Important: Please Vote - What type phone do you use?

[rocker]

Hmm. I have an old phone that is just a phone, and it's on pay and go. It has never given me any problems at all.

 

[telectrix]

mine says samsung on the front and its got a button to talk and a button to shut up. it's got some other things on like a camera and email and loads of things i don't know how to use, nor want to.

 

[Graeme Harrold]

Bill, can you not use the block recogniser inpit method. Its been around for ages under the name of "Grafiti" (Palm Pilot) and allows you too use a form of hand writing recognition to input text. I have the HTC Touch 3G at the moment and have no problems with e-mail and everything syncs with Outlook (calander, contacts, specified files, tasks and notes etc). Now that Windows 7 is out Im going to upgrade again with HTC on Orange with the HTC Motzart.

 

[accordfire]

Bill, can you not use the block recogniser inpit method. Its been around for ages under the name of "Grafiti" (Palm Pilot) and allows you too use a form of hand writing recognition to input text. I have the HTC Touch 3G at the moment and have no problems with e-mail and everything syncs with Outlook (calander, contacts, specified files, tasks and notes etc). Now that Windows 7 is out Im going to upgrade again with HTC on Orange with the HTC Motzart.

Seems not. The Desire has the multi-touch screen, and it attempts to guess at the word based on the "stab" you make at the keyboard, in either portrait or landscape modes. I probably just don't use it enough to train it (or me) properly.

As for the Outlook sync issue, a cautionary note.

I have this issue with both the Blackberry and the Desire - if you run 64 bit versions of Office, specifically Outlook, neither phone will sync. Blackberry will only say use the 32 bit version (yeah, cuz I fancy shelling out another hundred and odd quid to restore functionality I should have had for free anyhow) or in HTC's case, sync outlook to a GMail account, then use that for syncing calendar, contacts, and tasks. Pffffft. Google own enough of me as it is.

TBH, I'm a bit hi$$ed off with Microsoft, Blackberry, and HTC between them all - how hard could it be to update the whateveryoucallit32.dll to a whateveryoucallit64.dll? It is shocking, IMO that they all continue to claim compatibility with Outlook, and not one word about incompatibility with the 64 bit version.

I'm told, though have yet to prove, that Apple and the iPhone 4 has no such problems - it supports Outlook, and Exchange (not that we have that yet), in 32 or 64 bit modes, as well as others. Apparently it won't do MSN mail though (no loss to me, but I know many others with hotmail accounts).

 

[Graeme Harrold]

Windows phone all the way. Wife just an Ericsson X10 mini, and it will not sync with Outlook. I currently have a HTC Touch 3G and will upgrade to a HTC Motzart when my contract expires next month. ANDROID, you can shove it wher the sun dont shine................

OK update..........you can stick Windows 7 too looks good, but wont sync with outlook on the computer (must have exchange service), now looking at Blackberry......

 

[accordfire]

OK update..........you can stick Windows 7 too looks good, but wont sync with outlook on the computer (must have exchange service), now looking at Blackberry......

Careful with Blackberry too mate - certainly they do what they say on the tin, have good battery life, and exceptional at email, BUT........

If you have a 64 bit version of Outlook, forget syncing it, until next year at least.

On the plus side, you can do any email you like as it supports POP/IMAP and who knows what else through the BIS, you can do enterprise with BES light (free if you have your own exchange), and it's generally good for most things. I run a Bold 9700 at the moment, and apart from the sync issue, which is doing my head BIG time (but I have the same problem with my HTC Desire too), it does the job.

 

[pmac10]

Bill, you can calibrate the keyboard to your own touch (further to the one you do the first time you switch the phone on), it asks you to type various words and notes the letters you have difficulty hitting so afterwards those letters have a larger area, though the keyboard looks the same. mine has worked great ever since.

 

[accordfire]

Bill, you can calibrate the keyboard to your own touch (further to the one you do the first time you switch the phone on), it asks you to type various words and notes the letters you have difficulty hitting so afterwards those letters have a larger area, though the keyboard looks the same. mine has worked great ever since.

Thanks - will have a play in a bit and see what I can see with it! Be nice to type a sentence that looks something like the one I intended.

Mind you, that's the same problem on here, getting on for this part of the day.....lol!

 

[kissofjudas]

iphone for me

 

[TPES]

iPhone.. Can't find one negative, I have an otter box case that completely covers the whole phone, sealed everywhere that matters, after a full day of chasing out and covered in dust I can take the phone out the case and it looks like new still..

My main priority on a phone is it's capabilities and not the way it looks.

I know it looks abit of a poncy case but I'm not the tight t-shirt wearing, sleeves rolled once, hair gel'd everyday for work kind of person this case would make you think, They make me laugh.