Would you buy this phone again?

[Matt2214]

This is my first smart phone, though not my first PDA. I have had it for almost a month and am still a huge fan. Battery life is better than my previous cell phones, reception, call quality, ease of use, customizable, all are huge plusses. Being able to sync work and personal e-mails with the calendar, tasks, and contacts is great. I don't have near the quirky problems my friends have with their various smart phones. As a matter of fact I've only needed to re-boot it a couple of times since I've had it. My only complaints so far - Not being able to lock it (with password) with a single button press, and the camera takes too long to auto-focus.

If I had found this forum first, I probably wouldn't have bought the Intrepid though - The littany of quirks, problems, and glitches would have scared me off.

Am I just having an above average experience so far or is this an above average smart phone?

[SComp23]

I love this phone, there actually isn't another one that is out right now that I would enjoy more.

[1sae]

Considering that I did not want to change from my legacy SERO plan, WinMo phones are the only smart phones that I could get. It's the only one, along with the TP2, I think are any good. It does not work great out of the box IMO, but once customized it's pretty good. The bugs (oh so many bugs), are extremely frustrating tho!

I would not recommend this phone if you're a heavy texter of if you don't like tweaking the phone. Great phone if you don't mind hacking it a bit and you're not too upset at the random glitch.

[SComp23]

Originally Posted by 1sae

I would not recommend this phone if you're a heavy texter of if you don't like tweaking the phone. Great phone if you don't mind hacking it a bit and you're not too upset at the random glitch.

I text all the time and never have any problems. Just turn off Word Suggestion and delete your text messages every once in a while, no problems.

[jp0213x]

Originally Posted by SComp23

I text all the time and never have any problems. Just turn off Word Suggestion and delete your text messages every once in a while, no problems.

I agree.

[1sae]

Originally Posted by SComp23

I text all the time and never have any problems. Just turn off Word Suggestion and delete your text messages every once in a while, no problems.

I can appreciate your suggestion, and when I do delete the texts it stays pretty stable. But as someone that does text a lot, I find it a pain to manually delete texts. If I don't delete them within a day or two, the phone slows down to an almost unusable state. There should be a feature that can auto delete once you reach xxx amount of texts or it xx days old.

Also if you want to keep one text out of a thread, you cant lock it and delete the rest. Your only option is to open the thread select all, then deselect the one you want to save and delete. WAY TOO MUCH WORK!

[Perry Gonzalez]

I've owned several PDA/Smartphones. Treo 650, Treo 700, Treo 755, The Centro, The Mogul, Treo 800W, Touch Pro, Touch, Touch Diamond, and The Pre. And with all my experiences The Intrepid tops them all. Pros - Volume, volume, volume, the keyboard, the various shortcut keys, and battery life. Cons - None that I've experienced. PLUS add SPB Mobile 3 and you've got the ultimate device.

I'm getting a second one for my wife.

[jp0213x]

Originally Posted by Matt2214

This is my first smart phone, though not my first PDA. I have had it for almost a month and am still a huge fan. Battery life is better than my previous cell phones, reception, call quality, ease of use, customizable, all are huge plusses. Being able to sync work and personal e-mails with the calendar, tasks, and contacts is great. I don't have near the quirky problems my friends have with their various smart phones. As a matter of fact I've only needed to re-boot it a couple of times since I've had it. My only complaints so far - Not being able to lock it (with password) with a single button press, and the camera takes too long to auto-focus.

If I had found this forum first, I probably wouldn't have bought the Intrepid though - The littany of quirks, problems, and glitches would have scared me off.

Am I just having an above average experience so far or is this an above average smart phone?

I would purchase this phone again, this is my first PDA as well. I like this phone a lot but to really enjoy this phone you have you have to tweak and get all the kinks out. Just take a look at the tips and tricks forum from haus. This is a good way to get the phone up and rolling. I also recommend using SPB mobile shell software with the intrepid, it really makes the phone more enjoyable.

[ndorf]

Yes, I would. It is a big step forward from my Motorola Q (original Q not Q9c) in features and performance. I like the keyboard, the screen form factor is fine (although the touch sensitivity is quirky). I absolutely loathe the WM 6.5 home screen and general UI but I did my research before pulling the trigger and after reading about SPB Mobile Shell 3.5, I bought the Intrepid with the intent of immediately loading and using Shell as my new interface. It totally changes for the better the personality of the phone.

All in all I would not recommend the Intrepid for smartphone newbies or people that are not willing to invest in a long learning curve. But for those who are willing to put in the time, it is fabulous.

My criteria was:

Carry over my legacy phone / data / PAM plan (which limited my choices to BB, HTC snap, or Palm Treo Pro

Slim, not chunky form factor. That's what I loved about the Q. No case needed. I wore it 'bare' in my shirt pocket.

Good battery life to get me through a very long work day (Intrepid shines here)

WiFi is a nice-to-have

Thumbboard is usable.

Had to stay with Sprint due to corporate reasons

So, HTC Snap was the most like the Q but unlike other HTC phones it felt too 'plasticky' The fact that it did not have a touch screen in and of itself was not a showstopper. Palm Treo Pro, I hated the keyboard. The overall form factor was not appealing and the screen was washed out. I also heard that the battery life was not so good.

Parting shot: I might have considered an HTC Hero; i was willing to give Android and soft keyboard a go, but could not carry over my PAM feature.

Case closed, got the Intrepid, no looking back, no regrets at all.

[gprimr1]

If/when custom roms come out for this phone, I think it will be one of the best phones available.