Need new "business" phone.

[gTen]

Originally Posted by Bostonbull

So pretty much im limited to the shift until fall? Im a premier and can upgrade once a year. Should I wait, or upgrade to the shift now?

I was looking at arrive as well, but it doesnt seem to be what i want performance wise.......yet. Maybe when the new Nokia/WP7 phones hit?

While Nokia may release a phone, I don't think they will be out on Sprint for a while..Nokia is not known for releasing CDMA phones..

There probably wont be any new phones till Evo 3d and Nexus S 4g comes out..

There is also an Sprint Echo.. which is a dual screen phone in april..

I just would suggest to visit a store and play with the phones to decide what you like..you got 30 days to return it if you don't like it.

[Bostonbull]

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I went by the store yesterday.

The arrive seems bigger, and the keyboard is definitely nicer. the shift is well built and the screen is nice. it does seem smaller than the arrive though....?

still undecided which is best for what I do? multiple email accts, text, web, facebook etc. i dont foresee myself using the music, tv, and other built in features in either phone.

[TexasAggie97]

Originally Posted by Bostonbull

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 8.12; MSIEMobile6.0) Sprint T7380)

I went by the store yesterday.

The arrive seems bigger, and the keyboard is definitely nicer. the shift is well built and the screen is nice. it does seem smaller than the arrive though....?

still undecided which is best for what I do? multiple email accts, text, web, facebook etc. i dont foresee myself using the music, tv, and other built in features in either phone.

Not sure if you have made a decision yet, but if you are a business user and need to transfer files (word, excel, etc...) from your PC to your phone DO NOT get the Arrive. That was my biggest complaint, the transfer of files had to be done by e-mail or skydrive.

Also, the HTC Arrive and WP7 requires companies that use self-signed certificates to extract the cert with all keys and send them to your phone via e-mail for installation. I could never get mine to work with my company e-mail.

I like the keyboard on the Arrive over the Epic, it felt softer and easier, but after 48 hours with the Epic keyboard, I have grown used to it and it works great. I definitely like the 5 rows keyboards to 4 rows. I use numbers and didn't like hitting the function button to type in a number on my old PPC-6800.