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brassplayersrock² · Mar 26, 2007, 12:16 AM

well, mine broke. a friend sat on it while it was open. any suggestions on which one to buy? price is not a concern. would like a flip open and with a decent camera.

alex

brokenjago · Mar 26, 2007, 12:23 AM

iPhone!

......

Sorry.

brassplayersrock² · 01:25 AM

i like the flip style phones more than anything. no slide downs either please

alex

and in all seriousness, a phone that has a iPod dock like charger

analogika · Mar 26, 2007, 01:59 AM

Anything other than a flip phone probably wouldn't have broken.

ajprice · Mar 26, 2007, 01:50 PM

What phone did you have that broke? I'd agree with analogika that a flip is the most breakable form of phone.

My personal preference is pro Sony Ericsson, against Motorola, and so-so on Nokia. As far as I know, the other main brands of phone (LG, Samsung...) don't work too well if at all, with Macs, except for Palm and Windows PDA phones with a little help from The Missing Sync.

Jawbone54 · Mar 26, 2007, 02:06 PM

If you're not the iPhone type, get a Sony Ericsson.

M600i
or if you don't need a smart phone, but want a little MP3-playing phone...
W600i

If you don't want either, then there are a lot of other choices as well, but my experience with SEs has been great.

[EDIT] I'm anti flip phones, so that explains the absence of any recommendations.

brassplayersrock² · Mar 26, 2007, 04:07 PM

it was this phone: Motorola Motorola V551
maybe you are right analogika, if it wasn't a flip phone it wouldn't have broken. if there is another phone with the same type of features my old one had (specularly the blue tooth and world phone feature) and a better camera, and it's not flip phone then I would consider it. also, IS there a phone with an iPod like dock charger?

alex

ps.
i would consider the iPhone if i was able to try it out for a while. just something about that thing makes me nervous of getting robbed

imitchellg5 · Mar 26, 2007, 05:22 PM

Check out the Sony Walkman phone line. However, finding a phone that fully works with Macs is hard.

Spook E · Mar 26, 2007, 07:21 PM

I've got an SE m600 and quite like it. the phone has some nice features and feels good in the pocket and hand, but the UI can be a bit sluggish at times. Too many tranisition effects and such.

TETENAL · Mar 26, 2007, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock

if there is another phone with the same type of features my old one had (specularly the blue tooth and world phone feature) and a better camera, and it's not flip phone then I would consider it.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?...&pid=10745

also, IS there a phone with an iPod like dock charger?

I don't get what you mean by that.

butterfly0fdoom · Mar 26, 2007, 08:02 PM

I would generally recommend any Sony Ericsson phone. They're all solid and have great interfaces. Aside from the low-end models, they tend to be pretty much fully loaded. You can get their phones unlocked on Amazon.com. If you insist on a flip phone, you can get the Z610 off of Amazon.com; it's very solid for a flip-phone.

Heavy Fluid · Mar 26, 2007, 08:33 PM

I have an SE W810i, and I absolutely love this phone. You never mentioned what carrier you have, but if it is a GSM provider, like T-Mobile or Cingular, there is quite a selection of SE phones that you choose from.

You can check out sites like New Unlocked GSM Phones at CellsWholesale.com or www.importgsm.com if you are looking for something that isn't the everyday mundane phone.

brassplayersrock² · Mar 26, 2007, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

I don't get what you mean by that.

picture an iPod dock. Now picture it (or a similar device) being used to charge and hold a phone instead of an iPod

re: carrier

I have cingular or whatever it has morphed into.

alex

butterfly0fdoom · Mar 27, 2007, 12:06 AM

Sony Ericsson has a dock for their phones; the Sony Style store near where I live carries it, but I don't know if Amazon or Sony's website has it.

If you're on AT&T, then you can use any SE phone you buy; here's some really good ones (these three all have 2 MP cameras):
Flip phone (basic camera, nothing special):
Amazon.com: Sony Ericsson Z610i Luster Black Phone (Unlocked): Cell Phones & Service
Cybershot phone (lens cover, flash, auto-focus, same UI as normal Sony Cybershot cameras):
Amazon.com: Sony Ericsson K550i Cyber-shot Pearl White Phone (Unlocked): Cell Phones & Service
Walkman phone (identical to above Cybershot phone except it adds Walkman software but there's no lens cover):
Amazon.com: Sony Ericsson W610 Orange and Black Walkman Phone (Unlocked): Cell Phones & Service

Sony sells them on their website, too, but amazon has a bigger selection:
SonyStyle.com | Mobile Phones
Amazon.com: All Unlocked Phones: Cell Phones & Service: Unlocked Cell Phones & More

And here's the dock, which works with all SE phones:
SonyStyle.com | Desk Stand

TETENAL · Mar 27, 2007, 12:17 AM

Originally Posted by butterfly0fdoom

And here's the dock, which works with all SE phones:
SonyStyle.com | Desk Stand

Not the K550i (all new ones with the connector on the side). I don't see the point of a dock for a mobile phone.

butterfly0fdoom · Mar 27, 2007, 12:27 AM

Indeed, you're right, and I agree with you. I've even stopped using my iPod dock. X___X I used to be completely OCD about docking things, though. haha.

hickey · Mar 27, 2007, 05:09 AM

If Im not mistaken, there will be a quadband and triband version of the K610i.

Can anyone confirm this?

Edit: The Z750 is what I was thinking of. press release

Jawbone54 · Mar 27, 2007, 09:11 AM

Okay, instead of starting another thread, I figured I would ask this in here...

