Does anyone have a new smartphone?

[Newton]

I am talking about the latest phones, the 3g ones, that uses the microsoft smartphone OS? How good are these and what would you change if you could?

[Nickatilynx]

Originally posted by Newton - XXXAmigoz@Dec 29 2004, 12:25 PM
I am talking about the latest phones, the 3g ones, that uses the microsoft smartphone OS? How good are these and what would you change if you could?
Are they even available in North America?

[Newton]

interesting ... they should be .. smartphones have been out for sometime all over Europe running the microsoft smartphone os, similar to pocket pc's.

[Hell Puppy]

I dont know of any true 3G in the U.S.

However, there are an ample number of phones out that can surf the web, sms, mms, im, email and generally make sure you can never escape your work.

For all in one, there are 3 i'd currently consider in the U.S., each has it's pro's and con's and depends on your individual preferences:

Blackberry 7100

Treo 600/650

Sidekick II

[Newton]

Excellent .. thank you :okthumb:

[pearl noir studio]

my phone can, do those things but i never knew it was a smart phone. i have the new samsung d500

[slavdogg]

Originally posted by Newton - XXXAmigoz@Dec 29 2004, 03:25 PM
I am talking about the latest phones, the 3g ones, that uses the microsoft smartphone OS? How good are these and what would you change if you could?
MS only had one smartphone
Mot mx200 or something

i dont know about other carriers but ATT stopped selling them a while ago, cuz it was missing the 850 band.

The new MS smart phones should be out soon, but i dont think they're out yet..

[slavdogg]

I was wrong there is a new Mot MS smartphone
http://reviews.cnet.com/Motorola_MPx220/45...27.html?tag=tab (http://reviews.cnet.com/Motorola_MPx220/4505-6452_7-30893927.html?tag=tab)

looks pretty cool, gonna have to check it out

[Newton]

There are a few floating about, namely the t-mobile sda / orange spv e100 (qtek7070) /e200 (qtek 8080) /c500 (qtek 8010) / Motorola mpx200 and the motorola mpx220, at the moment. The palm os ones seem to have more cons than pros, and the symbian stuff looks nice too. Thanks for the info guys, it looks as they are starting to trickle into the market in the US and Canada soon.

[grimm]

the ones running windows smartphone are only better if you use microsoft office and outlook for scheduling, otherwise, you'll never use half the features. i had one, didnt like it. The battery life sucked, and i dont use outlook.

[Newton]

So what do you guys prefer the symbian/palm ones over windows? for those that have them.

[grimm]

Originally posted by slavdogg@Dec 30 2004, 05:38 AM
I was wrong there is a new Mot MS smartphone
http://reviews.cnet.com/Motorola_MPx220/45...27.html?tag=tab (http://reviews.cnet.com/Motorola_MPx220/4505-6452_7-30893927.html?tag=tab)

looks pretty cool, gonna have to check it out
i owned the last generation smartphone, through ATT.

now i have the mot RAZR, and it is fine with me