I want a smart phone, I can't decide between the Blackberry Curve and the Iphone....Any owners of the phones care to chime in? Any other cinuglar phones to look at?

 

I heard a woman yelling at the Cingular store about the Pearl. The jist of it is that this was her second one and it had alot of problems. I wasn't listing for details but that shied me away from that phone. I played with the iphone at work and I love it. The internet browser is really cool.

 

I have both. If you get a lot of email or text go with the Curve. Overall I prefer the Curve for reliablity and function.

 

i just got a blackberry curve and i love it .. its very easy to text, and there many features that i like alot, like the media player ... and theres many programs you can put on it like google maps ... so Blackberry Curve FTW!

 

I just gotta chime in and say iPhone.

 

wow u got some deep pockets!

the iPhone is kinda cool, but i dont know if i can support it. now, if you want go here

http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/2007/...-last-one.html

and you can unlock your iphone and use it with anyone XD but really? i say go with that blackberry. u have an ipod. u have a laptop. (assuming) you'll be fine w/o the iphone.

has anyone seen the new ipods btw?! omg woot! although i feel jipped. 160 gigs for 350 bucks?! and they have the iphone w/o phone feature for sale. 16 gigs is 400.... kinda pricy and small. just a side note.

 

touchscreen is both nice and horrible... but 160 gigs ooh la la

 

My 160gb just got delivered but I'm at work...boo!!! I know what I'll be doing tonight.

 

where the hell do you get 160 GIGS of stuff? limewire!

 

now if they make an easier way to transfer both my songs and playlists from my current 60 gig to a new 160 i'll be VERY pleased

 

if u dont like keypads, get the Iphone. (which i wouldnt recomend) if u dont mind keypads than get the curve. i like the curve better (IMO) i have something against Apple. never got to like their products. dont even have an iPod

 

I have the iPhone. Ive had plenty of smart phones in the past. And the potential for the iPhone is much higher than any phone on the market. Sure the multi-touch is something to get used to, but after a month you wont notice a difference. Plus if you're in anyway computer savvy, you can figure out how to put new, native programs on the phone. things like AIM clients (still in testing, but they work), a program to run Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games on the phone, add/modify ringtones (for FREE).

The list goes on, those examples I gave are just the tip of the ice berg. Go to modmyiphone.com and check out all the crazy things they are doing with iPhones there. Not to mention the price drop for the 8gb from 599 to 399!

But there are rumors of a 3G, 16GB hitting stores right around christmas time. But I've learned that a lot of rumors about Apple and their products turn out to be untrue. even with that said, I'd wait til it got closer to Christmas to but one just to make sure.

One great feature is the phones connect to the ipod jacks in our cars! And if you have a bluetooth headset that makes using it in your car even better! You can have it play through the ipod jack, the phone will ask you if you still want to recieve calls while playing, choose yes and that way if a call comes through, the music will die down and you can pick it up with your b=headset and never have to touch the phone!

Another thing is support from Apple. I got the phone the 2nd day it was out, so its been a little over 2 months. And in those 2 months there has been 2 major updates for the phone through iTunes to help functionality and reliability. I had a SK2(2 years) and an SK3(year and a half). The SK2 had one over the air update in the two years I had it. Same for the 3.

Bottom line is, people want to talk ish and speculate about the iPhone not being as good as its hyped up to be, but those are people who dont own one, can't afford one or are afraid to buy one but still want to play Monday morning quarterback! I have no complaints about the phone whatsoever! Sure it has its flaws, but what first gen phones have you seen that dont have flaws? And the flaws that do pop up seem to get ironed out fairly quickly by Apple.

 

I've had my iPhone for about two hours right now, and I friggin love it. It does take a few minutes to get the typing down, but it's pretty easy. I'm a big fan.

 

here you go, ifone for half the cost and also unlocked to work with any network.

http://dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5179

 

the iphone isnt 3g is it? can u send pics via mms? or does it go thru email? what about mass text messeging?

and what about the battery on the iphone? i heard its not strong and its not like u can just pop in another battery.


im in the market to for a new pda/smartphone and im leaning toward the blackberry. but the iphone isnt one of my options. i feel its really just a novelty

 

Very imporant question:

can you send 1 text to mult. people?

 

i dont think you can, but im no iphone wiz.

 

Sure you can!

 

At the same time?

 

not yet, I'm sure it has the capability, but its not programmed yet.


But remember, this is apples first mobile phone. Also, there isn't a phone out there that can do EVERYTHING. Its a matter of whether or not it can do everything YOU need it to.

For the haters, here's a list of some of the things iPhone does not do at this point in time (most are programming issues, and can be fixed with an update)

http://www.modmyiphone.com/wiki/inde...hone_doesnt_do

Thats where the phone is so revolutionary. Any time Apple wants to make changes to the way the phone works, they simply do a software update with the fixes. They can completely rearrange the layout of the phone, functions and buttons. Where as the "smart phones" with hard keyboards, their buttons cannot be changed or moved around! the #1 button will always be the #1 button, same with the a, b, c, d, e, f, etc... buttons.