Blackberry? Palm Pre Plus? Help!!!

[Wenders]

I've actually had very few problems with AT&T, I don't live in a big city and when I visited my family in the boonies where the closest AT&T store is at LEAST two hours away, I still didn't have problems. I didn't have full app/Internet use, but as for texting and talking capabilities, my service held up well.

I have an iPhone and absolutely love it. Had I known that Alltel was going to be bought out by Verizon when I got my new plan, I would have gotten Verizon simply because I would have had mobile-to-mobile minutes with everyone that I talk to, basically.

 

[mustangj17]

It beats me why anyone would sign up for service with anyone but Verizon. Their are stories almost daily about the problems ATT network has with dropped calls.

Just tested the Incredible. Seems like a pretty amazing Phone. Downfall for me is now Qwerty keyboard for my fat fingers.

I have zero problems with ATT. After the problems I've had with Sprint, I'm sold on ATT for a long while.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

I drop calls nearly daily with AT&T. I have a Blackberry Bold and it's a good phone, but I'm not the biggest fan of the trackball (gets dirty and sticks). I'm shopping around right now to change carriers and Verizon is in the lead.

 

[Boom_70]

Article in NYT today on ATT dead zones.

 

[21]

The blackberry trackball is the worst piece of technology ever.

But if you're a Brickbreaker addict (admit it, you know who you are), it's really hard to play with the touchpad.

 

[JNEWFIFTY]

Has anyone else heard that the IPhone is coming out for Verizon before the end of the year? Possibly in the summer?

 

[Buck]

I'm convinced the Blackberry Bold would be the best phone for my purposes, but I'm done with ATT when my contract up.
Done.
Also, we already have Verizon for our Internet connection, so why not put everything on one bill?

 

[Dyno]

I'm a big Blackberry fan. I've had a Tour for a few months and I really like it, but I also liked my Curve and the other three Blackberries I've had (my previous ones haven't broken - my company keeps playing around with our corporate contracts).

Touch screens don't like me, so the iphone is out for me (for other reasons, too). Plus, AT&T blows where I live. On my drive home from work, there are 3 AT&T dead zones and 0 for Verizon.

My best friend had an iphone that she couldn't wait to get rid of. She had trouble typing on it ("You'll get used to it!" they told her. She never did.) and she hated that it didn't push her email to her (she got rid of hers over a year ago, so maybe this has changed).

I have a group of friends who LOVE their Palm Pres. They're like a fan club for Palm. Back in the stone age, I used a Palm Pilot and I really like the Palm interface.

And yet another good friend has a Droid and can't stop raving about it. This is a woman who had a crappy old phone before the Droid and said she didn't care about phones at all. Now she's a Droidaholic.

All the bells and whistles in the world lose their luster if there's no service, though, so make sure you choose a company that has good service in your area. For most of us, that seems to be Verizon, but YMMV.

 

[Smokey33]

Go with the Pre. Love my Pixi, a smaller, crappier version of the Pre.

And I will never, ever use ATT again. I couldn't even send emails or surf the web when there were other people around. Any sporting event, concert in any city, midtown NYC during business hours, my phone was basically a brick.

 

[Dr. Howard]

Tried a few of the 'Berry models yesterday. Not promising. Could not even figure out how the Palm Pre works because I am, I guess, a complete moron. The touchscreen keyboards and my big mitts mix poorly. The Tour doesn't have Wi-Fi. The Curve seems like the best option, though I may wait and see what the new B'berry Bold looks like. My daughter has a Droid and always sounds as if she is calling from the center of the earth. Don't like the phone aspect of the Droid. So, more Advil to ease the tendinitis as I ponder the next move. Thanks to all for your input.

 

[qtlaw]

My 3G iPhone battery died and I sent it out for a new battery and will wait for the 4G rather than get a 3GS iPhone.

Have had to go back to a Blackberry 8830 for about 3 days. Boy do I miss my iPhone. I'm not an apps junkie but they sure are nice and I miss the ability to move between them. The trackball is horrible, especially while a page is loading.

ATT service is not too bad. Yeah there are dropped calls but not a huge problem.

I get my iPhone back Mon., Yippeeeee!

 

[JackReacher]

I'm convinced the Blackberry Bold would be the best phone for my purposes, but I'm done with ATT when my contract up.
Done.
Also, we already have Verizon for our Internet connection, so why not put everything on one bill?

Is Verizon getting the Bold?

 

[StormSurge]

My Droid Incredible is going through its initial charge as I type this.

I've had a BB Curve for a couple of years & it was nice. I'm looking forward to ditching the track ball, being able to use a real browser & not having to pull the battery every couple of hours to restart the thing.

Please give us a review ASAP. Particularly interested in key board.

So far, so good. Typing is fine, no problems. I'm still trying to figure everything out. I'd guess I'm using 1% of what this thing can do. I've spent most of my time downloading apps. I love SkyMap. I was spotting planets like crazy last night.

It's extremely fast & browsing the web is 1000 times better on this than on the BB.

 

[Madhavok]

I was looking at the Incredible, well on the internet and it looks alright. Do you use the same app store as the moto droid?

 

[StormSurge]

I believe it is the same.

I spent some time here: http://www.appbrain.com/ before getting the phone. I added a bunch of apps to a list, synched the phone with my account & downloaded them all in one shot from the market.

 

[Buck]

I'm convinced the Blackberry Bold would be the best phone for my purposes, but I'm done with ATT when my contract up.
Done.
Also, we already have Verizon for our Internet connection, so why not put everything on one bill?

Is Verizon getting the Bold?

No, unfortunately. At least, not that I know of.
That's my quandry. I want the Bold as the best piece of equipment, but I won't stay with ATT.
I'm trying to determine the closest model to the Bold available on Verizon.

 

[patchs]

Tried a few of the 'Berry models yesterday. Not promising. Could not even figure out how the Palm Pre works because I am, I guess, a complete moron. The touchscreen keyboards and my big mitts mix poorly. The Tour doesn't have Wi-Fi. The Curve seems like the best option, though I may wait and see what the new B'berry Bold looks like. My daughter has a Droid and always sounds as if she is calling from the center of the earth. Don't like the phone aspect of the Droid. So, more Advil to ease the tendinitis as I ponder the next move. Thanks to all for your input.

I've owned a Pre since Day 1 so I'm just a "little" biased.
What makes the Pre great is how you use gestures to move around the phone.
It takes a couple of hours to get used to it but basically, if you can swipe and flick, you've got it.
If you really want the best web experience on a phone, go with the Pre.
Now with HP buying Palm and its Web OS (Palm's new OS, not the old Palm OS), you are going to see what this baby can really do.
When HP puts Web OS on a tablet, it will kick the iPad's ass.