My T-mobile contract is going to expire in a month or two, and I've been itching to upgrade from my BlacBerry Pearl for a while now. I'm looking for something with 3G, a full QWERTY hardware keyboard, email and a good web browser (can render complex pages correctly). I mostly check/write emails and browse the web, with some occasional phone use and SMS messaging. I never use the camera or play music. I really like a physical keyboard.
The options so far:
HTC Touch Pro (Sprint/Verizon) AKA HTC Fuze (ATT):
+ Really nice keyboard
+ Opera Web Browser
+ Flash works (some would say this is a con)
+ Lots of software for Windows Mobile
+ Tethering
? May have good linux host computer support.
? may or may not have multi-touch when WinMo 7 drops
? Windows Mobile 6.1
- Tethering is not free
- Verizon / Sprint / ATT versions all incompatible with the other two networks. ATT's version should work with T-mo at at least EDGE speeds with an unlock.
G1:
+ Geek hot toy to have
+ Linux
+ Web browser is either Gecko or Webkit (can't remember) so works.
+ Flash works (I can waste even more time online!)
+ Tmo offers free tethering
+ open SDK should mean lots of good apps
? Can probably sync to linux since it is runing it too but who knows.
? May or may not support multi-touch eventually.
- Seems to be suffering from 1st generation jitters
- T-mo has barely been able to keep their network running for the last two months.
- Huge.
- Almost as tied to Google as the iPhone is to Apple.
BlackBerry Bold:
+ Push email that Just Works(tm).
+ Familiar OS
+ tethering
- Web browser seems better than older BBs, but still not as good as WebKit or Opera
- tiny keys are hard to use.
- Not many 3rd party apps.
- Terrible linux support (my only OS)
- no touch screen
iPhone:
+ App store
+ Safari
+ Multi-touch
- No PHYSICAL KEYBOARD
- Requires iTunes (I run Linux)
- no push support for 3rd party apps yet, and now background processes.
- you look like a tool using it.
Does anyone have an opinion on which I should choose? I'm leaning toward an HTC Fuse (HTC Touch Pro) on ATT because I had some bad experiences with Verizon last time they were my provider, but I'd love to hear what other people think. I'd especially like to hear whether anyone thinks ATT/Verizon/Sprint is evil/best so that I can decide which company to use. Again, I really want a hardware keyboard, so please only choose the iPhone if you think there is something seriously wrong with my other options, and please say why you think so too.
The options so far:
- HTC Dual Pro (Verizon/Sprint) AKA HTC Fuze (ATT)
- T-mobile G1 (T-mobile)
- Blackberry Bold (ATT)
- Suck it up and deal with my hatred for software keyboards and get an iPhone (ATT)
HTC Touch Pro (Sprint/Verizon) AKA HTC Fuze (ATT):
+ Really nice keyboard
+ Opera Web Browser
+ Flash works (some would say this is a con)
+ Lots of software for Windows Mobile
+ Tethering
? May have good linux host computer support.
? may or may not have multi-touch when WinMo 7 drops
? Windows Mobile 6.1
- Tethering is not free
- Verizon / Sprint / ATT versions all incompatible with the other two networks. ATT's version should work with T-mo at at least EDGE speeds with an unlock.
G1:
+ Geek hot toy to have
+ Linux
+ Web browser is either Gecko or Webkit (can't remember) so works.
+ Flash works (I can waste even more time online!)
+ Tmo offers free tethering
+ open SDK should mean lots of good apps
? Can probably sync to linux since it is runing it too but who knows.
? May or may not support multi-touch eventually.
- Seems to be suffering from 1st generation jitters
- T-mo has barely been able to keep their network running for the last two months.
- Huge.
- Almost as tied to Google as the iPhone is to Apple.
BlackBerry Bold:
+ Push email that Just Works(tm).
+ Familiar OS
+ tethering
- Web browser seems better than older BBs, but still not as good as WebKit or Opera
- tiny keys are hard to use.
- Not many 3rd party apps.
- Terrible linux support (my only OS)
- no touch screen
iPhone:
+ App store
+ Safari
+ Multi-touch
- No PHYSICAL KEYBOARD
- Requires iTunes (I run Linux)
- no push support for 3rd party apps yet, and now background processes.
- you look like a tool using it.
Does anyone have an opinion on which I should choose? I'm leaning toward an HTC Fuse (HTC Touch Pro) on ATT because I had some bad experiences with Verizon last time they were my provider, but I'd love to hear what other people think. I'd especially like to hear whether anyone thinks ATT/Verizon/Sprint is evil/best so that I can decide which company to use. Again, I really want a hardware keyboard, so please only choose the iPhone if you think there is something seriously wrong with my other options, and please say why you think so too.
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