Cool Phone - Besides the Iphone?

Updated on November 02, 2009
M.M. asks from Lewisville, TX
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I'm not very up-to-date on the latest phones, so I'm hoping someone can give me some advice. I want to upgrade to a new phone that has a keyboard so I can text more easily (only way to communicate with our college-aged kids these days!) and if it had some good games or video applications to entertain my younger ones during long wait times at the doctors, check-out lines, etc., that would be great. Sending and receiving email would be a bonus, but not necessary. My husband has the IPhone which is really cool, but drives me crazy.......drops calls or doesn't accept calls or messages all the time (AT&T service.) Is there another cool option out there with better service? Thanks!

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C.M.

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I have a Palm -Pre from Sprint and love having access to email and facebook. I get alerts from my bank. etc.. I love the calendar option I have 3 kids that play soccer and I keep the schedules on it. Also when I get emails with attachments it allows me to look at them. Not to mention upload mobile pics to my facebook I love it it took me some time getting used to. It is a touch screen and also has a keyboard for easy texting.

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N.S.

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My hubby loves his Samsung Impression and you can have the data pkg with AT&T. It has the slide out keyboard. I have the LG Neon which I love. It also has the data pkg option and the slide out keyboard. Hope this helps.

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G.R.

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i like the g1 tmobile and the blackberry .

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K.M.

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I love my 3G iPhone from AT&T. I have had two because I upgraded. I have only had one problem with it and made an appt. and took it in and they fixed it immediately. I have had the Blackberry which I thought I could not live without and also a Palm. I really like my iPhone and there are so many free apps. Couldn't live without it and it works great with my computer. Love that it can take pictures as well as, videotape.

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R.O.

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Hands down the iphone will fit all your needs.... the games my son plays on it is amazing! The apps r really great! I've never dropped a call. Get the cheaper one (2G) not so much of an investment....

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S.G.

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the palm pre from sprint is a good one.

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A.S.

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I love my samsung impression. It will do anything really if you have the data service. It doesn't really come with any games on it but a dice game but if you get unlimited data you can play games online.

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R.F.

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My husband and I have AT&T and in our area (Burleson) we don't have a big problem with drop calls unless we go out in the country. My husband has an LG VU which is a touch screen phone similar to the iPhone he really likes it. I have a Samsung Blackjack II which I love. It is a full keyboard smartphone. Good Luck on your search!

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J.E.

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My husband and I both have the Samsung Eternity and haven't had any problems with them at all. It's a touch screen with a full keyboard. Camera, video, plays games, email, internet, TV (with subscription). If you don't want to pay extra for the TV tuning you can still access streaming video of certain cartoons and kids shows that they have available for free from disney, nickeloadeon, etc. I kept forgeting about it until my husband reminded me so now I have something to entertain my 4 year old when necessary.

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C.C.

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Hold out for the Droid which Verizon is releasing this week. That's what I'm doing!

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K.P.

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I like my Blackberry

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M.D.

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Palm Pre by Sprint Or the new Pixi by Sprint, both are awesome!

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F.F.

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I have the G1 (T-Mobile) and it is great!

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D.W.

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I have AT&T also... and my favorite phones have been Samsung phones. Currently have a Samsung SGH-A767, it slides open and has a qwerty keyboard,which does make texting easier. Also has a camera and some cool apps...

Hope you find what you are looking for. I always find it good to find a small store (AT&T) and go look at them, have always found better deals in the store, better rebates.

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E.H.

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I am not sure what service this is but my step-son just bought the blackberry 2 that came out last week and loves it. I believe it is the blackberry 2 anyway :)

L.P.

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I have the AT&T Quickfire, it is a slide phone with touch screen. I love the qwerty keyboard is very user friendly for texting and answering email. It has the capability for more internet usage, but I did not sign up for that service, only email. It is smaller than the Iphone, and all of my teenage dgtr friends thought it was cool (they seem to know what's good in technology). I use it mainly for calls, texts and checking email, so I don't know about the gaming apps. Good Luck!

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D.G.

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I use T Mobile which I love. I had the G1 (not the My Touch) and loved it. It has the full keyboard as a slider and also has the touch screen and can download aps - some free, some for a fee. I went back to just a "regular" phone so we could cut down on costs and not pay the extra amount.

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A.D.

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Hold off for the Motorola Droid which comes out on Friday through Verizon.

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H.F.

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I have the LG Neon. It slides sideways to reveal a keyboard that is great for texting. I love it. It has demo games only, unfotunately. However, one of the demos is Mrs. Pacman. I have considered the download, because I like that game. It is about the only video game I was ever interested in.

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D.S.

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I have the palm pre (which I am using right now to Mamasource), and its reaaly pretty cool. It has a touch screen as well as full keyboard. I am still trying to figure out all of its nifty little features. It only works w/Sprint. I've had Sprint for 10 years, and it seems to have the best coverage here and nationwide. When I was out in Colorado a while back my Sprint phone was the only one (there was 12 of us) that worked in the mountains. If you get it, go through Best Buy. They do the rebate in store so you don't have to pay it up front.

S.M.

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love my iPhone with ATT, but recently it began messing up so I took it to the apple store and they said that I needed to update to the latest software 3.2 or something like that, problem solved apparently the 3.0 version had some bugs in it. tell your hubby to try that or take it in to the apple store, it shouldn't be doing that.

Love my iPhone

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J.G.

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I have Verizon and have had it for about a year now and love it! Not many drop calls in the Granbury area. For our family of 4, internet for only me and hubby, unlimited text for all, 1400 minutes to share, and also get to monitor the kids phones with parental controls of time limits and calling restraints if needed. All that for about $220. My oldest son uses the Samsung Alias and I believe they now have an Alias 2 that has a side flip out keyboard that he loves cus its easier to text for him and he's in 8th grade. It comes with a few games but you can download game aps for a small fee. Its worth it for us!

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