PDA Cell phones

Have a kyocera 6035 PDA phone and want to upgrade to a new one. What
does anyone consider the Best one available????

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Gil,
Your best choices would be the Kyocera 7135 or the Treo 600. The Treo 600
is a little bit smaller than the 6035, but uses a thumbboard instead of
graffiti. The 7135 is a clamshell style using graffiti for input.
If you plan on using the PDA functions a lot, and especially if you need to
do a lot of text input, the Treo is the way to go. The 7135 is more
phone-centric.
Zane


Gil Ward wrote:

> Have a kyocera 6035 PDA phone and want to upgrade to a new one. What
> does anyone consider the Best one available????

I just realized that Sprint doesn't carry the 7135. The Samsung i500 is
very similar to it.
Zane



Zane Vandiver wrote:

> Gil,
> Your best choices would be the Kyocera 7135 or the Treo 600. The Treo 600
> is a little bit smaller than the 6035, but uses a thumbboard instead of
> graffiti. The 7135 is a clamshell style using graffiti for input.
> If you plan on using the PDA functions a lot, and especially if you need
> to
> do a lot of text input, the Treo is the way to go. The 7135 is more
> phone-centric.
> Zane
>
>
> Gil Ward wrote:
>
>> Have a kyocera 6035 PDA phone and want to upgrade to a new one. What
>> does anyone consider the Best one available????

Zane Vandiver wrote:

> Gil,
> Your best choices would be the Kyocera 7135 or the Treo 600. The Treo 600
> is a little bit smaller than the 6035, but uses a thumbboard instead of
> graffiti. The 7135 is a clamshell style using graffiti for input.
> If you plan on using the PDA functions a lot, and especially if you need to
> do a lot of text input, the Treo is the way to go. The 7135 is more
> phone-centric.
> Zane

Sigh, once again, the 7135 is not available from Sprint PCS.

If you want to upgrade from the 6035 to a better Palm phone, you have a
choice:

Treo 600:
Positives: 24M RAM, SD Memory slot, Palm OS 5, color display
Negatives: No graffiti (it's all thumbboard), power and space wasted
on a camera of useless resolution, no voice recognition, candybar format
fails to afford any protection to the screen

Samsung SPH-i500:
Positives; 16M RAM, Palm OS 4, color display, clamshell format
Negatives: no slots for flash RAM, no speakerphone

[email protected] wrote:

> Sigh, once again, the 7135 is not available from Sprint PCS.
>
> If you want to upgrade from the 6035 to a better Palm phone, you have a
> choice:
>
> Treo 600:
> Positives: 24M RAM, SD Memory slot, Palm OS 5, color display
> Negatives: No graffiti (it's all thumbboard), power and space wasted
> on a camera of useless resolution, no voice recognition, candybar format
> fails to afford any protection to the screen
>
> Samsung SPH-i500:
> Positives; 16M RAM, Palm OS 4, color display, clamshell format
> Negatives: no slots for flash RAM, no speakerphone
>

Forgot one option:

Switch to Verizon to get a Kyocera 7135.

Their plans are, unfortunately, more expensive for data users.

"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

>
>
> Zane Vandiver wrote:
>
>> Gil,
>> Your best choices would be the Kyocera 7135 or the Treo 600. The
>> Treo 600 is a little bit smaller than the 6035, but uses a thumbboard
>> instead of graffiti. The 7135 is a clamshell style using graffiti
>> for input. If you plan on using the PDA functions a lot, and
>> especially if you need to do a lot of text input, the Treo is the way
>> to go. The 7135 is more phone-centric.
>> Zane
>
> Sigh, once again, the 7135 is not available from Sprint PCS.
>
> If you want to upgrade from the 6035 to a better Palm phone, you have
> a choice:
>
> Treo 600:
> Positives: 24M RAM, SD Memory slot, Palm OS 5, color display
> Negatives: No graffiti (it's all thumbboard), power and space wasted
> on a camera of useless resolution, no voice recognition, candybar
> format fails to afford any protection to the screen
>
> Samsung SPH-i500:
> Positives; 16M RAM, Palm OS 4, color display, clamshell format
> Negatives: no slots for flash RAM, no speakerphone
>

What are you saying,that having any amount of RAM is a positive thing ?

Jesse wrote:

> "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>

>> Treo 600:
>> Positives: 24M RAM, SD Memory slot, Palm OS 5, color display
>> Negatives: No graffiti (it's all thumbboard), power and space wasted
>> on a camera of useless resolution, no voice recognition, candybar
>> format fails to afford any protection to the screen
>>
>> Samsung SPH-i500:
>> Positives; 16M RAM, Palm OS 4, color display, clamshell format
>> Negatives: no slots for flash RAM, no speakerphone
>>
>
> What are you saying,that having any amount of RAM is a positive thing ?

No, just that either phone has more than the 8M of a 6035.

Yeah, I shouldn't have bothered to list the amount of RAM as a positive
or negative...

Zane Vandiver <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I just realized that Sprint doesn't carry the 7135. The Samsung i500 is
> very similar to it.
> Zane
>
>
>
> Zane Vandiver wrote:
>
> > Gil,
> > Your best choices would be the Kyocera 7135 or the Treo 600. The Treo 600
> > is a little bit smaller than the 6035, but uses a thumbboard instead of
> > graffiti. The 7135 is a clamshell style using graffiti for input.
> > If you plan on using the PDA functions a lot, and especially if you need
> > to
> > do a lot of text input, the Treo is the way to go. The 7135 is more
> > phone-centric.
> > Zane
> >
> >
> > Gil Ward wrote:
> >
> >> Have a kyocera 6035 PDA phone and want to upgrade to a new one. What
> >> does anyone consider the Best one available????


There is a Motorola pda, a sony ??p900?? and several others. Has
anyone had experience with any???

