I've been reading about phones to get a replacement for my 6700. I've only known Pocket PC. I want to make sure I consider all my options and not miss anything. I know you guys are PocketPC orientated and would like to borrow your experiences.
What are the pros an cons of each os/phone type?
I have read that Blackberrys are more email specific phones vs Pocket PC is more multimedia and more of a PC replacement. However is that still true?
If I go with Blackberry I
can get
- Keyboard and small screen
- GPS via monthly fee
- Data
- Does it do pop3 or only it's own little format?
- Search for movies, local food, gas..etc (via same fee as gps?)
- Has Contacts/Phonebook. (Does it sync with outlook?)
- Internet - (Any of them as good as Opera Mobile?)
- Media Player - I would assume it can play various video formats and stream.
- Stability
- Battery Life
If I go with Pocket PC I
know I can get
- many 3rd party apps. Some of them I use are Music ID, XM Streaming, VJCandalia, Pocket Stars, ESward, 1Calc, Metro (for public transit), WiFiFoFum, Microsoft Voice Command
- Sliding Keyboard and larger screen
- GPS via mo fee or external app
- Data
- Gmail via POP3 or Java applet
- Search for movies, local food, gas..etc via external app
- Has Contacts/Phonebook that syncs with ActiveSync some of the time
- Media player - I know it can play many formats and stream youtube..etc
- A reset switch which is used often
- Make sure to charge it.
What did I miss?
I don't know much about android or Symbian. Although my impression is that Symbian is more of a phone with a few extra features rather than WM and Blackberrys which are PDAs with a phone.