gai-jin
05-11-2007, 09:50 AM
I lost my Cingular 2125 over a month ago, and have given up hope on finding it. Honestly, I haven't missed the phone terribly, but i do miss having a calendar with me all the time. And the toy factor. :)
I'm looking at 3 cheap new or refurb phones available from cingular. Yes, they're not exactly all smartphones, but I figured some of my fellow geeks here were likely to be familiar with them anyway. I'm open to other suggestions, but I'd like to keep it to $100 or less. And yes, I'm upgrade eligible.
Here's what I've got for each:
Blackberry: My employer recently began supporting blackberries, so I think I could get this added to our network easily enough. However, they do use a different (US Cellular) phone carrier, so I'm not sure if that might cause an issue. I wouldn't expect so, but. . . Also, I've seen a couple of the new longer style blackberries in the wild, and they just look so terribly bulky. From what little I saw, they looked quite thick. I've always preferred somethingn small that doesn't bulk up my jeans pockets.
8125: Officially, only Palm OS devices are supported by my employer. However, we do have Intellisync software available that works with Pocket PC devices. It's basically one of those 'if we can't figure it out, you're out of luck.' situations. I don't suspect that would be an issue, since other wm5 devices have been working just fine. (Of course, this isn't exactly the smallest phone on the market either...)
Blackjack: I believe the blackjack runs smartphone os rather than pocketpc, correct? This could be a problem, as the version of intellisync we use does not support WM5 smartphones, only PPC devices. While I could toss something together to sync my work calendar to gmail, gmail to my personal outlook, and outlook to the phone, that was only partially working before, and I'd like an easier solution. OTOH, the blackjack is 3g, and a very slick looking phone.
Oh, we use Groupwise 6.5 at work for mail/calendar, so that's why sync solutions are a bit troublesome.
Is there anything I missed in considering each of these?
Which one would you buy if you were in my shoes? (and on a limited budget)
I'm looking at 3 cheap new or refurb phones available from cingular. Yes, they're not exactly all smartphones, but I figured some of my fellow geeks here were likely to be familiar with them anyway. I'm open to other suggestions, but I'd like to keep it to $100 or less. And yes, I'm upgrade eligible.
Here's what I've got for each:
Blackberry: My employer recently began supporting blackberries, so I think I could get this added to our network easily enough. However, they do use a different (US Cellular) phone carrier, so I'm not sure if that might cause an issue. I wouldn't expect so, but. . . Also, I've seen a couple of the new longer style blackberries in the wild, and they just look so terribly bulky. From what little I saw, they looked quite thick. I've always preferred somethingn small that doesn't bulk up my jeans pockets.
8125: Officially, only Palm OS devices are supported by my employer. However, we do have Intellisync software available that works with Pocket PC devices. It's basically one of those 'if we can't figure it out, you're out of luck.' situations. I don't suspect that would be an issue, since other wm5 devices have been working just fine. (Of course, this isn't exactly the smallest phone on the market either...)
Blackjack: I believe the blackjack runs smartphone os rather than pocketpc, correct? This could be a problem, as the version of intellisync we use does not support WM5 smartphones, only PPC devices. While I could toss something together to sync my work calendar to gmail, gmail to my personal outlook, and outlook to the phone, that was only partially working before, and I'd like an easier solution. OTOH, the blackjack is 3g, and a very slick looking phone.
Oh, we use Groupwise 6.5 at work for mail/calendar, so that's why sync solutions are a bit troublesome.
Is there anything I missed in considering each of these?
Which one would you buy if you were in my shoes? (and on a limited budget)