"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
>
>
> Zane Vandiver wrote:
>
> > Gil,
> > Your best choices would be the Kyocera 7135 or the Treo 600. The Treo
600
> > is a little bit smaller than the 6035, but uses a thumbboard instead of
> > graffiti. The 7135 is a clamshell style using graffiti for input.
> > If you plan on using the PDA functions a lot, and especially if you need
to
> > do a lot of text input, the Treo is the way to go. The 7135 is more
> > phone-centric.
> > Zane
>
> Sigh, once again, the 7135 is not available from Sprint PCS.
>
> If you want to upgrade from the 6035 to a better Palm phone, you have a
> choice:
>
> Treo 600:
> Positives: 24M RAM, SD Memory slot, Palm OS 5, color display
> Negatives: No graffiti (it's all thumbboard), power and space wasted
> on a camera of useless resolution, no voice recognition, candybar format
> fails to afford any protection to the screen
>
> Samsung SPH-i500:
> Positives; 16M RAM, Palm OS 4, color display, clamshell format
> Negatives: no slots for flash RAM, no speakerphone


You missed a major disadvantage of the Samsung i500 and the primary reason I
am avoiding this phone. It does not have an external display so you can see
caller ID, signal strength, battery life, talk time, etc when the phone is
closed.

I can' believe that in 2004 there is a clamshell phone without an external
display!!!

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> "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in
> message news:[email protected]...
> >
> >
> > Zane Vandiver wrote:
> >
> > > Gil,
> > > Your best choices would be the Kyocera 7135 or the Treo 600. The Treo
> 600
> > > is a little bit smaller than the 6035, but uses a thumbboard instead of
> > > graffiti. The 7135 is a clamshell style using graffiti for input.
> > > If you plan on using the PDA functions a lot, and especially if you need
> to
> > > do a lot of text input, the Treo is the way to go. The 7135 is more
> > > phone-centric.
> > > Zane
> >
> > Sigh, once again, the 7135 is not available from Sprint PCS.
> >
> > If you want to upgrade from the 6035 to a better Palm phone, you have a
> > choice:
> >
> > Treo 600:
> > Positives: 24M RAM, SD Memory slot, Palm OS 5, color display
> > Negatives: No graffiti (it's all thumbboard), power and space wasted
> > on a camera of useless resolution, no voice recognition, candybar format
> > fails to afford any protection to the screen
> >
> > Samsung SPH-i500:
> > Positives; 16M RAM, Palm OS 4, color display, clamshell format
> > Negatives: no slots for flash RAM, no speakerphone
>
>
> You missed a major disadvantage of the Samsung i500 and the primary reason I
> am avoiding this phone. It does not have an external display so you can see
> caller ID, signal strength, battery life, talk time, etc when the phone is
> closed.
>
> I can' believe that in 2004 there is a clamshell phone without an external
> display!!!


Agreed, the external display would be nice. But I love the SPH-i500
anyway! It's actually smaller and fits in the pocket better than the
Treo-600. Plus, it has a dedicated phone keypad and is a clamshell.

Thumboard, more memory, faster CPU, newer OS, SDIO card, speakerphone,
external display -- all would be nice, but for now the nothing beats
the i500 for my personal taste.

Oh -- here's an important advantage of the i500. It's one of the last
Vision-enabled phones which ships with the ability to be used as a
high-speed wireless modem for a laptop. Doing so technically violates
the Vision TOS, which is why Sprint is artificially limiting newer
phones like the Treo600. Too bad. Whenever the marketing people
artificially limit technology, it's generally a bad thing for
everyone, including the company doing it.

Robert Oliver wrote:
> Oh -- here's an important advantage of the i500. It's one of the last
> Vision-enabled phones which ships with the ability to be used as a
> high-speed wireless modem for a laptop. Doing so technically violates
> the Vision TOS, which is why Sprint is artificially limiting newer
> phones like the Treo600.

That's news to me. In what way is the Treo 600 limited?
Are you saying that newer Vision phones can't be used a a modem for
a laptop? If so, I'll be looking for another provider when my current
Vision phone wears out.

--
John Richards

In article <[email protected]>, John
Richards <[email protected]> wrote:

> Robert Oliver wrote:
> > Oh -- here's an important advantage of the i500. It's one of the last
> > Vision-enabled phones which ships with the ability to be used as a
> > high-speed wireless modem for a laptop. Doing so technically violates
> > the Vision TOS, which is why Sprint is artificially limiting newer
> > phones like the Treo600.
>
> That's news to me. In what way is the Treo 600 limited?
> Are you saying that newer Vision phones can't be used a a modem for
> a laptop? If so, I'll be looking for another provider when my current
> Vision phone wears out.

The treo can be used as a modem with software called PDANet.

girl in green <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<220120040721287978%[email protected]>...
> In article <[email protected]>, John
> Richards <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Robert Oliver wrote:
> > > Oh -- here's an important advantage of the i500. It's one of the last
> > > Vision-enabled phones which ships with the ability to be used as a
> > > high-speed wireless modem for a laptop. Doing so technically violates
> > > the Vision TOS, which is why Sprint is artificially limiting newer
> > > phones like the Treo600.
> >
> > That's news to me. In what way is the Treo 600 limited?
> > Are you saying that newer Vision phones can't be used a a modem for
> > a laptop? If so, I'll be looking for another provider when my current
> > Vision phone wears out.
>
> The treo can be used as a modem with software called PDANet.

True -- third party software can be used. Which is why I said, "ships
with." That said, using it as a modem is OK as long as you "pay for
the minutes" and run it at low speed (48kbps?) by dialing directly
into a modem on the other end (at your company, ISP, etc.). However,
if you go for a high-speed Vision connection using #777, you're
technically violating the TOS.