I am looking to upgrade phones. I am on Verizon and will not be leaving (coverage+lots of family on VZW).
I had an XV6700 in the past and loved it. I had WM6.0 installed on it and it worked great. Sadly, it decided to stop charging and I cant seem to get that fixed (hints on fixing it would be useful, otherwise I am going to sell it on ebay for parts).
I am currently using a Palm Treo 755P and it is ok. I like the battery life and sound quality, but would like a wider screen, a newer OS and something with a slide out keyboard. I will be buying this phone on ebay as I don't have ANY interest in paying for a data plan.
My phone capability requirements are:
- Decent call quality
- Touchscreen
- Slideout QWERTY keyboard
- WiFi (able to connect to a WPA2 network)
- Decent battery life (charging every other day unless used heavily)
- Bluetooth
- Edit docs
- Read PDFs
- Install apps
- Sync pictures and docs with my Windows 7 desktop
- Decent camera
- Able to take a 4GB+ card of some sort
- Price: $150ish in ebay
- NOT Windows Mobile 7
Looks aren't really important to me, but durability is a plus.
From what I have found, I like the Fathom and the Ally, but I am wondering if there is anything that sets one of these phones ahead of the other and if there are any other phones that I should add to my "watch for" list?
Thanks in advance for the advice and opinions.
Aaron Z