Actually, I am with you a phone should be a phone. My last phone was a PIA to use as a phone. My next phone must be #1 at it's job as a phone. If I can get extra with it and not mess up the phone that would be great!!!!

I guess I agree with you with the exception that more is better.

Jim

personally, i will say this. my friend is stressing to me that i need to wait for the 3G iPhone. i dont know though, i would like to, and should be happy with the current one. there doesnt seem to be many problems. despite what i was in my post, there is nothing wrong with the current one for 1/2 the price. only a better camera and more space. and the obvious 3G speed

It's not that I don't want the bells and whistles on a phone per se, but it seems like the manufacturers cut corners on certain features just to put more features in there. I know the trend is going towards having a phone that will do everything, yet small, light, and have decent runtime.

When shopping for a phone, it had BETTER excel at being a phone. It doesn't matter if it can mow my lawn if I can't effectively talk on it!

I am with you, I hate all the garbage they pack on these phones and wish it all concentrated on making the actual phone part better. The best phone I owned was a Panasonic Tough Phone several years ago, I wish I could still get it. It was small but I could throw it against a brick wall and you couldn't tell the difference.

I have GPS built into my car, I have a 80 gig zune, and a camera. These are not functions I need my phone to do for me. I even messed around with some peoples iphones and got tired of the touch screen real quickly. I refuse to pay over 100 for a new phone anyway.

I understand what everyon is saying and agree that when they add more and more features sometimes there are consequences (laggy phone)

im trying to look for the most badass phone that can do everything (hopefully the g3 iphone)

Have you tweaked on your 6800 at all ? What OS are you running ? And, what add on's ? There is a good deal you can do with that phone, and you can make it 10x cooler than an iphone, since it'll be exactly how YOU want it to be. Check out howardforums and ppcgeeks for some great information and tutorials on mods for the 6800.

This has been a funny thread, lol. I'm glad I read it, sort of...
Let me know the details on your ppc. I bet I can help you enjoy it more ;). At least you can get good use out of it while you wait to see how the new iphone pans out.

I agree on staying away from the blackberry. The blackberry is a smartphone, and a damn nice one. When you are use to a pocket PC though, its a whole different experience. Blackberry is not for me, either. Iphone I would go for, but at&t/cingular coverage sucks really bad where I live. Verizon or one of the local guys are really the only option.


J.

i havent done much to it.

most of the things ive tried to do doesnt work...

ima pm you right now and see what you can do!