From: "Mark" 

Yea, that one's very similar to my current one, looks nicer with the black
frame when it's closed though.

"mike"  wrote in message
news:ecq053tq7hmphgr55nn2e041ancfj9t0ko{at}4ax.com...
> 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. >week,
>>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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