phones again

[danaeris]

Just an observation:

Being here at the conference trying to work on several different articles at once has really drove home to me how essential it is for me to have 24/7 access to email, ideally through a PDA phone.

Verizon is still letting me down, but there's still 1.5 months till I can get a new phone anyway, and things can change in that time. The only options they have are the samsung i600 and the i700. The rest of their options are hopelessly obsolete.

I should probably look into arranging for email download to my phone, but if that doesn't work out I may have to ditch Verizon come June. :(

Comments

[bk2w.livejournal.com]

In what ways is Verizon sucking? I'm looking at changing providers in March.

Re:

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

Simply in their rather pathetic selection of phones, which you can explore for yourself by visiting their website.

[emmett-the-sane.livejournal.com]

The phones they have at the stores are a bit better. They don't have any Palm based PDAs, though... only MS based ones.

I did get a phone that IS on the website, however... the LG VX 6000. Spiffy for a phone, lightweight, long lasting battery. And it *appears* that for $40 I can get a cable to connect the phone and my palm m515 and use that for web browsing. I'm doing the same for the laptop; that cable is on the way. Haven't ordered the palm one yet.

Anyways, if the palm setup works, it'd be far better for ME, at least, than a brick of a phone that does it all. Plus I don't have to spend ukko bucks. If I need alerts when an email comes in, I can cheaply set up such a system on the phone itself. And *reading* email on the phone is not too tricky (writing it is another matter).