I have never wanted a smartphone because I never wanted to pay the monthly rape me fee to use the features....

But now I can use the features for free with wi-fi (provided I am in a wifi zone or my home wireless range)

I will be using the phone as a PDA and to sync my calender and contacts (and occasional web browsing) and obviously to talk to people.

My question is, will I be overwhelmed by the phone? I am no computer genious, and I read these posts about all kinds of phone issues from Kansei, and I just want to know if something like this would be wasted on me?

http://www.pocketpcaddict.com/forums/media/55374/verizon_samsungi760.jpg

Do you use a PDA now?

I used to use a palm when I was in college (old school early years palm) and with my schedule getting more hectice once again, I need the calender to know my schedule.

If you think you will use the Smartphone features and you don't need to buy a data plan to get it, go for it.

me thinks it will be a good idea!!

I used to use a palm when I was in college (old school early years palm) and with my schedule getting more hectice once again, I need the calender to know my schedule.
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Personally, I don't think you'll be overwhelmed at all. Just stick to the places you know and understand. PDA's are really not all that complex until you start going into certain areas with them. Everything is pretty self explanatory. Hi2u manuals!

Here is how I use my phone a daily basis:

*Calendar
*Calculator
*Alarm
*Notes
*Contacts (phone calls, obviously)
*Texting
*Email
*Chatting
*Occasional Internet Look-up
*Sync
*GPS (while driving)

They are neat to have and they are cool to carry around. I get asked all the time why I even care to have a phone like mine, I just giggle and hold it closer. I'm in love with my phone.

I will not be paying the service, except for the first month (for a discount)

thanks for the advice Kristin

ohhh you will use it for that month and get hooked

that phone is REALLY neat btw.

yeah at first I was like "wait what?" with that keypad orientation, but it's damn smart. not that I ever need a keypad, that's what on-screen ones are for.

Samsung makes great phones too so it'll probably be nice. definitely a 'try before you buy' thing though.

+1 for the Palm OS being amazing.

I had the original Palm.. then the Palm III, then a Palm V (omg such a nice design, thanks IDEO), then a Palm VII (one of the first pdas with cellular data). Then I got a Visor Prism (I think the first color Palm), then I decided that I didn't need the color screen and the battery life was horrid so I got the Visor Edge.. which is to this day my favorite PDA.

Of course I also had my share of windows CE devices. The Casio .. I think A11 running Windows CE 1.0 (4mb memory, opened like a mini laptop, etc), then the Windows Handheld PC 2003 (or was it 2000, I don't remember the version number) HP Jornada 720.. dude that shit cost me 1400 dollars when I was a freshman or sophomore in high school. pimp as shit though!!! sadly there's like 2 aftermarket apps for it. I still use it as a 'bedside computer'.. it has wifi (through a card), a 4gb IBM MicroDrive, and a nice bright screen.

omg I <3 PDAs and such.

Ehh... I decided........






















Nope, not worth $350 to me, especially when I am saving for a new bike ($3000).

so what phone you gettin

nothin for now...

while I was talking to the guy last night, there was a young couple that just bought an i760 each.... they didn't look like professionals or anything, I just wonder where some people get their money to operate, ya know?

Shit I make just under 50k a I cringe at buying one of those...

depends on ur priorities

true

if the old one still works.. then just wait on it. :)

yeah, no biggie... but he did say that i would save $100 by signing up for the $1100 dollars in additional service over 2 year.

my cell/contract was up back in Feb... when I do sign up again, I will getta $100 credit towards new phone.. but i still like my LG VX6100.. old is good. :)

yeah, I have a boring old LG something or other, and it still works great.. I may as well run it into the ground.

they laughed me when I went to the verizon store needing a new cover for it... but they did comment on it being the best looking 2+ yr old phone they'd ever seen...

http://pocketpccentral.net/images/reviews/access/pm_325/side_by_side.jpgthis was my fav phone ever - lg pm325. so simple, easy to use, and the smallest phone ive ever seen

cell phone companies are jackasses.

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I love my phone.