Verizon Wireless Suggestions
 

I am being forced ....errr requested.... to switch over to my company's Verizon Wireless account after a long term stint with ATT/Cingular. Given that I think that I am month to month, I do not have a heck of a lot to stand on if I want them to pay for my service. In any event, given that I have a SE T616 what are your suggestions on Verizon equipment?

Do you travel abroad a lot? Do you need data? Can the phone have a camera?

Sorry - I should have listed these kinds of things. Yes, I do travel to Europe but at the moment it is only a couple times a year and it is usually for play. This could change, of course, but I can begrudgingly give up GSM for a better quality phone. I need data for synching my iPaq with our exchange servers and could care less either way about the camera. I work in legal technology consulting, so it would be better not to have the camera but I can get by just fine if it does.


Thanks for the input scott (and others who care to give their $0.02).

I'm a PocketPC fan; if I had to go to VZW I'd lobby for an Audiovox XV6600. It comes in versions with or without a camera, and is broadband-capable. Not sure whether it supports connection to a PC as a data device (i.e., wireless modem).

Having said that, PocketPC's are generally mediocre phones. I don't know whether this Verizon model is any different.

I have heard the same thing about PocketPC phones & have Skype on my iPAQ whenever I have WiFi.

Any suggestions for smaller phones?

I think that the new i730 even beats the 6600...

Scott beat me to it on the i730. If you are more used to phones then the i730 may be a good alternative to the XV6600 which is also a good device. I think the i730 also has built in voice recognition software.

One of my IT guys just got one and loves it, but it still seems to big for me.

If you LOVE your SE T616 you could always use a SE T608 (same basic phone) on the Verizon network. The phone is Sprint branded but both Verizon and Sprint are CDMA. I purchased my phone off of e-bay and had it activated on Verizon in about 15 minutes. I used the T608 on Verizon for about 10 months. I loved the small size and the fact that I had a bluetooth phone. I eventually switched to the V710 and despite all of the reported bugs -- the newest firmware is pretty stable.

If I were buying a Verizon phone today I would buy the Moto E815. It is a fairly big phone though.

True, there are smaller phones, but the E815 (and V710, since they're nearly identical in size) is still smaller than most "candy bar" phones.

I used a V60s up until I got my E815, and considered the V60s to be pretty small. It was thick, though, even with the standard battery. The E815 is thinner, but larger in the other two dimensions. Thinner is better :)

PS. The advent of Bluetooth and advanced voice dialing features (the E815 is pretty amazing in that regard) means that you've got much greater flexibility in how you carry the phone with you. It's no longer necessary to have it immediately accessible, since you can place and answer calls simply by tapping a button on the headset. Mine will probably spend a lot more time ln my laptop bag than previous phones.

One could make the argument that size is now less important than it used to be :)

That is my new bumper sticker ;)

My V710 (same basic size as E815) spends most of the time in my pocket as I mainly use a BT headset (HS820) and my Palm T3. So your point is a valid one, although it is the same reason I long after a tiny phone. I don't need my phone to have a large color screen or even a great menu. I barely handle it. I just want a very small BT phone (with great battery life) that takes up very little room in my pocket.

I am in the same mindset. I like having a "pocket" sized phone so that it is convenient for business and leisure.