[zman2005]

I am not sure if this thread should be here or in the outside world area. But hey someone can move it if they would like.

The question is what is the best all around blackberry/palm device that works well with Macs.

I have a phone fetish you could say, I only keep phones for about 3 months then I move up. Right now I use a v710. It is nice, I added additional memory and it served its purpose. Now I want a blackberry/palm to sync my calender to, web access.

The only problem is t-mobile which as the sidekick 2 and the new blackberry's has horrible service in my area so I don't want one of those. I have verizon and they don't offer and good blackberrys besides two older versions.

Does anyone have one they love? Recommend? Can u get the new blackberrys like the 7100t unlocked and use it with verizon?

Just thought I could use the advice of so many mac/gadget lovers on this forum.

Thanks

[zman2005]

Also Does anyone use T-Mobile? How is the service/support/accesibility to the internet?

[DMBand0026]

I don't use T-Moble, but I know people who do and they complain about it constantly. The service sucks. Actually, pretty much everyone I know that doesn't have Verizon complains about their phone service. It might not be the best value, but they have solid phones (not technologically advanced, but solid none the less) and the service is top notch, in Chicago at least. I've never known of anyone who gets better service than I do with another carrier. AFAIK Verizon is tops for service. Consumer Reports agrees with me.

I know that doesn't help you much, but a website called Phone Scoop might. It's a phone review site complete with pictures, facts, specs, and even user opinions and reviews on every phone with every carrier. You'll probably be able to find something good there.

[sunrain]

I don't agree with that at all. I've had cell service with T-Mobile in the Mid-West as well as the Northwest and have found their service excellent. Neither does J.D. Power and Associates who just ranked T-Mobile far above the other seven major carriers for overall customer satisfaction for the past two years in a row. T-Mobile ranked higher than all the other carriers in all six major service regions. Verizon was right up there with T-Mobile in the rankings, but T-Mobile was the only carrier to receive similar rankings across the entire country.

I've used my phone all over the country, and in Canada and Europe without any troubles. I've even used my phone in Chicago (the area DMB mentioned) and had no service problems whatsoever.

[rasmits]

Ask anyone what they think is the best Cell Service, and they'll all say their own, and give their own special reasons why they think so.

I personally use T-Mobile, but I've been with them since before they were known as VoiceStream. I've had no problems, but I do know that as far as mobile internet is concerned, it's the best value. I pay $4.95 per month and get unlimited mobile internet access.

I don't know much about coverage as far as other services go, but I expect that all networks are fine in the city, and generally extremely similar in more rural areas.

[morningstarrising]

Ah Cell Phone fetish, the only other people outside of Mac users to call pieces of metals "sexy" lol

Anyway T-Mobile only has GPRS, which is the slowest of data streams out there. It's not slow slow..but we are comparing that to 56k.

T-Mobile is slowly moving to EDGE, the second slowest data stream, but it is better then GPRS(Cingular uses EDGE). But there is no real date on the switch.

And forget about a 3G network on T-Mobile. They would need around 1 billion dollars to make a 3G network like Sprint's and Verizon's EV-DO or Cingular's 3G network which is still being tested in labs and will be rolled out in 2007 the earliest.


T-Mobile's service/support is awesome if you live in a big city or the suburbs. It uses the GPS network(Along with all of Europe and Cingular) and by all accounts and studies, it's works better then Verizon and Sprint's(And South Korea) networks overall.

[HOM]

BlackBerry 7290

It's what I have and it works great. I'm using it on Cinuglar which has a better network than T-Mobile, but charges much more for their data plans.

[Banana]

GPRS slow?

I am typing on T mobile sidekick right now. In fact, I almost always read AN on my sidekick as it makes for perfect reading on otherwise boring bus trips or waiting for x, and I've found it to be as good, if not better, than 56k.

Service is dandy. Coverage is good, but in rural area, I wouldn't count on it.

[torifile]

I've had them all and I must say, Cingular is the best. No billing errors, no dropped calls. In fact, they're the only carrier I've been back to for a second year. All the rest were one-year-and-out things. Nice combination of advanced phones (T-Mo's strong suit) and solid service (Verizon's claim to fame).

edit: sorry, I just realized that my post was completely off topic. Sue me.

[zman2005]

I am sure there are alot of threads out there but why I am here don't you think expose would be the perfect feature on a cell phone. It would make it so much easier to navigate if you could zooom in and out of windows with a click of a button, wow that would be nice.


Anyways I am going to try out T-Mobile in December when my verizon runs out.

But I have also had att and cingular b4 they merged and verizon and verizon has dominated by far. way better then altell too.

Just my two sense

[elvia]

Verizon has the teo 650 now