The Blog of Colin Davis

Tuesday, July 08, 2003

Be berry berry quiet, I am hunting a cell phone.

I am on the relatively Tantalus-ian task of upgrading my cell phone. My Motorola v60 has stopped reliably charging. I don't think it is the battery, but the connection between the charger and the phone -- two tiny copper connectors are the difference between phone death and life.

Criteria for the new phone:
1) I want a PDA or PDA-lite functionality.
2) I don't want an ear-bud only phone.
3) I would like to be able to sych with my mac. Not a firm requirement.
4) I would like a thumbpad. (I am no good with a stylus).
5) I would like to be able to play video clips. (This takes my DVD hacking to the next level).
6) I would like bluetooth.

So the short list of phones that fits sorta into these categories:
Hitachi G1000
Samsung SPH-i700
Sony Ericsson P800
Handspring Treo 600
Motorola v600

I like the Hitachi, Sony and the Treo 600 the best, but only the Sony has bluetooth. The sony has the best size, but no thumbpad. The 810 looks cool, but who knows when that is going to come. It isn't likely that it will ship soon since the 800 isn't even common around here.

Oh well. I guess I will keep waiting.

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