1 Post in this thread with your suggestion for which phone I should buy.
#2 Vote in the poll for the final selection.
(If you only do one of the above you get only one entry. Once the poll starts #1 is closed.)

Prizes:
1st: $250 gift certificate/card for Amazon.com
2nd: $100 gift certificate/card for Amazon.com
3rd: $50 gift certificate/card for Amazon.com
4th: Choice of any available WA shirt
5th: Choice of any available WA shirt

When does it end?
I don't know yet. Let's see how it goes, but it won't run for more than 60 days...I'm hurtin' bad for a new phone.

Some more Rules:

The selected phone can not cost more than $1000. (so no Vertu).
No iPhone...cause I just don't want one.
Phone has to be for a tier 1 carrier, you can specify which one or not in your suggestion.
Sorry, no substitutions on the prizes.
Everyone except administrators is eligible for this contest.

That's pretty much it. The contest starts NOW in this thread.

Tell me what phone to get...it is entirely up to the WA community.

I'll answer questions about the contest, but I won't offer any input on the phone choice.

Prizes:
1st: $250 gift certificate/card for Amazon.com
2nd: $100 gift certificate/card for Amazon.com
3rd: $50 gift certificate/card for Amazon.com
4th: Choice of any available WA shirt
5th: Choice of any available WA shirt

GOOD LUCK.....Pick me good one!

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++
* Update 12/3/07

I just pulled these names out of a bowl...........

Here are the WINNERS!

1st: $250 gift certificate/card for Amazon.com
TONY E!

2nd: $100 gift certificate/card for Amazon.com
Sailorcancer

3rd: $50 gift certificate/card for Amazon.com
nick2588

4th: Choice of any available WA shirt
josephd

5th: Choice of any available WA shirt
kashkanantambu

Congratulations to all the winners!

If you see your name here, please send me a PM and we'll work on getting your prize to you.

Ironwalt · 11-06-2007, 11:54 AM

I'm going with the Motorola RAZR2 the phone that I will buying for myself soon.

rallykid · 11-06-2007, 12:36 PM

I still say the Mogul if you are going to stay with Sprint. I played with the Touch when we got them in and e-mailing and texting are horrible.

Sailorcancer · 11-06-2007, 2:09 PM

Thanks for taking my post in the other topic!

I still go for Razr 2, but Blackjack is pretty cool.

But I still say Razr 2.

dmapr · 11-06-2007, 2:23 PM

After seeing how Tilt magically transformed a number of people right in front of my eyes, I've got to vote for it.

Jay2TheRescue · 11-06-2007, 2:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmapr

After seeing how Tilt magically transformed a number of people right in front of my eyes, I've got to vote for it.

I'm transformed! I had my heart set on an iPAQ or a V3xx.

-Jay

WiggyFife · 11-06-2007, 9:18 PM

I say go Treo, cuz I'm a big Treo fan!!!

Yankees368 · 11-06-2007, 9:18 PM

Ok, I've switched my vote to the ATT Tilt!

The prospects of having built-in GPS and international roaming, and that kick ___ tilt up screen seal the deal over the Mogul for me. Don't forget the ROM issues with the Mogul.

I'm set!

Jay2TheRescue · 11-06-2007, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

Ok, I've switched my vote to the ATT Tilt!

The prospects of having built-in GPS and international roaming, and that kick ___ tilt up screen seal the deal over the Mogul for me. Don't forget the ROM issues with the Mogul.

I'm set!

The GPS is sweet. I moved my TomTom Navigator 6 software over to the Tilt, and installed the BIG map on a 4gb storage card. Now I can travel anywhere in North America and not have to switch maps. I can't wait till my next trip to Florida. I used to switch maps in North Carolina, now I can have it all on one map.

-jay

budney · 11-07-2007, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

Ok, I've switched my vote to the ATT Tilt!

The prospects of having built-in GPS and international roaming, and that kick ___ tilt up screen seal the deal over the Mogul for me. Don't forget the ROM issues with the Mogul.

I'm set!

I didn't change my vote RAZR2 (V9m for Sprint), but I will back you up about the Mogul ROM issues. HTC did such a horrendous job with the latest ROM that even reverting back to the older ROM doesn't clear all the problems the new ROM caused.

Yankees368 · 11-07-2007, 1:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay2TheRescue

The GPS is sweet. I moved my TomTom Navigator 6 software over to the Tilt, and installed the BIG map on a 4gb storage card. Now I can travel anywhere in North America and not have to switch maps. I can't wait till my next trip to Florida. I used to switch maps in North Carolina, now I can have it all on one map.

