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[SM12]

Was iphone 3g a good choice?

[Libuff]

Blackberry 8830 World Edition on Verizon. So Far (1+ week later) I have not found many reasons to be sorry about choosing the iPhone. In fact, some people are quite envious of the iPhone, and may be purchasing one themselves.

[cjvitek]

Treo 680, which was my first smartphone.

Chris

[trevor]

Blackberry 8130 Pearl on Verizon. I paid $85 to cancel my contract and get iPhone. I think it was a smart move, I really like my iPhone.

[gadgetluva]

had the blackjack II, tilt, trek 750, and curve. I miss the PIM and stability of my wm6 devices, but love the web browsing and large screen.

[h22kai]

LG V (before it was stolen):

Happy:
- MUCH faster load times (even without 3G) and full html (nearly) compared to the V
- Apps... it's an addiction now.
- The iChat styled SMS messages
- Visual Voicemail
- I get service in my home (still not 100% but better than Verizon)
- The silent/ringer toggle.. it is better than going through menus or holding down a button for a few seconds
- YouTube - sometimes you just want to laugh
- GPS and all the apps that work with it
- AMAZING calendar that syncs with Outlook which syncs with Yahoo! - Calendar so I no longer have to apologize for missing dentist appointments I made 6 months prior.
- Big, bright screen
- Much better camera than the V
- More info can be stored in contacts (address... which I always seem to forget to bring when I am mailing out a package at the post office/birthdays...which remind in calendar)
- Push/fetch email... while most of my emails are far from important.. there are a few that make the free service (obviously included in data plan.. but I'm not using MobileMe) worth it.

I am sure there is more I am happier with... can't remember all the goodness right now.


Miss:
- QWERTY keyboard... but I am getting GOOD.. and missing it less every day... plus I like the virtual keyboard for scrolling/flicking through web pages and playing games and wouldn't give that up for a QWERTY again.
- Bit smaller size was easier to hold but I have adapted in a couple days
- Forwarding SMS messages
- Speed dial (although "Favorites" is a great substitute)

[trevor]

Originally Posted by gadgetluva

...stability of my wm6 devices...

Are you serious?

[Jeremy Sikora]

Treo 650
700p
700W
PPC 6700
6800 {Mogul}
6900 {Touch}
iPhone
3g

[sinistar]

Well, I'm almost embarrassd to say but my last phone was a 5 year old Sanyo( scp- 4900 if I remember right). It still works fine to this day, same battery too. So I guess this considered a one hell of an upgrade LOL

[WilliamC]

Originally Posted by trevor

Are you serious?

It's obviously a joke. I mean come one everyone knows wm6 is not stable.

I had a Curve 8320 before my IPhone.