afro poppa Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Does anyone know anything about cellphones? I am pretty cellphone illiterate and up to yesterday I was blindly going to buy the iPhone because of its Sirius app. But now that I can't get it in Canada I am not so sure I want the iPhone anymore. Does anyone have any tips for me??? I am also looking at at the BlackBerry series, the HTC series etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 it all depends on what you want to use it for. probably best advice is to figure out what you want to use it for and how much (do you want a mobile internet browser / smaartphone / apps, or do you want a proper phone, do you use long distance, do you use a lot of text messages, is daytime calling important, how much per month can you afford, etc) and then take that info to the phone companies and see what they can do for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Stay away from HTC.IMO, Blackberry is the best. Qwerty keyboard, wifi, AWESOME battery life. It has it all.iPhone is a cool toy (one is on the way to me), but that's my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afro poppa Posted July 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 The thing I like about the iPhone is the 16gb of space for music etc. and the apps, specifically the Sirius app.Do the blackberries have big hard drives?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Yes, you can add flash cards. Up to 32GB on the Blackberrys, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afro poppa Posted July 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 But that means I have to buy a new flash card tho right?? I micro one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wooly Mammoth Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 you need a micro SD card for a blackberry. you can buy them real cheap from ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAlphaNerd Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Micro SD is cheap cheap cheap... plus I think the bold comes with a gig of internal memory.Blackberry is always a great call, I am a total fanboy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingbear Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 love the blackberry -bold....comes down to if you plan on surfing the web a ton or use a mac or itunes a lot go for an iphone...if you need it more for email/phone calls get a blackberry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybone Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 If you plan on mainly using your phone for emails then go with the blackberry. If you want the web applications then go for the iPhone.There is a great app for the iPhone called Simply that let's you stream all your media on your home computer over your phone, essentially allowing you to access to a huge collection of music anywhere. Plus you can share your collection with a bunch of friends. It's nice to be able to drive around and have access to tons of tunes. I like my iPhone, but I am still not great at typing on it. A keyboard feature would be nice. The touch screen makes it pretty easy to mistype or misdial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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afro poppa Posted July 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 There is a great app for the iPhone called Simply that let's you stream all your media on your home computer over your phone, essentially allowing you to access to a huge collection of music anywhere. Plus you can share your collection with a bunch of friends. It's nice to be able to drive around and have access to tons of tunes. I like my iPhone, but I am still not great at typing on it. A keyboard feature would be nice. The touch screen makes it pretty easy to mistype or misdial.So basically I could access my TB External from my iPhone?? This...this is good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybone Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Yup...and your friends as well, if they have the app (it's free!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afro poppa Posted July 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Amazing thanks jaybone, that just made my decision for me! Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 You are Rogers' dream customer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afro poppa Posted July 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Que? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 not one question about price, service... check this site to get more details on those pertinent topics (for most of us, anyways) http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afro poppa Posted July 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Wow AD, that hurts man. I thought we were friends...Anyway, I already know the price difference...as far as service goes, Rogers is already pretty terrible (for customer service) and I can't seeing the phone calls being of better or worse quality either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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