iphone

[BrianG]

Man, am I the only one who thinks a phone should just be a phone? When are they gonna start doing the laundry and dishes? Personally, manufacturers try to cram so many features into these things that they don't excel at any one thing. Seperate devices are a PITA to carry around, but offer better performance (esp for the $$$).

When I got my phone about a year ago, I asked the guy at US Cellular (because everyone I know is on that carrier and get free cell to cell calls) for just a basic phone - no camera, no PDA, etc. I did however want something sturdy since I tend to be hard on phones (broke several work phones in 2 years). He just looked at me kinda funny and pulled out my current Motorola V323i. It's perfect! Just wish it had one measly game on it for when I'm bored waiting for movies to start or something...

My g/f has a Palm Treo 700p and it seems ok. She got it because her previous job was a real-estate agent and they had software specifically for that phone. Buttons are too tiny for my large fingers, doesn't have GPS, reboots itself every week or so, and web browsing is so-so. It has a full browser, but is missing Flash, Java, etc plugins. And it sometimes swaps between the mobile version of a site (if the site has it)) and the non-mobile version - like the server can't really decide what it is. However, I found a nice little app that lets her use it as a "modem" on her PC. Speed isn't too bad (~1.5mb/s), but the latency sucks - not good for many server requests and certainly not for online gaming!