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Oct 30, 06
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1) why would you web browse anything but text only on a screen that size? that's fucking stupid. you need to see your google map or some image, click on it and it loads, tada! also, why would you wait until yo go to a wifi spot for your email? why would you rock anything but push email? whats the point of having your phone on you all the time if you wave to wait to go home/to the coffee spot/to a friends house before you check to see if someone is trying to get a hold of you? why would you let an email with huge attachments reach your phone? if your email traffic for a month is more than 3 megabytes a month then something is wrong. i get constant email from clients and my total data for a month is around 10 or 11 megs, heavy web and messenger included. Quote:
a blackberry is the best mobile device for email, hands down. it was built from the ground up as a phone that does email. it has the best text input of any phone i've used, even on the smaller form factors (pearl, 7100 series). the pearls track ball is the best pointing device ive had the pleasure of using. symbian/palmOS/windowsmobile phones are phones that try to be pcs. they are powerful and extensible, but they dont do anything exceedingly well. all of the great shiny features you show your friends the first month or two dont really matter when you're actually trying to get work done. it's the well made car vs fast car argument. a lambo is cute for a while but is very low on practicality, but i'd rather be driven around in a maybach every day because it is designed with the ride in mind. you're basically saying 'HAHA UR CAR SUX CUZ MY CARZ FASTER', you just dont appreciate quality, but you will some day. Last edited by rawb; Oct 30, 06 at 04:24 PM. 
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you're just not seeing the bigger picture. Why limit yourself to simply ota data transfer or edge or gprs when you can have all that *and* wifi on top of that. And for the comments on having to "go somewhere" for wifi. Toronto is now universally wifi - it's only a matter of time before vancouver is too. just planning for the future. Not saying that my device is "better" (other than the camera) just hoping to see more intergrated features like Wifi in a phone cause it just gives you more options. For some reason, all phones that are available in canada never include wifi and for the life of me i can't figure out why (it's been available in european and asian devices for a while now). The trackball does seem pretty cool tho.
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do you have to press anything to know that you have email though? yeah, it would be nice if the pearl had wifi, but i'd still take it over most other devices, just for how it handles email alone. guess it all depends on what you use it for.
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having wifi on my phone would be cool, but i don't know when i'd use it to be honest. my email gets pushed through the cell network, and web browsing text-only is more than fast enough on a edge connection. im glad development time went into refining the ui and the input methods. Quote:
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WiFi is a key selection criteria for me in choosing a phone. I wouldn't buy one without it these days.. probably the key reason is that we are at the dawn of the uPNP era, where any uPNP enabled device can control to any other over WiFi, so your phone becomes the remote for your stereo, PC, DVD player, squeezbox, refrigerator, champagne cooler, whatever. Networked objects-- one day every household appliance will be wifi-enabled! Also I like to transfer photos to my PC at high-speed. Bluetooth is too slow.
BTW web browsing on late model Nokias is actually a pleasant experience with their zoomable MiniMap browser and large displays. The phone worth waiting for is the Nokia N95-- Symbian 9.2, infrared port, 5 megapixel camera, MicroSD slot, 2.6" screen, HSPDA, 150MB internal, TV out, 1/8 inch audio out, etc. Convergence! *squeal* http://www.nokia.com/nseries/index.html#product,n95 Q1 2007.
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london was shit for phone reception, every time you take the tube you're out of the network, raugh! i think i hopped to every gprs network in the city from taking transit so much.
i couldnt live with being out of the loop for that long of a time.
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Nov 03, 06
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Looks interesting....I need a device which I can upload some of my own mp3s...send them off to where-ever, and all the other gits and gadgets that come with it....Can pearl do that too?...Thanks for the info y'all :y: =)
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Nov 03, 06
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Everything looks really cool. just REALLY REALLY don't like that keypad...I'm toren between Pearl and
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Last edited by Digital Over; Nov 03, 06 at 04:55 PM.
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Nov 03, 06
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I'll be getting one after work, just gotta see a few in action first...FINALLY I'll be mobile!
Akeel: I was seriously considering the ipaq, but can you upload mp3s on there and send them as out going attatchments? (that's 6/10 of the reason why I'm looking at the Nokia and the Pearl...)
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Nov 03, 06
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its rather nice
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You're a legend Akeel! Cheers! :sixpak:
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