SYFMKristen
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I will be sooooooooooo happy if someone can help me. I've been searching the net and hofo and can't find it, nor can people point me in the right direction.
Okay, I'm on Verizon, but I will be leaving Verizon because there is currently a problem with their Los Angeles to Florida text messaging servers thats is preventing EMS text messages being sent. This is important for me as I live in Los Angeles and my fiance currently lives in Florida, for the next year.
Now on Verizon, we've had the v710 and now we're on the v3c. One thing about those motorola phones (and i'm assuming all Motorola V phones have this) are these animations that you can insert into your text messages (e.g. angry, confused, glasses, happy, devil, wow, etc). This is the most important thing for us. I know most hofo'ers absolutely hate those things and do everything they can to delete them, but this is important to us. The next thing that is important is the other side of EMS which is texting over 160 characters. SMS limits you to 160, but EMS you can go up to like 1000.
The reason why those two things are important to us is due to our long distance relationship. We have a 3 hour time difference, therefore when she goes to work, i'm still sleeping, when I get off work, shes about to go to sleep, etc. We have very little time during the week to talk, and usually we can do the entire week and not talk until the weekends. We can do this because of the EMS so we can text message how our day is going and basically like I'm typing this post to you, I can text message all of this into one text and as you can see, it is alot of info. So we text back and forth during the week via EMS (up to 1000 characters) and inserting animations. For a couple in love, the animations are important. Yes, I can see how you think its gay, but it makes her happy to send me a text in the morning saying good morning and inserting the kissing animation, or something happens that makes her happy so she tells me about it and inserts the wow animation, etc.
So like I said, we're leaving Verizon because I have the this ticket number and Verizon still hasn't fixed it and its been 2 months. I'm currently in discussions with them to waive the ETF. They said they won't charge the ETF if they can not provide service in my area. Well EMS is a service they provide, I can't get it, thus I'm not getting service that they provide, in my area. So once I find the right person on CS, I'll have them waive it.
In the meantime I'm researching to get a new phone on another next work. I was thinking of going Cingular, but they don't have unlimited text messages, and thats a big thing for us. So looks like I'm gonna have to go with T-mobile.
Now, the easy thing to do is go with the V3i. Its better than our V3c, but, I don't like motorola because their predictive text entry is iTap. iTap sucks compared to t9 and I can create a whole new thread on those differences, so just understand I don't want iTap.
So thats why I'm asking for a non motorola phone that can do EMS (1000 character texts and animations)
And the thing is, I'm a pda phone fan, but its hard to find that with my other requirements. I was leaning towards a Motorola a780, but no one can tell me if it has animations. I had the treo 600, 650, and 700w but none of those have EMS so I had to return them. Worse case scenario, we'll have to settle for the v3i. Which is not a bad consolation, since BT is very important to me, and an mp3 player is nice, but I'm also a fan of being able to view (and edit if possible, but not, no biggie) word and excel files on my phone.
So to recap, I need a phone:
1. with full EMS (up to 1000 characters AND those predefined animations)
2. T9 predictive text
3. Bluetooth
those are the three must haves, after that:
4. pda
5. mp3 player
6. sd card slot (any size)
7. camera
Any help? I understand that I'm in a unique situation compared to others wanting a phone, so I would be extremely gracious to anyone pointing me in the right direction. I'm at the point where I will pay you money to find me the phone I need.
Okay, I'm on Verizon, but I will be leaving Verizon because there is currently a problem with their Los Angeles to Florida text messaging servers thats is preventing EMS text messages being sent. This is important for me as I live in Los Angeles and my fiance currently lives in Florida, for the next year.
Now on Verizon, we've had the v710 and now we're on the v3c. One thing about those motorola phones (and i'm assuming all Motorola V phones have this) are these animations that you can insert into your text messages (e.g. angry, confused, glasses, happy, devil, wow, etc). This is the most important thing for us. I know most hofo'ers absolutely hate those things and do everything they can to delete them, but this is important to us. The next thing that is important is the other side of EMS which is texting over 160 characters. SMS limits you to 160, but EMS you can go up to like 1000.
The reason why those two things are important to us is due to our long distance relationship. We have a 3 hour time difference, therefore when she goes to work, i'm still sleeping, when I get off work, shes about to go to sleep, etc. We have very little time during the week to talk, and usually we can do the entire week and not talk until the weekends. We can do this because of the EMS so we can text message how our day is going and basically like I'm typing this post to you, I can text message all of this into one text and as you can see, it is alot of info. So we text back and forth during the week via EMS (up to 1000 characters) and inserting animations. For a couple in love, the animations are important. Yes, I can see how you think its gay, but it makes her happy to send me a text in the morning saying good morning and inserting the kissing animation, or something happens that makes her happy so she tells me about it and inserts the wow animation, etc.
So like I said, we're leaving Verizon because I have the this ticket number and Verizon still hasn't fixed it and its been 2 months. I'm currently in discussions with them to waive the ETF. They said they won't charge the ETF if they can not provide service in my area. Well EMS is a service they provide, I can't get it, thus I'm not getting service that they provide, in my area. So once I find the right person on CS, I'll have them waive it.
In the meantime I'm researching to get a new phone on another next work. I was thinking of going Cingular, but they don't have unlimited text messages, and thats a big thing for us. So looks like I'm gonna have to go with T-mobile.
Now, the easy thing to do is go with the V3i. Its better than our V3c, but, I don't like motorola because their predictive text entry is iTap. iTap sucks compared to t9 and I can create a whole new thread on those differences, so just understand I don't want iTap.
So thats why I'm asking for a non motorola phone that can do EMS (1000 character texts and animations)
And the thing is, I'm a pda phone fan, but its hard to find that with my other requirements. I was leaning towards a Motorola a780, but no one can tell me if it has animations. I had the treo 600, 650, and 700w but none of those have EMS so I had to return them. Worse case scenario, we'll have to settle for the v3i. Which is not a bad consolation, since BT is very important to me, and an mp3 player is nice, but I'm also a fan of being able to view (and edit if possible, but not, no biggie) word and excel files on my phone.
So to recap, I need a phone:
1. with full EMS (up to 1000 characters AND those predefined animations)
2. T9 predictive text
3. Bluetooth
those are the three must haves, after that:
4. pda
5. mp3 player
6. sd card slot (any size)
7. camera
Any help? I understand that I'm in a unique situation compared to others wanting a phone, so I would be extremely gracious to anyone pointing me in the right direction. I'm at the point where I will pay you money to find me the phone I need.