Does anyone here own or know someone who owns a Sony Ericsson m600i? I've begun to hate my SLVR, and I'm not ready to fork out $600 for an iPhone come June. I've wanted to get back to a SE recently, and I'm needing a smart phone that I know syncs well with my Mac. I saw this is the new Bond movie, and started researching a bit (which is why I suggested it earlier in the thread).

Anyone had any experience with one?

Kenneth · Mar 27, 2007, 01:11 PM

For Nokia, I prefer those powered by the Symbian OS. Sony Ericsson does offer long battery life AFAIK. Motorola.. lagging UI and not user friendly.

butterfly0fdoom · Mar 27, 2007, 05:41 PM

The battery life for SE phones is really long; both my previous T616 and current W600 last over a week on standby and moderate talking.

Originally Posted by hickey

If Im not mistaken, there will be a quadband and triband version of the K610i.

Can anyone confirm this?

Edit: The Z750 is what I was thinking of. press release

Even better, it has HSDPA; I might actually consider that over an iPhone.

hickey · Mar 27, 2007, 06:10 PM

it looks like the triband version has HSDPA, but I don't think that will work on cingular's network unfortunately.

brassplayersrock² · Mar 27, 2007, 06:13 PM

yeaaaaa, i need a phone that works with cingular. i'm not switching to another carrier again.

alex

Heavy Fluid · Mar 27, 2007, 06:52 PM

Any unlocked quad band GSM phone will work with Cingular. You may even have luck with some tri band phones. I had a Motorola V60i tri band that worked pretty well with Cingular. It really depends on your location.

Did you check the links that I posted?

butterfly0fdoom · Mar 27, 2007, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock

yeaaaaa, i need a phone that works with cingular. i'm not switching to another carrier again.

alex

All the unlocked phones you can buy on Amazon (or any other website that sells unlocked phones) are Cingular-compatible.

Originally Posted by hickey

it looks like the triband version has HSDPA, but I don't think that will work on cingular's network unfortunately.

Actually, it should work on Cingular , otherwise they wouldn't be officially releasing it in the U.S. But it doesn't come out for a while, so just ignore that phone.

Spook E · Mar 28, 2007, 06:22 AM

@ Jawbone

See my post further up, or go to Mobile phone forum Index @ Esato and browse around under the UIQ 3 section, theres plenty of info about the m600 there.

Like i said earlier, i like it, its a nice phone. The only downside being the sluggish interface due to over use of transition effects but there is a hack that gets rid of them.

Heavy Fluid · Mar 28, 2007, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by butterfly0fdoom

All the unlocked phones you can buy on Amazon (or any other website that sells unlocked phones) are Cingular-compatible.

Actually, it should work on Cingular , otherwise they wouldn't be officially releasing it in the U.S. But it doesn't come out for a while, so just ignore that phone.

This is not exactly true. Cingular runs on 850, which tri band phones do not have. You might run into some problems depending on where you live using a tri band phone and Cingular. Your best bet is to stick with a quad band phone.

Jawbone54 · Mar 28, 2007, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by Spook E

@ Jawbone

See my post further up, or go to Mobile phone forum Index @ Esato and browse around under the UIQ 3 section, theres plenty of info about the m600 there.

Like i said earlier, i like it, its a nice phone. The only downside being the sluggish interface due to over use of transition effects but there is a hack that gets rid of them.

I have absolutely no idea how I missed that. Have you not tried the hack that gets rid of the transition effects?

Thank you.

butterfly0fdoom · Mar 28, 2007, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by Heavy Fluid

This is not exactly true. Cingular runs on 850, which tri band phones do not have. You might run into some problems depending on where you live using a tri band phone and Cingular. Your best bet is to stick with a quad band phone.

Indeed. Most SE phones are quad-band, though (the non-3G ones, at least). All GSM RAZRs are, as well.

Heavy Fluid · Mar 28, 2007, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by butterfly0fdoom

Indeed. Most SE phones are quad-band, though (the non-3G ones, at least). All GSM RAZRs are, as well.

The GSM RAZR's are, but there are very few SE phones that are quad band. Most of the new unlocked SE phones out there are tri band.

clesch · Mar 28, 2007, 06:02 PM

I picked up a K800i about a month ago (my old phone decided to take a swim) and I really like it so far. Usable camera, iSync compatible, feature-rich and just a very solid phone overall.
My only grief with it is that the cameracover keeps sliding open while the phone is in my pocket - that activates the camera and drains the battery in just about no time.

Other than that I highly recommend this phone, at least until the iPhone comes out. (d'oh!)

butterfly0fdoom · Mar 28, 2007, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by Heavy Fluid

The GSM RAZR's are, but there are very few SE phones that are quad band. Most of the new unlocked SE phones out there are tri band.

Really? Hm. Interesting. That kinda sucks. Oh well. XD But of the ones that they've released this year, the K550, W610, Z750 and W580 are quad-band. Their mid-range phones tend to be quad-band, while their high-end and mid-low-end tends to be tri-band; their low-end tends to be dual-band.

Heavy Fluid · Mar 28, 2007, 06:58 PM

I have a W810i, and I consider that to be midrange, and it is a quad band.

butterfly0fdoom · Mar 28, 2007, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by Heavy Fluid

I have a W810i, and I consider that to be midrange, and it is a quad band.

Yeah, hence my saying that SE's midrange phones tend to have quad band as opposed to their high and low end phones.

Heavy Fluid · Mar 28, 2007, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by butterfly0fdoom

Yeah, hence my saying that SE's midrange phones tend to have quad band as opposed to their high and low end phones.

Oops, I misread what you originally typed. Sorry.