-jay

Yeah, i've got the same map on my 2gb SD card. Now only if I had built in GPS instead of the stupid external thing I had to get.

Jay2TheRescue · 11-07-2007, 8:16 AM

[QUOTE=Yankees368;477873]Yeah, i've got the same map on my 2gb SD card. Now only if I had built in GPS instead of the stupid external thing I had to get.[/QUOTE]

That was a must have for me. I was spoiled by the built in GPS on my old iPAQ 6515 so much that I won't even consider a PDA or smartphone that did not have a GPS receiver built in.

-Jay

walkguru · 11-07-2007, 2:38 PM

well, i have to go with the razr 2 v9, its gotta be a winner.

JFB · 11-07-2007, 4:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

Ok, I've switched my vote to the ATT Tilt!

The prospects of having built-in GPS and international roaming, and that kick ___ tilt up screen seal the deal over the Mogul for me. Don't forget the ROM issues with the Mogul.

I'm set!

Yankees368 - I was wondering if people could change their votes.....good.

Also, for easy reference, I made each poll item clickable to info. on the phones

Thanks for all the votes so far!

RJB · 11-07-2007, 9:35 PM

Here is a concern of mine on the razr 2!! If this does win then what razr 2 are you going with the on on verizon, tmobile, etc??? Will this be up to you Joe????

walkguru · 11-07-2007, 9:54 PM

Wirelessly posted (Walkguru's: Opera/8.01 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/3.1.8295/1724; en; U; ssr))

my vote is razr 2 v9 with att.

Yankees368 · 11-07-2007, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RJB

Here is a concern of mine on the razr 2!! If this does win then what razr 2 are you going with the on on verizon, tmobile, etc??? Will this be up to you Joe????

Contest, Part 3:

Choose a carrier for the mod!

RJB · 11-08-2007, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

Contest, Part 3:

Choose a carrier for the mod!

For the admin you mean lol.

Sailorcancer · 11-08-2007, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RJB

Here is a concern of mine on the razr 2!! If this does win then what razr 2 are you going with the on on verizon, tmobile, etc??? Will this be up to you Joe????

He can always seem edit to you know do things...

But his current provider is Sprint.

Yankees368 · 11-08-2007, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RJB

For the admin you mean lol.

You know it lol

Jay2TheRescue · 11-08-2007, 12:30 PM

I gotta stress the Tilt, I just set it up last night to operate as a WiFi router! Its faster than my DSL!

-Jay

Quint101 · 11-08-2007, 12:43 PM

i am sticking with the Blackberry... But Iam drawn to the pearl lol... but you cant go wrong with the 8830

VZW-LOVER · 11-09-2007, 1:19 AM

I would say the Pearl. But if your not going to read your email then go
with RAZR2.

RJB · 11-09-2007, 9:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailorcancer

He can always seem edit to you know do things...

But his current provider is Sprint.

I do know this but if he wants to go GSM the v9m would be not good.

JFB · 11-09-2007, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailorcancer

But his current provider is Sprint.

That is unimportant for this contest...

Jay2TheRescue · 11-12-2007, 10:55 AM

I'm thinking we should have split this into 2 polls. First decide the carrier, then decide the phone.

-Jay

JFB · 11-13-2007, 7:18 PM

Nah, focus on the phone.
Maybe I should have combined the HTC choices into one or two though.

Jay2TheRescue · 11-13-2007, 7:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JFB

Nah, focus on the phone.
Maybe I should have combined the HTC choices into one or two though.

I agree. It seems overwhelmingly that you should have an HTC Windows Mobile 6 PDA, but the V3 choices are consolidated, and therefore "winning". Right now there are 14 HTC votes, and 10 Razr 2 votes.

-Jay

Sailorcancer · 11-13-2007, 9:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay2TheRescue

I agree. It seems overwhelmingly that you should have an HTC Windows Mobile 6 PDA, but the V3 choices are consolidated, and therefore "winning". Right now there are 14 HTC votes, and 10 Razr 2 votes.

-Jay

But wouldn't that make another poll for which HTC device to get, if we merge the HTCs?

Jay2TheRescue · 11-13-2007, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailorcancer

But wouldn't that make another poll for which HTC device to get, if we merge the HTCs?

Don't we have the same problem right now with the RAZR 2's? Which model/carrier?

V8 TMO, V9 ATT, V9m Verizon, V9m Alltel, V9m Sprint?

