[TOCA]

I miss my old Nokia 3310's simpliccity, and ease of use :roll:

What I don't miss, is monochrome screen, with no backlight, and lack of BT support :?

My trusty old Se z600 is allways with me, for phone stuff, eaven if my Qtek can do the job, its to bulky for phonecalls, so I only use its celluar capabillitys for mail and Internet. There still are times and places, where a flashy, and fragile, PPC is not the most practical device to bring, like the beach, poolsides, bars, and other humid enviroments 8O

[TOCA]

I miss my old Nokia 3310's simpliccity, and ease of use :roll:

What I don't miss, is monochrome screen, with no backlight, and lack of BT support :?

My trusty old Se z600 is allways with me, for phone stuff, eaven if my Qtek can do the job, its to bulky for phonecalls, so I only use its celluar capabillitys for mail and Internet. There still are times and places, where a flashy, and fragile, PPC is not the most practical device to bring, like the beach, poolsides, bars, and other humid enviroments 8O

[pocketpcadmirer]

Originally Posted by Small Town Man

MotoFone F3, I love it

Same here. Whenever my friend bring this and talk into it, I feel like an idiot talking into my executive 0X

[jarekt]

I have SE k750i and i carry it with my Wizard or Universal. Now i plan to upgrade my PPC but i will stick with SE definitely (i'll upgrade to k800i). I just cant live without decent photo capabilities... Now I have chance to get Samsung i600 which is great phone but totally between my 2 devices Is it too geeky to carry 3 phones simultanesly?

[Anjuan Simmons]

I don't get "dumb phone envy", but I do get "dumb phone feature envy". For example, almost every free phone offered by the major carriers can automatically adjust the time when you go to a different time zone. WHY can't my $500 plus dollar "smart" phone do the same? Instead, I have to follow multiple taps to manually change the time zone. Also, the voice recorder on most free cell phones trounces the built in voice recorder in Windows Mobile. It's easy to use and I can actually understand what I say on playback. Finally, I've never had a "dumb phone" freeze in the middle of a call, but my Sprint PPC 6700 has on more than one occasion.

[daS]

I usually carry two devices: A "dumb" Motorola clam shell phone (it at least has Bluetooth) and a Pocket PC Phone (currently the HTC Universal aka i-Mate JasJar.)

If I'm in a "social" situation (such as out for a nice dinner) I don't take the HTC, but keep the dumb phone in my pocket on vibrate.

I use the "dumb" phone almost exclusively for voice and the Pocket PC for data. That's because I'm still extremely disappointed with the reliability of the Pocket PC as a phone. Too many times, the phone can ring and the "answer" button doesn't work. The device is locked up and I have to do a soft reset and miss the call. :evil:

Once the Pocket PC Phones get more reliable, I might consider a smaller Pocket PC as a single device. But for now, I use the "dumb" phone which is smart enough to actually work as a phone when I need it.

[TOCA]

I'm glad to see, that I'm not alone on the thoughts about using a phone for calls, and a PPC for data

And eaven if the phone can act as a modem, via BT, it's more easy to have a SIM card directly in the PPC, for easy web and mail access 8)

And as daS says:

"Once the Pocket PC Phones get more reliable, I might consider a smaller Pocket PC as a single device. But for now, I use the "dumb" phone which is smart enough to actually work as a phone when I need it"

, plus the fact, that you look like you're trying to stick a calculator into your ear, using a PPC as a phone :?

[Mark Larson]

I definitely like some of the newer phones that are coming out. They're slim, full-featured, and some can even do Java midlet multi-tasking (like the newer SE models).

That said, the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. I have a Q now that is very full-featured, but I am envious of my girlfriend's A900m and its ability to run Telenav and other J2ME apps. When I had my SDA, I was envious of her T809's size. But when you actually start to use those phones day in and day out, all their weaknesses come to your attention.