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9:39 pm
December 12, 2010
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I need advice to buy a decent phone with speakout plan and 10 unlimited browsing. I have narrowed it down to 5 phones.
Nokia C3 : Hate the interface (oldschool), has wifi, decent non 3g phone and maybe best fit for this type of plan
Nokia e71: Better phone in terms of features (camera, gps) , can't utilize 40-60 percent of its capabilities without a data plan, expensive to be a PAYG phone with weak browsing?
Blackberry 8520-9700 (model range): Always wanted one but i'm sure close to 40-60 percent of its capabilities are useless without data plan. Can't use BBM and OS 5 has a slow browser already to use with unlimited browsing.
Samsung Wave: Have not read a single thread where a person has this phone to use with the plan above. Is the Bada OS compatibility with this type of plan? Would unlimited browsing work well with its browser? Kind of expensive but it could double as a non phone gadget
Iphone: Mixed reviews of problems and compatibility with the above plan. There is all sort of configuring crap i would rather not deal with to get the phone work. Iphone 3gs is generally still expensive
I'm a light phone user and use more txts. I wouldn't mind occasional browsing while commuting and don't play alot of games. What i don't want to do basically is sign up with the above plan and get a phone that will be serverly underutilized or give me headaches (apps and connections problems etc). But also its time to obtain a modern looking phone. C3 is not on the level as iphone nor bb but at least is not the nokia 1661 that comes with the plan.
suggestions? Thanks
10:36 pm
January 18, 2009
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Considered Nokia 5230?? No WIFI but GPS, touch screen(querty on screen), free maps and sat.
11:48 pm
November 11, 2010
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My suggestions:
1) Make sure you get a phone with 3G (850/1900MHz) if you are planning to do any browsing on SpeakOut, EDGE is too slow.
2) Stay away from BlackBerry, it is useless on this plan, just like all Android based phones.
3) Considered Nokia 5230, as mentioned earlier
4) Nokia C3 (S40) and Bada are not smartphones so I wouldn't include them in this list.
5) Nokia e71 and e63 are good qwerty smartphones. Symbian S60 works very nicely on SpeakOut and you will also get push e-mail.
6) I have HTC Snap (from Mobilicity) which is ok if you are on a really tight budget, but no 3G.
7) Clearly, the best smartphone to use with SpeakOut is iPhone 3G/3GS/4. This is also the only phone which has reasonable browsing experience. The "crap" you are talking about is the same as on all other phones: you have to enter the APN settings. The difference is that while on all the other phones you have to find where to enter them on the phone itself, with iPhone you enter them in a program on your computer (plain and simple). If you can possibly afford iPhone I think your choice is obvious.
11:58 pm
December 12, 2010
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Thx man for your input. But i'm pretty sure the wave (using bada os) is a smartphone. Just not sure how it will behave with SO. I have not found a single user using this phone with SO on a thread yet.
I've read also the iphone 3g doesn't work with this plan/unlimited browsing. 3gs and iphone 4 though works.
No doubt iphone 3gs is a good buy and you've confirmed that. How do you find the snap using SO??
E71 or E63 sound like safe choices. I'm not crazy about the resolution of either phones which would be my only complaint
12:29 am
November 11, 2010
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Ok, your definition of smartphone is a bit broad here, I guess if Wave is a smartphone then so is C3.
The information for iPhone 3G not working is very old. All iPhones work with SpeakOut now. I have personally tested a Rogers iPhone 3G and it works well.
The Snap is fine, but I have some complaints: 1) There is no 3G with it on SpeakOut, so it's slow; 2) The OS on it is WinMo but Standard, not Professional, so there are very few apps; 3) Opera Mobile is an OK browser, but I don't find myself using it too often, Pocket IE is useless; 4) The WiFi is a battery hog and can discharge the battery in less than 12 hours (from fully charged) by just being ON; 5) The only features on this phone I use are: e-mail (excellent), sms (threaded, good), facebook (ok, a bit slow), twitter (ok), VoIP (only with headphones, but whatever), Skype (a battery hog and only with headphones), the phone (kind of crappy voice quality but I barely use it, SpeakOut is too expensive anyway), tethering (I tether my iPad, it's hard to setup and slow over EDGE). I think for the price it is a good choice, but I wish I had an iPhone 3G instead.
E71 and E63 should be fine.
