How smart is your phone?
It’s been a while. Whatever, we push on.
I seem to remember writing an interim post but it appears to have vanished into “the ether” about the same time I was having issues with Edublogs. But more on that later.
My trusty Treo 680 has served me very well thank you for the last few years but is starting to get a bit raggedy around the edges. Heck I’ve dropped it more times than I care to remember. Bottom line, I was in the market for a new smartphone and was surveying my options.
Now it may surprise some of you to know that I don’t really fit into the “average” category when it comes to “technology needs” and the smartphone was no exception. So here’s the list…
- Preference for hardware keyboard. Used to love “graffiti” on the old Palms but you just can’t hammer out text as quickly as you can on a hardware QWERTY. Something about feeling those keys.
- 3G, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity (and ability to handle proxy server at work. Yes I’m talking to you Blackberry Bold)
- A decent camera that can capture photos and video
- Decent voice recorder
- Capcity to view and edit documents, presentations and spreadsheets or run software that does
- Expandable memory slot desireable
- 3.5mm audio slot desireable (to fit my Senheiser noise cancelling headphones)
- Under $1000 (as far under as possible) unlocked with option of outright purchase
Of course it would make and recieve calls, SMS and whatever but truth be known I don’t use the phone that much. I don’t even like answering the phone really. The PDA functions, camera and documents though are a differnet story. With WI-Fi on board I was hoping to throw email into the mix there as well. Unfortunately if you are chasing a smartphone with a hardware keyboard and Wi-Fi around $1000 there aren’t many options so check back later to see if you guessed right. There may even be a prize (seriously, who are we kidding?!)
Filed under: hardware | Tagged: blackberry, pda, phone, smartphone, treo
