Basic Cell Phone or Smart Phone?

[Papa Deuce]

http://tech.msn.com/products/article.aspx?cp-documentid=10951341

Interesting - at least to me - artcile about how people are buying all these fancy smartphones, but are mostly only using them as cameras and phones.... Basically it said that 75% of the people who buy smartphones really don't use the smartphone features.

For your PRIMARY PERSONAL phone, do you have a basic cell phone or a smartphone? And, if you have a smartphone, which features do you use?

I have basically a cell phone that just has a FEW upgrades. I wouldn't call it a "smartphone".

 

[Master Mason]

I have a palm cetrino. I use the phone, and the palm functionality. I used to carry both a phone and a palm so this going to a treo and now the centrino means I only have to carry one thing.

I do not use the camera or any of the online capablities of the phone.

 

[diznygirl]

I have an iPhone - I think it's pretty smart!


I use: email, text, internet, youtube, address book, notes, camera, calculator, calendar, music AND all the apps including Stanza for downloading books......somedays I never put it down.


Is that what you mean?

 

[Mom2Nick]

I have an LG Voyager - I use the email feature more than anything. I do also use the browser, camera, calendar and obviously the phone.

 

[Angrypenguin]

I have an iphone as well. I use it for texting, emailing, browsing the web, checking stocks, using the GPS, as an alarm clock, playing games, and making the occasional phone call

 

[monkey68]

I have a regular phone that can take pictures. My school gives us PDA's later in the year so we can use them on our rotations, but some students just buy Palm's or similar and use everything on that. I'm considering that as well, because I will be doing clinical rotations, and it would be easier to have everything in one place.

 

[MushyMushy]

I just got a BlackBerry. I use it for phone, texting, e-mail, calendar, internet, and games so far.

 

[mfd25wife]

Another iphone here. I love it. But I do get on the internet, email, alarm clock since it's always with me, camera, games, ipod, used google maps A LOT, etc.

 

[NYPDwife]

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE my BlackBerry Pearl!!!

I used to just have a regular cell and having email, alarms, tasks, memos, etc. at my fingertips is great! It helps with school, appointments, soccer practice and games, shopping lists (I don't forget them at home anymore), I can look up stuff on the internet when I need to, I have Google Maps on it, I even sync it with my work stuff for reminders. I'd be so lost without this phone. DH is already saving for the BB Storm.

You think you'd never need it, until you got it, LOL.

 

[crazelion]

What do mean. I watch TV, use the mp3 player, play games, text, make list fot the grocery and more things then I remember with the phone. my friends is the same way we would lost with out our phones.

 

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

I bought a smartphone a few months ago, not that I needed a new phone. My old phone had a camera, calendar, calculator, access to internet plus texting and phone. But I wanted the BlackBerry Pearl (great price on refurb with new contract) because it has more buttons for texting (1-2 letters per key instead of 3), ability to download attachments and music, a better camera most importantly it has GPS, in addition to the features I already had on my Nokia.

With the data plan from AT&T I can take advantage of more of the features I currently don't use, and I could subscribe to AT&T Navigator for turn-by-turn driving directions.

For now, I'm happy that I can access MapQuest and my home email account with MediaNet, plus get news and weather updates away from home. I use the calendar a lot to keep track of appointments and my weekend work schedule, but I dislike the calculator's layout.

 

[Rence]

I have had a Treo 700p for the last two years, really liked it, can't say I loved it. Basically it is a Palm PDA and phone all in one.

I am on day three with my iPhone - and so far I am hating it - there is a good chance it is going to be returned. Now I have to admit that most of my problems are not with the iPhone itself, but with AT&T and unfortunately the two go together (I don't want to go the whole unlocked route).

I think choice of carrier is almost more important that the phone - coverage varies from area to area and the coolest smartphone in the world does you no good if the reception in your area is bad. Also the level of service you get - I will admit that the AT&T folks are nice, they just don't seem to know what they are doing (took two hours on the phone last night to get my voice mail box setup - 2 HOURS!!!)

 

[Gina]

I have a G1, and I think I've used it to actually make calls maybe half a dozen times... lol I'd say it was my pocket computer, but it does so much more than even my computer can! I think I might marry it.