What Cell Phone Do You Carry?

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Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name

The reboots on the storm are annoying. I'm barely on it and I have to restart mine every day. My daughter is is on hers 24/7 and I've only had to restart it once.
That said, I love the thing.

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What firmware are you on? I never really had my Storm reboot unless I was using a leaked firmware. There were times I had installed leaked firmwares and it will kill my battery in 3 hours without using it. Battery would be hot too.

Right now, I'm on 5.0.0.90/.122 hybrid. So far its working good. I wiped my phone completely too to start fresh but I lost some of my apps and settings. I thought I could use my old backup file but I guess it wasnt the right one

What I hate is the memory app leak. I would get down to like a couple of kb's and my phone would lag to shits.

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Originally Posted by Wildkat

The storm has been somewhat improved in the last few firmware updates, that said, I still don't like the text entry method, and the battery life still sucks.

I've used a niagra. Its freaking awesome. As long as it isn't buggy as hell it will rule the entire world upon release.

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Battery life is pretty good. Depending on the firmware I have or what I'm doing, it can last for 3 days before I charge.

I am so waiting for the Niagra. Its the Bold, Curve and Storm all in one. It should be out next month or June. I have to wait until October as thats when me and fiancee and upgrade.

Is the niagara a touch screen phone exclusively or does it have a physical keyboard? I'm due for an upgrade in June so that would be sweet if it has an actual keyboard and its not a pos.

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Originally Posted by Sinista

Is the niagara a touch screen phone exclusively or does it have a physical keyboard? I'm due for an upgrade in June so that would be sweet if it has an actual keyboard and its not a pos.

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Actual keyboard. It has the look of the Storm (minus touch screen), keypad of Bold 9000, screen of Curve 8900.

Crackberry.com has pics and recently, they posted videos of it. Same goes for BoyGeniusReport.com

Made it easy for you... http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/...review-part-1/

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/wp-co...rareview14.jpg http://www.boygeniusreport.com/wp-co...rareview11.jpg
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/wp-co...rareview13.jpg

http://crackberry.com/blackberry9630review
http://images.crackberry.com/files/kevin/rr/lg96309.jpg
L to R: BlackBerry Curve 8900, BlackBerry 9630, BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Storm.

I am getting a Pre the day it releases. Provided it's $199.

wtf no wifi, what kind of horseshit is that?

Is that only for the carrier (Verizon)? Or does the phone specs not include wifi? what the blood clot bitches.

and the phone doesn't have 3G either? How come I only see the EDGE network notice on the top right corner?

This is gayness all around.

Guess I'll be getting the 8900.

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Originally Posted by Klonoa

wtf no wifi, what kind of horseshit is that?

Is that only for the carrier (Verizon)? Or does the phone specs not include wifi? what the blood clot bitches.

and the phone doesn't have 3G either? How come I only see the EDGE network notice on the top right corner?

This is gayness all around.

Guess I'll be getting the 8900.

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I dont think any of the Verizon Blackberry's had WiFi. I guess VZ thinks that it is not needed at all. Niagra is VZ only. With these cell phone companies, you never know. AT&T has Bold 9000, Tmo has Curve 8900. VZ doesnt have either of those. They'll be getting the 9630 which has a full QWERTY keypad. I guess it all depends on exclusitivity and deal agreement. Maybe it will be available for GSM carriers. You can buy it from VZ at full retail and get it unlocked.

VZ is the only one that doesnt have WiFi. AT&T and Tmo does. 3G is there. Whoever was reviewing or something probably didnt have 3G coverage. VZ has EVDO (1XEV) which is their version of 3G

From what I've heard Verizon is forcing customers to buy data plans with smart phones so the lack of wifi capabilities would further support that need.

I've been rocking the HTC Touch Pro since it came out; I really like it apart from the shitty crashing/freezing firmware. There's an update, but it's not supported by Sprint just yet, so I'm reluctant to give it a shot.

I actually like WinMo quite a bit, but I'm wondering if I shouldn't have gone with the Bold after all.

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Originally Posted by Sinista

From what I've heard Verizon is forcing customers to buy data plans with smart phones so the lack of wifi capabilities would further support that need.

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Even if they did force data plans, Wifi still should be included. Doesnt AT&T force BB users to buy a data plan? I know with iPhone they do.

I have two of the best phones in the market today:

Sprint HTC Touch Pro (on SERO $30/month) - for personal use
iPhone 3G - for work