what cell phone to complement my ipod touch

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Rolando

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Hi folks,
looking for a cell phone to get by June and i would like to have some recommendations on one that would complement my ipod touch.
The touch has all my video and audio bases covered so I would like a phone for texting, gmail and being able to synch with googles calendar would be the requirements with some light browsing thrown into the mix, although the browsing would be the least important feature.
Thanks
Andre
PS-i'm in Canada if that matters
 
Well, I am not sure about Canada details. But for US Touch Gen2 users who really like to use that device, how about loading Skype with minutes, and getting a Sprint 3G+4G Overdrive mobile router? Pick up a headset with mic (if you do not Skype today). For $60/m +taxes you can have unlimited 4G + 5GB 3G + 300MB roaming. Check to see whether 4G is coming soon to your area. Sprint has roaming in Canada. The router can stay in your bag, out of sight ;-) You could also look at the MiFi.
 
If US users have the some of these requirements (texting, gmail) and can give up the light browsing and calendar sync while mobile, you can have a very low cost solution. Order a Peek Pronto for as little as $30 on Amazon. Buy lifetime service, 1 year, 3 months or monthly service for ~$250/$180/$50/$20 and you have unlimited email for 5 imap or pop accounts and unlimited text messages. This works with the free Google Voice number you give out, so someone can text that number, and it will appear on the Peek. If they make a voice call to you, voicemail appears in your gmail account as usual, along with threaded copies of texts to and from your number. You can reply to the text on the Peek. Service includes about 60 cool email-based info services. Peek runs on the Tmobile network. The Cyber Weds special this year cut the monthly price to $9.99. Need to make calls away from Wifi and do light browsing? Get a cheap prepaid phone just for that. 3 devices! You can get a gadget belt. ;-)
 
Same here. The moment you utter Gmail and other Google stuff, Android is for you.

By the way, I use Android myself and an iPod Touch. My iPod Touch is even on Google Sync so if I make any changes on my Android phone contacts, the iPod Touch gets the same update the moment it is in wifi range, thus replicating my contact changes into my iPod Touch. Thus, my iPod Touch also serves as a backup.
 
Something with Android is probably your best best. I don't like the interface, but I know a ton of people that have Android phones and are really happy with it.

If you like the iPod Touch, why not just sell it and get an iPhone 3GS? There's no real point carrying around two near-identical devices when one could do the same job as both, right?
 
I had the same thought of getting an iPhone before. What stopped me? Damn thing always runs out of battery. For all the stuff you use on the iPod Touch---music, games, social networking, apps---they drain your battery dry. But if this happens on your iPod Touch it not critical. But if it happens on an iPhone, you don't have a phone to call. Your consequence becomes losing that one important phone call because you don't have battery left.

Thus I separate my functiosn. The Android does this, my iPod Touch does that. They do share in the social networking, and Twitter is good in making your battery run dry. So I use one until battery is halfway then switch to the other.
 
Another reason why I use an iPod Touch instead of an iPhone. 64 gigs vs. 32 gigs. There is no other freaking hand held device in the world that holds 64 gigs of flash data and a large viewing touchscreen. I already use more than 40 to 50 gigs, probably because of all the TV and anime series I bought and downloaded directly to my iPod Touch from iTunes over Wifi.
 
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