From: mike 

Here's the one I settled upon for the next two years:
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=742

 /m


On Sun, 20 May 2007 10:36:08 -0400, "Mark"
 wrote:

>I have this Motorola E815 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=663
>which I added the heavier duty battery too (with a thicker replacement back
>panel to accomodate it). I've taken a few, very few, pictures, but other
>than that just use the phone and have no complaints.
>
>I'll probably upgrade to this Motorazr maxx Ve
>http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=1024 this summer under the "new
>every two" plan. so I'll wait and see what they've got then>
>
>"Antti Kurenniemi"  wrote
in message
>news:46502bac{at}w3.nls.net...
>> I've downgraded my phone. I used to have communicators, such as the Nokia
>> 9300, or other high-end models, but I've grown to dislike them. They're
>> heavy, bulky, and generally not as good as a phone as some of the simpler
>> models. I also found that while at first all the doodahs (calendar,
>> browser, extra apps etc) were very cool, eventually I just stopped using
>> them because I carry a laptop around often enough that it made no sense
>> using sucky versions of the real apps on a  device that was slow and
>> clumsy to use.
>>
>> Currently I have this model:
>> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=341 . I get looked at funny
>> because of it sometimes, but it's a damn good phone with nothing extra on
>> it; excellent battery life; super easy to use and I can even open a beer
>> bottle with it!
>>
>> IMO, the general design flaw is that a phone is a phone is a phone, so
>> adding every single bell and whistle in it just makes it less of a phone.
>> The first new feature which I'm interested in is the built-in navigation
>> (gps + map software) in the N95 model
>> (http://www.nokia.fi/link?cid=PLAIN_TEXT_126492), but that's just because
>> I am a hopeless navigator on my own ;-)
>>
>>
>> Antti Kurenniemi
>>
>> "Randall Parker"
>>

>> wrote in message news:464fce91$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> I'd like to have a techie discussion on what to want and avoid in
>>> cellphones and, more generally, what is wrong in the general philosophy
>>> of cellphone design.
>>>
>>> Do you think any of the cellphone makers stand out as
particularly astute
>>> in UI design?
>>>
>>> Do you want more or fewer buttons on your cellphone and which functions
>>> are critical to have on separate buttons?
>>
>>
>

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