so i am looking for a phone, what i would like is for it to be a note taking phone. I want to be able to take notes for seperate clients, so have like 20 seperate files that are easy to access that i can write stuff in. what is my best choice of phone for this? thanks
Best multipurpose phone PDA?
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The new Blackberry Curve is what I would look into.
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love my treo
X2, since getting the Curve I can work from anywhere
and for $150.00 per month for unlimited calls,text,emails,and internet
its a steal. Well worth it if your always on the go and rarely in the office.
Also you can send and receive emails or text all while your on the phone.
I have tried them all for business and personal: UT starcom, motorola Q, Palm treo, Blackberry world edition. The best is the new Blackberry curve, does everything you want! IE: pda, phone and also comes with a camera and video recorder that are the seller for me on top of all the other features.
What company is that with? Do you have to be in the "Extended service area's" to get the internet portion to work?
a laptop. Seriously, there is not a PDA phone that will do what you want effiecently. Find a small portable laptop that has a integrated wireless carrier radio. Plus...you will not be able to back that device up very easily (can be done, but not simple consistant process). Besides...most all PDA Phones are made to be integrated with a PC.
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I'm a Palm guy... the new centro or whatever they call it looks kinda cool... Palm's treo replacement.
However... the problem I have with these all-in-one phones... what if you need to use two things at once? Be on the phone and look up a phone number? I have an old phone and a Tungsten|T... I can use both at once. Bluetooth will let you dial a number from the palm on the phone... bluetooth phone will let you get to the internet through the palm... or through a laptop.... all can sync across each other...
Seriously, i'd look at a computer. If you want access to all that, a tablet PC or "ultra-mobile" PC might be your best bet. Depends on your situation I suppose. We have a Samsung Q at work for data acquisition... More than a palm, and almost as full-featured as a laptop (WiFi, bluetooth, touch-screen, USB, no optical drive, big enough HD, enough RAM, runs LabView apps quite nicely, will run Office apps).
However... the problem I have with these all-in-one phones... what if you need to use two things at once? Be on the phone and look up a phone number? I have an old phone and a Tungsten|T... I can use both at once. Bluetooth will let you dial a number from the palm on the phone... bluetooth phone will let you get to the internet through the palm... or through a laptop.... all can sync across each other...
Seriously, i'd look at a computer. If you want access to all that, a tablet PC or "ultra-mobile" PC might be your best bet. Depends on your situation I suppose. We have a Samsung Q at work for data acquisition... More than a palm, and almost as full-featured as a laptop (WiFi, bluetooth, touch-screen, USB, no optical drive, big enough HD, enough RAM, runs LabView apps quite nicely, will run Office apps).
I have a treo 700w and can look up numbers while on the phone, I'd be lost without mine. I can also use worda nd Excel on mine so it's really handy.
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Not quite correct. The new version of Windows Mobile (I have 5.0) works great. It syncs with Microsoft Outlook every time you plug it into your usb cord, just like a good PDA. Has all the Outlook functions. You can do what you need to do with notes, or put comments in the "note" section of each clients contact info (Contacts) This is software integrated into phones. So you have a phone and all the goodies, text, video, pictures, memory cards... +Outlook
Different phones that use the software have different keyboard configs and there are a ton of aftermarket applications. Also touch screens with stylus.
I have used this stuff forever and got rid of my PDA last year and am doing fine with Motorola Q. However the newer phones with the slide out keyboard are better. (My son has one) Plus... unlimited data (web) and email which is great. Bigger screens also.
AND you don't have to wait for your laptop to fire up.
Good luck
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I'm on the road most days and have my laptop with cell card for all computer type work I need. I also have data on my phone for a second source to access the internet. I can use my laptop bluetooth to my razor or mostly I use it for GPS(survey grade) as a portal to get data. If you use your phone as a portal, you will have to avoid the PDA style due to conflicts. The PDA's won't operate as a portal, or I should say, I have not found a person that deals in cell phones to show me how to do it, including the tech support chains in each of the cell companies.
Another vote for the Blackberry Curve. I had a Treo prior to my BB and the difference is night and day, for the better.
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I LOVE my Samsung I760....keyboard, email, all kinds of MS windows applications, Wi-Fi, & data. I used to cary my Palm PDA & my phone. It got really old, really fast, so I had to do something. Now I allways have my phone when I have my PDA & my PDA when I have my phone.
Hey Hesse.....what service do you have?? I'm a Verizon dealer & can hook you up with what ever you need.
Hey Hesse.....what service do you have?? I'm a Verizon dealer & can hook you up with what ever you need.
Share the love!!! How do you get better service out of these phones?? I spend an hour with Verizon one day and told them I was fed up with not getting any service at home and with all the Alltell towers going up around here I wanted out of my contract and didn't plan on paying the outrageous fee to do so. The lady I was with must have been new, she told me I wouldn't have to pay a fee as long as they exhausted every avenue to supply me with the service I was paying for. So, she sent me 3 new phones (supposed to be the best phone they had for low service area's) and if those didn't help I could leave, no questions asked, no termination fee. The new phones work better than any other phone I've had, as long as the sun's shining, wind from the east and there aren't any UFO's flying over at the time, but still better than any other phone I've had. They are Samsung SCHU710's.
I'd like to get the Verizon card for my laptop, do they work worth a dam in the ND/SD/WY/MN area's???? Hopefully with the buy-out of Alltell the service will greatly improve.
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I'll share, no problems. I sell a TON of internet air cards. Where ever you have Verizon signal, you have internet. We run a card on laptops at my work. We run anywhere from MT to MN & everywhere between. If you have questionable signal, have you ever tried a 3 watt booster?? I sell a lot of booster for customers that run in low signal areas. The boosters are wireless so there is no wires tied to anything & they booste everyones signal in the car/truck.
Feel free to PM me with any questions.
Feel free to PM me with any questions.
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