-Jay

View Poll Results: CONTEST: Which phone should the webmaster buy?
Blackberry 8800 series or Pearl	28	21.88%
HTC Dash	5	3.91%
HTC Mogul	11	8.59%
HTC Tilt	23	17.97%
HTC Touch	8	6.25%
Samsung Blackjack	6	4.69%
Motorola RAZR V3xx	7	5.47%
Motorola RAZR2	28	21.88%
Palm Treo 680/700/750/755	9	7.03%
Pantech Duo	3	2.34%
Voters: 128. You may not vote on this poll

11-06-2007, 12:36 PM	#3
rallykid New house = No free time Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Davison, Michigan Posts: 1,305 Phone(s): LG 9700, Palm Pre Provider(s): Verizon, Sprint Devices: 80 Gig iPod, GPS, PDA, Satellite Radio Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: CONTEST! The Webmaster's Phone Contest Poll I still say the Mogul if you are going to stay with Sprint. I played with the Touch when we got them in and e-mailing and texting are horrible. __________________ You have very successfully added 2 and 2 together and gotten a beaver. You are so far off the mark you have left numbers all together and entered addition with mammals.

11-06-2007, 2:09 PM	#4
Sailorcancer Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 206 Phone(s): Motorola Krave Zn4, Motorola Razr 2 v9m, Motorola Razr v3m Provider(s): Verizon Wireless Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: CONTEST! The Webmaster's Phone Contest Poll Thanks for taking my post in the other topic! I still go for Razr 2, but Blackjack is pretty cool. But I still say Razr 2.

11-06-2007, 2:23 PM	#5
dmapr Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 2,058 Phone(s): Sony Ericsson K850i, Nokia 6131 v5.50, Nokia 6820 v5.30 Provider(s): AT&T Blue; T-Mobile To Go Devices: Palm TX Thanks: 29 Thanked 31 Times in 28 Posts	Re: CONTEST! The Webmaster's Phone Contest Poll After seeing how Tilt magically transformed a number of people right in front of my eyes, I've got to vote for it.

11-06-2007, 9:18 PM	#7
WiggyFife still knows nothing!!! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 4,318 Phone(s): LG VX8700 Provider(s): Verizon Wireless Devices: HP Laptop, Palm T\|X, iPod, Toyota Camry BT. Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My Auctions	Re: CONTEST! The Webmaster's Phone Contest Poll I say go Treo, cuz I'm a big Treo fan!!!

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11-06-2007, 11:54 AM	#2
Ironwalt Are you in my Circle? Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: NLR, Arkansas Posts: 2,194 Phone(s): razr2 v9m, Cricket Broadband Provider(s): Alltel & Cricket Broadband Devices: Moto H500, Cricket Broadband Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: CONTEST! The Webmaster's Phone Contest Poll I'm going with the Motorola RAZR2 the phone that I will buying for myself soon. __________________ Alltel user since 6/97

11-06-2007, 9:18 PM	#8
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lansing, MI & Long Island Posts: 3,555 Phone(s): Palm Pre Provider(s): Sprint PCS (since 2002), Voicestream (2001-2002) Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Thanks: 2 Thanked 20 Times in 13 Posts Images: 624 My Auctions	Re: CONTEST! The Webmaster's Phone Contest Poll Ok, I've switched my vote to the ATT Tilt! The prospects of having built-in GPS and international roaming, and that kick ___ tilt up screen seal the deal over the Mogul for me. Don't forget the ROM issues with the Mogul. I'm set! __________________ "'Current Sprint Service Can Not Be Used' What the hell does that mean?!?" Nokia 5190 > Samsung a460 > Sanyo 6200 > Sanyo 8100 > Sanyo 8200 > Sanyo 7400 > Samsung a900 > Samsung a900m > Motorola K1m > Sanyo M1> HTC Mogul > HTC Touch Pro > Palm Pre

11-07-2007, 8:16 AM	#12
Jay2TheRescue Drycleaner extraordinaire Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sterling, Virginia Posts: 10,915 Phone(s): V3, HTC Tilt, HTC Pure, Moto V551, iPAQ 6515, Western Electric 302, 500, Ericsson Ericaphone Provider(s): AT&Tingular 310-410 Devices: Zune 30gb & way too many BT devices to list Thanks: 39 Thanked 39 Times in 37 Posts Images: 157	Re: CONTEST! The Webmaster's Phone Contest Poll [QUOTE=Yankees368;477873]Yeah, i've got the same map on my 2gb SD card. Now only if I had built in GPS instead of the stupid external thing I had to get.[/QUOTE] That was a must have for me. I was spoiled by the built in GPS on my old iPAQ 6515 so much that I won't even consider a PDA or smartphone that did not have a GPS receiver built in. -Jay __________________ GET A FREE $25 AT&T GIFTCARD WITH ACTIVATION OF NEW AT&T SERVICE FROM ANY DEALER. PM ME FOR DETAILS

