HELP!!! Which Smartphone should I Get??

its hard to say for the palms because they don't specify which bands and frequencies they work on....but the Q is all-digital which means you would lose coverage when entering and analog area.....which means slightly less coverage.....i personally don't have much experience with the palms but i don't like the operating system much so my opinion isn't going to be accurate...

 

Just get the 700p, cuz I want one!!!

 

It is hard to provide any opinion or guidance without knowing your uses and desires in a mobile communication device.

 

reasonably said....and totally sensible......most of those phones are aimed towards businessmen and they have all these data capabilities so a lot of the features on those phones will be useless without a big data plan

 

some things 700p has that 650 doesn't:

128 MB of Memory (60 of which is storage)
1.3 Megapixel Camera
Memory Slot for SD and SDIO

and others but i think 700p is a lot like the 650 it just has more media features

 

I never used the 700p, & I also never used the Data and/or internet plan.

I just used it as 1 converged device. It served me well!!! It'd be nice to have the 700p, but I too can't justify it at the current pricing structure. you could try the eBay route, lbMike... There are several available on auction. I've been monitoring them closely so I can at least dream for free!!!:lmao:

If I'd have known you were serious about a Treo, I'd have sold you my 650. I babied that thing!!! I used the $150 Palm Trade-in program for it to defray a majority of the cost of my Palm T|X!!!

 

Well my dad ordered a Q and sent it back a week later. The hardware was amazing! It was very small and cool and was built extremely well, however playing with it for just a few minutes I could tell the software design was crap! It took too many clicks to do anything, and brand new the phone seemed to lag between each menu change. Im sure you could get used to it, but the UI was confusing.

Most importantly he couldnt get it to sync with outlook. Period. That was why he had to send it back. It HAS to sync to be useable. I'm sure its not a wide spread problem and we didnt spend a ton of time trying to fix it, but we both know quite a bit about computers and the like and we couldn't do it.

I dont have any experience with the new palm treos, but I had an old 300 at one time at it was great. If you are familiar with the palm operating sysetm you know it is very easy to use, much easier than windows mobile! And so I would personally reccommend the 650, as it seems the 700's features dont justify the price as long as you dont need Ev-DO.

 

In short, I'd go with the Q.

I've had mine now for about two weeks, and granted, the first one had software issues (shuts down randomly, lost data connection), but the one I'm on now is working perfectly.

As for the software being slow, the only lag I've noticed is within the sounds menu, most of the people who experience lag aren't aware that with any Windows Mobile device (especially smartphones) you must periodically select the "Kill All" option from the task manager to close all running applications or else the phone will eventually lock up after being very, very slow. For whatever reason switching an application or (in the case of the touchscreen phones) clicking the red "X" will in 9 out of 10 cases not close the application.

If you're still in the air about the Q vs. the 700 feel free to PM me, as I've used both for several weeks and can explain the ups and down of each, in the meantime, browse on over to cnet.com and check out the reviews.. so far the 700p and w have been getting overall blasted and torn apart, though it is pretty much popular opinion that the p offers several advantages over the w model because of the Palm operating system. The Q has also received high overall ratings from the editors and I love mine.

 

I'm sure you'll make the right decision!!! I'm glad you like my "original":browani: RAZR Avatar!!! If only I could take credit for it...:lmao:

 

I got to see AzCell's Q in person, & it was nicey nice!!! Congrats on your new precious!!!

 

Hey Mike...I decided to get a "Q" as well! I gave the SDA a try...and even though I like T-Mobile, I can't put up with the constant "searching" for signal. Since I'm still under contract with VZW, found out I can do an add-on as a family plan...and will give my V325 to my roommate...who likes that anyway for the VZ-Navigator feature. I'm cancelling the T-Mobile contract tomorrow. Should be OK since I'm still within the 30-days.

I played around with the Q today at Verizon...must say the qwerty board makes it a lot easier to enter things than having to tap it out on a regular phone key pad. Sure hope your's works out for you as well!

Oh by the way...where did you get the cool avitar?

 

T-Mobile does 14 days not 30 !?!?!?!?!?

 

It's 30-day's in California. Just in case I'm still within the 14-days as well. 14-days would be this coming Friday.