The Tragic Mulatta
New member
Greetings all,
Not long ago, my Nokia E71 took a dive for the last time. It's dead. At this time, I'm using a borrowed N85 for my work phone. I use Exchange ActiveSync for mail, contacts, calendar, etc. I don't type novels on the phone, but do need to respond to the odd email now & then. So, a full keyboard either soft or physical is a must.
The contenders:
I absolutely require an ActiveSync client, even if it means purchasing RoadSync. Larger screen is a nice to have as well. All 3 phones have lots of merits, I could easily use any of them, but I'm just looking for some thoughts that may sway me toward one of them and away from the other 2.
The iPhone is not on the menu for me. At all. I know, lots of you are in iLove. I'm not. And besides, my company doesn't allow iPhones on the corp plan because of discount restrictions. If I got an iPhone, I'd need to switch billing to me and then expense the bill. I'm not interested in that. At all.
Not long ago, my Nokia E71 took a dive for the last time. It's dead. At this time, I'm using a borrowed N85 for my work phone. I use Exchange ActiveSync for mail, contacts, calendar, etc. I don't type novels on the phone, but do need to respond to the odd email now & then. So, a full keyboard either soft or physical is a must.
The contenders:
- E72 - decent, yet small screen, great form factor, great keyboard, aging OS, not all that sexy.
- 5800 Nav Edition - nice form factor, larger screen, better resolution, workable soft-keyboard, lifetime navigation, slightly updated version of aging OS
- HTC Magic (Rogers version) - when unlocked, will happily live on at&t 3g bands. Rootable, can run customized ROMs. New kid on the block, relatively speaking. Free google nav on custom roms now. Android is "teh shiny".
I absolutely require an ActiveSync client, even if it means purchasing RoadSync. Larger screen is a nice to have as well. All 3 phones have lots of merits, I could easily use any of them, but I'm just looking for some thoughts that may sway me toward one of them and away from the other 2.
The iPhone is not on the menu for me. At all. I know, lots of you are in iLove. I'm not. And besides, my company doesn't allow iPhones on the corp plan because of discount restrictions. If I got an iPhone, I'd need to switch billing to me and then expense the bill. I'm not interested in that. At all.