You're viewing a blog archive and some things may no longer work. For the latest, go here.

Need a Few Good Cellphone Recommendations

So I'm looking for a new cell phone.

My fantastic Nokia 8290 (my buddy Jeremy calls it "the Unix of cell phones") is over three years old, the buttons are wearing out, and the screen is broken. More importantly, new phones can do things that my Nokia can't. The phones I'm looking at call all take and upload pictures, email, IM, surf the web, and post to blogs. Mobile services are becoming more important at ESPN, too. It's about time that I jumped on the mobile data services train before it pulls out of the station.

So after dragging Geneve to a Cingular store this weekend to check out the beautiful Motorola Razr v3, and deciding that the $600 price tag wasn't worth it, I went looking for alternatives. Robert Scoble loves his Audiovox SMT 5600, and Amazon reviewers concur (there's the power of word of mouth again).

It's the front runner right now based on features and size, for sure, but I need to go and play with it at a brick and mortar store. Even then, I won't be able to gauge whether the UI will be bothersome on a day-to-day basis, as Matt Linderman points out.

Do you know of any other cellphones that I should check out?

Related Posts

Comments (Post | Latest)

1. sujal said on Nov 29 2004:

my SonyEricsson T637 is pretty nice... I like it, similar form factor to the Nokia ( I used to have one of those, migrated to the T37m to a T68i to my T637.

2. Jorriss said on Nov 30 2004:

I really like my Motorola MPx220. It's running the Windows Smartphone 2003 OS and it's not as large as the ScoblePhone.

About

Hi, I'm Kareem Mayan. I co-founded eduFire, an online video tutoring company.

I've done time at ESPN and FIM.

I advise WorldBlu, helping them build democratic companies.

I moderated a council for Creative Good.

And, I helped bring Barcamp, a technology un-conference, to LA, which is where I live. I am now living and working in cool cities around the world.

More about me.

Opinions stated here are mine alone.

Contact: blog -at- reemer

Subscribe

 Subscribe with RSS

 Subscribe by email



Good Products

Dreamhost web hosting!

Kiva: $25 to change a life. Kiva - loans that change lives

Powered By

Subscribe via RSS Subscribe to this blog
All content © 2002-2006 Kareem Mayan
Almond Oil Face Scrub | Apple Cider Vinegar Face Wash | Olive Oil Face Cream
Olive Oil Face and Body Lotion | Witch Hazel Face Toner