Looking for a Verizon/Ntelos compatible QWERTY phone.

[blackson]

I'm supposedly getting a phone soon and my parents have asked me what I want. What I would like is a durable phone with a physical QWERTY keyboard (typing on a touchpad is ://). An example of something I want is the "Sidekick Slide". Price shouldn't be a problem; we're due for another contract so the phone will be discounted. However, I can't get a phone with a mandatory data package (~$70 a month), just something to text and talk on.

Any suggestions?

[Skyling]

I'd go with the waejrasdcfsmdaf. I have the older model of it, but mine has gone through the wash twice with minimal damage. I also like the way it looks, and the keyboard is just lovely.

Oh, wait, nevermind, I think it has a mandatory data plan.

[T3chno]

Don't get a dumbphone. Get a smartphone.

I'm not on Verizon, I'm on AT&T, but I have an LG Xenon. It's a slider with a physical QWERTY keyboard. The problem is that it isn't durable. It's like a toy. I regret getting it, it's slow, and most LG dumbphones run the same OS structure. The upper part of the phone is kinda getting shaky from excessive sliding (and I'm not a hardcore slider either).

The best phone I see on Verizon is the Droid, but I believe it requires a data plan. So I'm outta ideas. Just thought I'd let you know LG is kinda low quality from my experience.

[Lachesis]

I totally agree with Techno on the Droid, but since you can't get the data package then that's out.
I highly recommend anything Samsung, although they did let me down with the impression. So the two that I would recommend are the Samsung Saga or the Samsung Rogue. Both seem very good for dumphones.

[Donfuy]

Palm Pre Palm Pre Palm Pre

http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/ ... index.html

Unfortunately, we don't get these here in Portugal :(((((((

[scythe]

Palm Pre Palm Pre Palm Pre

http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/ ... index.html

Unfortunately, we don't get these here in Portugal :(((((((

http://jwz.livejournal.com/1108212.html

It seems to me that the only way this phone is going to be usable is for it to get literally 10× faster across the board. There was a speed improvement of maybe 10% between WebOS 1.0 and 1.2.1, so I think it's safe to assume that they've already picked the low-hanging fruit. I don't expect the performance of this phone to be even remotely suitable for every day use for at least a year. I figure it's going to either take a substantial amount of work on the lower levels of the OS, or they're going to have to throw Moore's law and new hardware at it... and the recently-announced Pixi is clearly not the hardware that's going to be 10× faster.

[Donfuy]

That's actually the first time I've seen a guy complaining. That said, I've never used a Palm Pre, so I can't really say much.

From all the videos I've seen of it, it seemed pretty snappy. Maybe that guy was running 10+ apps all at once!


I dunno. I certainly think the OS is the best mobile OS out there right now. (Of course, WP7S is coming and that may change it all, although I haven't seen any multitasking on it).

[SlappyMcGee]

That's actually the first time I've seen a guy complaining. That said, I've never used a Palm Pre, so I can't really say much.

From all the videos I've seen of it, it seemed pretty snappy. Maybe that guy was running 10+ apps all at once!


I dunno. I certainly think the OS is the best mobile OS out there right now. (Of course, WP7S is coming and that may change it all, although I haven't seen any multitasking on it).

You've never used it. -.-

[blackson]

I went with the Razzle, I love it.