What phone should I get?

[ciphergoth]

I need a new phone. I'm almost totally at a loss about what I want. I don't know whether I should get a smartphone, or whether the browser/diary/etc facilities of a normal phone are enough. Any ideas?

Rules (updated):

• 3G, Bluetooth
• No Microsoft
• Must work in San Francisco

Update: Currently tempted by the Sony M600i...

Comments

[purplerabbits.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with a Treo?

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Oh, good question, I should have answered that right away.

* I'm not sure I benefit enough for it to be worth the cost
* I might like something lighter
* I want 3G
* I'm going off PalmOS because they're never going to bring out Cobalt
* I'm just generally re-treading my assumptions

[babysimon]

I'm going off PalmOS because they're never going to bring out Cobalt

Oh, I dunno. All they need to do is re-hire Steve Jobs, replace Coplandbalt with NextSTEP and launch a music player and they'll be all set.

[babysimon]

I want 3G

You may want to re-examine that. If you can find a decent data tariff it might be worth it, but Orange didn't seem to do one last I checked. I've even disabled 3G on my phone, since it seems to prefer a weak 3G signal to a strong 2.5G one.

[pengshui-master.livejournal.com]

You've said you had an N70 right?

If it like mine , and I do see problems with its 3G climbback (is the the inverse of fallback) - then there is a firmware update which is supposed to fix that.

I haven;t tried it myself since it tooscared I'll flash-trash my phone.

[babysimon]

http://geeksimon.deadjournal.com/29517.html