So I get to get a new cell phone soon.

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Wed May 30, 2007 4:35 pm

I dunno what to get...

Max of $250 want something that doubles as a high quality camera, and maybe has a keyboard with the QWERTY and that stuff?

Any suggestions?

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Wed May 30, 2007 4:46 pm

a small laptop and skype lol.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Wed May 30, 2007 4:53 pm

gamemasterAS wrote:a small laptop and skype lol.

Don't forget the cellular internet card and service. I'd rather do that than get a cell phone, and maybe theres a cell company that has free vo-ip with their cellular internet.

Look into a Palm Treo, those look promising.

Post by **bicostp** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:47 pm

A Treo will suit your needs. It can do anything a Palm Pilot can, some models include a camera, and I've seen a couple running SNES emulators. (You can probably pick up a 650 pretty cheap now, since they've been around a few years.)

To be honest I've never been impressed by any photo taken by a camera phone. They all have crap optics, which results in crap pictures. If you want to take high quality pictures buy a real camera with a real lens, none of this "1/2 inch thick wonder camera!" junk.

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:57 pm

My newest guitar pictures were taken with my camera phone. They're not too bad either...

EDIT: If you want a high quality camera phone, check this one out. It's 5 MP and SMALL! You'll have to import it in from Japan though... and it probably won't be unlocked

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:27 pm

I am not gonna get a freaking laptop WTF? It needs to fit in my pocket...

It is best if I get Motorola because my neighbor works for them and can get me free motorola stuff like replacement batteries and crap!! (he designs the bluetooth headsets)

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:46 pm

I hate cell phones.

get a one thats good for calling and for nothing else. you'll get to addicted to crap that costs money

Post by **Triton** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:12 pm

all the phones i really like cost 2-400$ and are GSM only

if your going with sprint i suggest the A900 or upstage.

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:29 pm

Although there isn't any QWERTY keyboard, the Nokia Xpressmusic 5300 is an awesome phone, which doubles as an MP3 player. Good news, it's only 100 bucks, bad news...none so far

So Many Kinds of Bagels · Wed May 30, 2007 7:45 pm

Yar, there's a phone that just calls for like $10 a month, and the phone itself is like $15.

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:36 pm

No, I am Verizon, no I do not think Verizon sucks, I don't know why people say they do 2 years and not any majoy issues.

tom61 · Post by **tom61** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:37 pm

Dr. KillGood wrote:No, I am Verizon, no I do not think Verizon sucks, I don't know why people say they do 2 years and not any majoy issues.

Quality will vary area. It all depends on a particular carrier's deployment of transceivers.

If you decide on a Treo, strongly consider one of the 'W' models w/Windows Mobile if you like emulation (many more free emulators for WM) or multi-tasking.

OAtH_OS · Post by **OAtH_OS** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:58 pm

Dr. KillGood wrote:No, I am Verizon, no I do not think Verizon sucks, I don't know why people say they do 2 years and not any majoy issues.

I broke my phone in half and couldn't start a new plan, getting a phone for $50, instead of getting the same phone for $350 and keeping my existing 2 year plan. It expires in a few weeks finally after 3-4 months with no phone.

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:09 pm

My brother has list 3 phones in the past 4 months, my sister list 2 and her 3rd one (the expensave chocolate one) she dropped.... and... it landed in a glass of water...

I have not lost mine had it for a year!

Shadeslayer · Post by **Shadeslayer** » Thu May 31, 2007 4:37 am

Well Razrs are good phones. My friend dropped his in the small lake he lives on while the phone was still on. Still works fine and camra is still good.