11-07-2007, 2:38 PM	#13
walkguru Wireless Guru Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 6,069 Phone(s): nokia 6682, nokia 6230, moto,v600, moto,v551 Provider(s): cingular,family plan w/4 lines Devices: m3000,hs810, Sirius,sportster,w/boombox, Thanks: 10 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Images: 28 My Auctions	Re: CONTEST! The Webmaster's Phone Contest Poll well, i have to go with the razr 2 v9, its gotta be a winner. __________________ http://www.speedtest.net/result/90674468.png Men sleep peacefully in their beds at night, because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf ~George Orwell

11-07-2007, 9:35 PM	#15
RJB Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,064 Provider(s): VZW, AT&T Thanks: 36 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts Images: 96	Re: CONTEST! The Webmaster's Phone Contest Poll Here is a concern of mine on the razr 2!! If this does win then what razr 2 are you going with the on on verizon, tmobile, etc??? Will this be up to you Joe????

11-07-2007, 9:54 PM	#16
walkguru Wireless Guru Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 6,069 Phone(s): nokia 6682, nokia 6230, moto,v600, moto,v551 Provider(s): cingular,family plan w/4 lines Devices: m3000,hs810, Sirius,sportster,w/boombox, Thanks: 10 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Images: 28 My Auctions	Wirelessly posted (Walkguru's: Opera/8.01 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/3.1.8295/1724; en; U; ssr)) my vote is razr 2 v9 with att. __________________ http://www.speedtest.net/result/90674468.png Men sleep peacefully in their beds at night, because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf ~George Orwell

11-08-2007, 12:30 PM	#21
Jay2TheRescue Drycleaner extraordinaire Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sterling, Virginia Posts: 10,915 Phone(s): V3, HTC Tilt, HTC Pure, Moto V551, iPAQ 6515, Western Electric 302, 500, Ericsson Ericaphone Provider(s): AT&Tingular 310-410 Devices: Zune 30gb & way too many BT devices to list Thanks: 39 Thanked 39 Times in 37 Posts Images: 157	Re: CONTEST! The Webmaster's Phone Contest Poll I gotta stress the Tilt, I just set it up last night to operate as a WiFi router! Its faster than my DSL! -Jay __________________ GET A FREE $25 AT&T GIFTCARD WITH ACTIVATION OF NEW AT&T SERVICE FROM ANY DEALER. PM ME FOR DETAILS

11-08-2007, 12:43 PM	#22
Quint101 Bye bye BlackBerry!!!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 2,874 Phone(s): Samsung Glyde, Nokia E63, Motorola Renew, LG AX4270 Provider(s): VZW, AT&T, T-Mobile, Alltel Devices: 8GB Zune Thanks: 32 Thanked 16 Times in 15 Posts Images: 40 My Auctions	Re: CONTEST! The Webmaster's New Phone Contest : Poll i am sticking with the Blackberry... But Iam drawn to the pearl lol... but you cant go wrong with the 8830

11-09-2007, 1:19 AM	#23
VZW-LOVER Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Home Posts: 285 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: CONTEST! The Webmaster's New Phone Contest : Poll I would say the Pearl. But if your not going to read your email then go with RAZR2.

11-12-2007, 10:55 AM	#26
Jay2TheRescue Drycleaner extraordinaire Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sterling, Virginia Posts: 10,915 Phone(s): V3, HTC Tilt, HTC Pure, Moto V551, iPAQ 6515, Western Electric 302, 500, Ericsson Ericaphone Provider(s): AT&Tingular 310-410 Devices: Zune 30gb & way too many BT devices to list Thanks: 39 Thanked 39 Times in 37 Posts Images: 157	Re: CONTEST! The Webmaster's Phone Contest Poll I'm thinking we should have split this into 2 polls. First decide the carrier, then decide the phone. -Jay __________________ GET A FREE $25 AT&T GIFTCARD WITH ACTIVATION OF NEW AT&T SERVICE FROM ANY DEALER. PM ME FOR DETAILS

11-13-2007, 7:18 PM	Original Poster #27
JFB Administrator Join Date: Jan 1998 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,043 Phone(s): Verizon (HTC) VX6800 Provider(s): Verizon Wireless Devices: iPod Nano 16GB, Sirius Starmate Thanks: 97 Thanked 30 Times in 20 Posts Images: 6 My Auctions	Re: CONTEST! The Webmaster's Phone Contest Poll Nah, focus on the phone. Maybe I should have combined the HTC choices into one or two though. __________________ Joe Are you new to WA? Introduce yourself in our Welcome Forum! Find out how to get a FREE WA T-shirt --> HERE

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