blackberry or iphone

[Rising Phoenix]

my plan is up in july.....which should I get?
my sis loves her iphone
problem: get very little service at my current residence....verizon provides slightly better coverage in my area
but I will be moving at some point this year
I text ALL THE TiME
kinda want a full keyboard
suggestions

[Nickster]

1. Love the iPhone. Got all my tunes, got the internet, got wifi, got a nice size screen to view videos

synces my contacts and date book....tons of great apps you can download to add other functions. I have recipes, games, books, all kinds of stuff.

[Rising Phoenix]

2. sounds good

I think I'm headed that way......
is texting easy breezy?

[Nickster]

4. I NEVER texted before I got the iphone, now I'm texting all the time and I think it's easy. Just my

personal feeling about it.

[Rising Phoenix]

thanks for the input

you make a good case

[Nickster]

8. Oh yeah and you have a fairly decent camera on it too. The Blackberry....not so much.

In June they are having a major OS upgrade that adds a ton of new features, like video capture, bluetooth stereo streaming, and a bunch of other goodies.

[Rising Phoenix]

11. excellent

I have a decent camera, but my sis the photographer had the same one and hated it.....true she uses it more, but a lot of my pics have a tinted pink look .....and I could use a new cam.....I could give my mom my old one as hers is quite ancient.

[TZ]

3. If you want an iphone but don't like the keyboard...

get a stylus...thats just as easy as using the blackberry keyboard.

[Nickster]

5. yeah, but it's a pain to carry around a stylus. It's not like a palm where you could just snap it in

[Rising Phoenix]

6. oh, thanks for adding that

[Nickster]

10. I really dont think you'd need one. You should schedule some time at the Apple Store and have them

show you all the features first hand, then if you like it, give it a go.

[Rising Phoenix]

14. will def do that

my friend works at the local one, I plan to stop by and find everything out
she is also an apprentice tattoo artist and wants to give me some for free :woohoo:

[TZ]

9. I can't believe you can't get a carry case that has room for a stylus though

There's about a brazillion different cases for the phone.

[Nickster]

12. I'm sure, but at least to ME, I would think it's a pain in the arse because there isn't a dedicated

little slot to put the stylus in and you know it would end up getting lost eventually. Little stuff like that is just annoying to me.

[Rising Phoenix]

15. true that

how much does a stylus cost approx

[Nickster]

22. Not much at all, depends on how fancy you want to go, prob less than 5 bux on avg.

[Rising Phoenix]

16. true that

how much does a stylus cost approx

[Rising Phoenix]

7. interesting....I'll look into that

portability is very important

[Symarip]

13. Don't believe the hype

The iPhone is a piece of shit. Notice the iPeople are always waiting for simple functions like video capture? Yeah. That sounds like fun. The iPhone 'keypad' turns your display to a smudgy piece of shit in no time. And it's not as easy to type on like a real keypad. Oh and I hope you like AT&T if you plan on getting one. You'll be married to them for years to come.

[Rising Phoenix]

17. I actually really don't like AT$ T

leaning towards verizon

[Nickster]

21. If you do go with Verizon, keep your eyes open for a Palm Pre.

Scratch that.....Sprint only....

[Rising Phoenix]

24. oh, thanks for adding that

I've heard bad things about sprint

[Nickster]

18. I'm glad you enjoy your phone, but there are features that beat the crackberry whether you want to

acknowledge them or not. Smudgy piece of shit? I add a screen protector and smudges wipe off just fine, just like I did with my Palm back in the day. What cell service doesn't tie you into a 2 year contract these days?

It's also fairly simple to add the features that are missing right now, just not in an Apple approved method.

[Symarip]

23. So let me get this straight

You have to BUY a stylus in order to make it type better.

You have to BUY a case in order to find a place to put your stylus for storage and carry.

Or you have to BUY a screen proctector in order to have your phone look normal.

And you can have simple functionality most other phones have if you feel like hacking your phone.

No thanks.

[Nickster]

25. Give me a break...I don't have to buy a stylus, I don't have to buy a case and I don't have to buy a

screen protector. There are no such accessories for EVERY phone on the market, really? Is that what you're saying? And I'll have the simple functionality officially with the new OS update in June.

[appal_jack]

35. Were you able to port-over your Palm data?

Were you able to easily port-over your Palm data to your i-phone? I am considering a phone upgrade too, but there is no way I'm willing to re-type all I have in my Palm-clone (old Sony Clie PEG still in service).

I thought about going to both Verizon and Apple stores with my old Clie and the cable, and promising to buy the first phone that either salesperson could get the data onto.

-app

[Nickster]

37. Sure thing, I synced mine up with Outlook then Outlook to iPhone

You are syncing with Palm Desktop right? Go to File and choose Export, the screen is pretty self explanatory, choose the location to download and then change the format at the bottom to VCard. If you have Windows and Outlook, I'm assuming, you do. You can just click and drag the file into the address book and it will prompt you to save them. Then you go to itunes and set up your sync from there to iphone. Easier than it sounds. Let me know if you need any help.

[appal_jack]

38. wow, excellent. thanks!

I may take you up on your offer, once the upgrade happens ($$$-permitting, so it may be months...).

-app

[Nickster]

40. No problem. June should bring some good discounts when they roll out the new version of the iphone.

[Lucian]

19. BlackBerry.

Don't be a slave to Apple. Verizon has excellent service in my area. I live in Small Town, MN and I even get 1xEV (Verizon's version of 3G). My friend couldn't even get regular AT&T service at my house.

[Rising Phoenix]

26. thanks

sevice in my crappy town is important at least for a year or so

[La Lioness Priyanka]

20. lisa jsut had to return her blackberry cos it sucked so hard

[Rising Phoenix]

27. I am so fucking confused

of course I have time to look into all of this......but wow some strong feelings for and against both

[La Lioness Priyanka]

28. also verizon store told her they do not have a 3G network. get an iphone

her father pays for her blackberry so its diff. if she had to pay, i would go w. the iphone

[Nickster]

29. Seriously, go and use them both. It's your choice. I love mine, your mileage may vary.

[TZ]

30. Yep. Hey I got that Shazam app last night...

Do you have that? Pretty fucking amazing if you ask me...

[Nickster]

32. LOL. Yeah, I used it to identify a ton of my mysterious contemporary Celtic musicians that I never

knew who they were.

[Rising Phoenix]

31. I've played with megs a bit

so many options and really liked it......the touch screen was so sensitive I took blurry pics......but I could adapt I'm sure

[DarkTirade]

33. Personally I'd lean towards blackberry, but you really should go to places that'll

let you try out both and see which one you like better.

[swishyfeet]

34. There are other options.... LG Dare?

My wife has one. It's small, stylish, and works well.

If you're a power user of email and web, the smaller format might not be as useful, but it's worth a look if you value a more compact design.

[bigwillq]

36. I have neither.

And I text all the time too. I'm cool with my cheapo phone.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

39. I just love my iPhone.

It's worked flawlessly since I got it; it does everything I need plus a lot of things I don't need but that I have a lot of fun with; and the coverage is far better than my previous carrier (Nextel). It has exceeded my expectations.

[baldguy]

41. I'm a little old-fashioned