Iphone - vs. Eris vs. Omnia II: User Going back to VZW - HELP

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Avey

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I am a power phone use for business (4-6k minutes/month) and email user. I love almost everything about the iphone except for the service - ATT dropping too many calls in the cities i travel to (NYC in particular).

Probably need to switch back to verizon but till now their phones have sucked (Tour is just too big, Curve was ok but couldnt do anything else).

Now i am intrigued by the Eris or soon to be Omnia II. Not too interested in slide out keyboards because i keep my phone in my pocket and size important.

thoughts on Eris vs. Iphone? Omnia II?
 
Not the Omnia II. We already have it here in Canada through Bell, and it's the "classic" Samsung Windows Mobile touchscreen phone: resistive touchscreen that isn't really suited to fingers, needless UI gimmicks (TouchWiz, the "cube") and nothing really compelling other than the theoretical specs.

I hear you can mitigate the iPhone's network hiccups by turning off 3G, but depending on how much you use cell data, that may obviate the point.

If you're going to consider Android phones, definitely think about the Droid. The display is going to be a definite advantage for viewing e-mail, and Exchange support is built-in if your company depends on it.
 
Could somebody with a Droid show how HTML email with images looks on the screen? The iPhone's email app is swell, and I hope the Android one is similar (and not like WinMo)
 
Thanks but gotten so use to virtual keyboard that don't need a real one so thought he eris might be a good call. I guess now here are rumors of an even more advanced phone coming too. Does the eris have an exchange client?
 
I too am a power business user. I had the iphone for less than a month but the lousy network service on AT&T was a severe problem. Also, it depends on what you use most. I rely on calendaring and notifications and the iPhone was terrible on both fronts.

I looked at options and bought an Omnia on Verizon. I hated the Omnia, WM 6.0 and Touchwiz. I only had that phone a week and there were LOTS of times I wanted to do my own wiz on that phone. I replaced it with a TP2. Really nice phone and I liked it quite a bit, but still WM 6.0, heavy and large from the added keyboard. Still, a very sturdy and nice phone but just not for me. I then replaced it with the Imagio. I've now had the Imagio for about 5 weeks and I'm liking it quite a bit.

The WM 6.5 with TouchFlo makes WM much more usable and finger friendly. WM is far from perfect but I can set it up fairly well to do what I need and to keep the items I use most handy. Its not a perfect phone but the things I like about it are the screen size, the phone size, the fact that what it doesn't do well there are utilities to make it do better. Also, I am loving that it is both CDMA and GSM. The phone is on Verizon, obviously, but I also have a prepaid TMO sim on the GSM side. I use Verizon for my family and very close friends, they are the only ones who have that number, and I use TMO through Google Voice for business so they only have the GV number.

Where you are and who offers the best service where you need it is a critical factor and on that one I can't help you. I've had em all, Sprint, TMO, AT&T and now Verizon. I'm in a very rural area and Verizon has them all beat to hell in terms of service here. That's great for me but you have to get one that works for you. No matter how good the phone it won't do you much good if it doesn't work well where and when you need it.

R
 
My friend bought the eris. He says the keyboard is absolutely perfect, I highly recommend it. The notification system on android is phenomenal. Not that it's hard to compete with non-existent, but it really rocks. I'm looking to jump off the iPhone train for this very reason, just trying to decide which android I really want. I recommend the eris, or hold out just a bit longer for the Calgary---- but it has a nice big keyboard, if you don't care to have one at all then you can't go wrong with the eris.
 
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009...orolas-first-android-phone-more-news-on-moto/

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009...otos-verizons-second-motorola-android-device/

looks really slick. personally I'm very drawn to the keyboard on this, and decided to just sit patiently instead of frantically purchasing the droid. i am thinking android is going to be much better on the app front than WM, nowadays. Back in the moto q days i ran a fair amount of sweet apps on WM5, but I think android has just gained more developer popularity at this point. WM was your only option back then except for some sparse blackberry selections.
 
As a power user, the Eris is not going to cut it for you. The keyboard is decent, but the phone overall is not really cut out to be a power users dream. The battery life will have you scrambling for a charger or another battery in less than half a day, especially as a power user. My wife is likely returning her Eris, and the battery life is the number one culprit. The internet flies on there, but the lack of push email on more than one Gmail account just doesn't cut it. I don't see it being a heavy users kind of device.
 
HTC blows when it comes to battery life, and battery quality. I changed my CDMA HTC Diamond for a Blackberry Tour now.

Hopefully in the future I may have an Android. But my previous experience with Windows Mobile vs. Blackberry, the Blackberry wins it in stability, battery life, UI response, app integration with the OS, as well as the superb messaging and contacts management system on the Tour that even allows Yahoo and Facebook accounts to join your Address book.

If you're a heavy business, email, social networking and IM user, the Blackberry is way ahead, especially with the unified email, notification, and messaging system.
 
You want to check out the Motorola DROID too.

If the typing experience on the Imagio is similar to the HTC Diamond, with resistive screens, I would say, you should pass on it, unless you prefer to tap with your finger nails or use something sharp like a toothpick or a stylus, and in which I suggest put a protective cover on the screen or you will eventually scratch it.

Compared to the Imagio, the Eris uses a capacitive screen which is more responsive to the touch. Do note that HTC's virtual keyboards are actually similar in design despite the OS, which means the keyboard design is HTC's and not WinMo or Android's.
 
Used to battey issues since I do not use bberries (I just do not prefer the email system). Can you carry extra batts for the htcs or are they like the iPhone?
 
FYI

iPhone 3GS:------------------Droid:

Height:---115.5 mm--------------------116.8 mm
Width:-----62.1-------------------------61
Thickness:-12.3------------------------12.7
 
I hope that you don't plan on using more than one Gmail account on that Eris, and expect Push. It's not going to happen. The battery is user replaceable, unlike the iPhone.

What is it about BlackBerry email that you don't like? I haven't found a phone that handles email better than a BlackBerry, so I am curious to see what it is that you don't like.
 
Browsing on the Imagio as it comes out of the box is not the greatest. I don't care for Opera and it is the default although IE mobile is on their also. I installed Opera 9.7 beta and Opera Mini 5. Mini 5 runs decently, also IE in mobile mode is ok. None of the above are as fast as Safari on the iphone. By tweaking the settings in the browsers you can make them usably fast.

All the rest of the stuff, I believe, are superior on the Imagio. Call quality is good and I'm not experiencing any dropped calls EXCEPT when I hit a blind spot but that happens regularly and out here there are a couple of areas that have about a one mile blind spot in between a couple of hills. Its that way no matter what service.

I also stay away from trying to add on every app that comes down the pike to pretty up the phone. Too many bad experiences doing that. I add a few things including a couple of apps that reduce memory usage and they work well. I added another lock on the front end and little else other than a very few commercial apps like SPBBackup.

R
 
Only need exchange email. also my experience with the curve left me truly scarred in terms of ability to do anything other than email. Blackberry email is fine but I am used to other stuff. I also have a very irrational aversion to RIM.

Thank you for all the input. I will be off to the store to feel them out. I only wish verizon would just carry the iphone...
 
racedog - is the browser useable on the imagio? The thing i liked about iphone was the fact that you could actually USE the browser to book flights, hotels, etc. Found every other phone unusuable for those things...
 
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