mbranscum
09-24-2007, 09:33 PM
Over that past few years most of the phones I've purchased have been WM Standard or Professional units with a Blackberry and a couple of Symbian phones thrown in the mix.
The other day I picked up a SonyEricsson w580i slider from AT&T. It's certainly not a WM phone, and I fully thought I would play with a few days and return it. Since I have had it, I've set up some pretty interesting things. I did not realize it, but the phone has a "push" option that can be turned on. My email is IMAP compliant and withing minutes the phone was pushing mails to the phone as soon as they hit the server. I also downloaded a copy of IM+ java and it is also running in the background in "always on" mode. I also have a pretty cool bible on the phone. All this with Opera and Opera 4, FM radio and built in Walkman, this has become a pretty cool "smart" dumbphone.
I know this doesn't compare to a WM phone, but it just amazes me how far regular phones have progressed! :)
The other day I picked up a SonyEricsson w580i slider from AT&T. It's certainly not a WM phone, and I fully thought I would play with a few days and return it. Since I have had it, I've set up some pretty interesting things. I did not realize it, but the phone has a "push" option that can be turned on. My email is IMAP compliant and withing minutes the phone was pushing mails to the phone as soon as they hit the server. I also downloaded a copy of IM+ java and it is also running in the background in "always on" mode. I also have a pretty cool bible on the phone. All this with Opera and Opera 4, FM radio and built in Walkman, this has become a pretty cool "smart" dumbphone.
I know this doesn't compare to a WM phone, but it just amazes me how far regular phones have progressed! :)