Can't find the phone I want to own

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pure_1

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I currently have a Kyocera 7135 from Verizon Wireless. This phone was absolutely perfect for me, and I love Verizon's service and coverage. The phone is 3 years old, and considering it's my only phone, I figure it's due for a replacement as I need something I can depend on.

So I go shopping, thinking I would just find the newer, faster, sleeker version of the same phone I know and love (I had a Kyocera 6035 for two years before the 7135). Boy was I wrong. None of the PDA phones are designed like phones anymore. They all have QWERTY keypads, which might be great for e-mailing or annoying people with text messaging, but they hinder dialing and other normal phone functions. The square box shape also makes them less functional as a real phone versus a PDA you use as a phone in a pinch.

However, none of the non-PDA phones have the data storage features I am accustomed to, particularly my address book (it the ability to store a street address too much to ask, who needs to store 500 or 1000 contacts anyway).

I'm frustrated to the point where I just wish I wasn't in the market for a cell phone and could communicate by messenger pigeon or something.
 
The OP doesn't want and while the outside of the phone allows for dialing, it sounds like this is more of a device than the OP is looking for.
 
ZoomZoom, have you looked at the BB 7130e? The keypad around it is centered around the number pad; there are only 8 buttons on it that aren't dialing oriented--the top three keys are Call, Enter, and Hang Up--much more phone like than most other PDAs. Granted I'm vastly more oriented around text communication than voice, but if I were the other way around I'd not be in the least bit encumbered.
 
I have checked out the Blackberry 7130 and I'll agree it's the closest to what I would want. I would even deal with the Blackberry interface (I could probably learn to get used to it, though I find it illogical now) if they offered a clamshell flip version. It still suffers from the boxy standard smartphone shape.

Same problem with the enV9900. It's a candy bar phone when closed, not a clamshell flip. Kyocera had a great keyboard accessory that you could add on if you wanted a QWERTY keyboard, but didn't stick it in the way for those who didn't.

That was the beauty of the Kyocera 7135, it offered all the PDA and phone functionality in a clamshell flip case that protected it when not in use. They also have better mouth to ear reach for calls (which I have found does improve call quality in the many I have tried).

Unfortunately, Yachi, my association won't allow me to build a dovecote to house pigeons, (it's also a little cold here in Minnesota) so I'm stuck dealing with cell phone makers who won't make the product I want to own.
 
I'm sorry to hear that. Good luck finding a phone that works for you, if you need anything the best way to reach me is via pigeon
 
Why wouldn't the Palm 700p work? Or the 650p. Same great OS you are used to, so the upgrade will literally be plug it in and sync it, you're done. You can store two address per contact. I don't think the size is that big of a deal, it still fits in the pocket well, and the screen is great. The QWERTY keyboard is nice, and the screen and the keys can both be used for the keypad. I love my 650p, its one of the best phones i've ever had. I don't understand why its not top of your list coming from the 7135.
 
I did look at the Palm 650p and 700p, and I found them disappointing as phones. They are PDA's with some phone functionality tacked on versus the fully integrated phone and PDA functionality offered by the Kyocera 7135. I found them uncomfortable to use for a prolonged phone call, and I don't really care to use a headset.

I consider QWERTY keyboards a drawback, as it eliminates a good phone numeric keypad (the screen or those minute keys don't count), and I use graffiti anyway.
 
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