The unfortunate thing is that the carriers are moving towards requiring a data plan with any "smart phone." And of course, only those phones will sync pim data, be it to a desktop or the cloud...mostly the cloud, hence the data requirement. As usual, they have us over a barrel.
On 2/7/2010 4:01 PM, Craig Froehle wrote: > All, > My dad has been a long-time Palm PDA and Treo user. His aging 755p is > dying and he needs to move to a new phone, so I thought I'd ask here > for suggestions. > > First, let me be clear, he does NOT want anything that requires a data > plan. So, that rules out all webOS and Android devices that I know > of. > > Here's his use case: > - Has to be a great phone (he makes a lot of calls) > - His most important data-centric "app" is contacts/phonebook > - Also relies on Calendar and memopad regularly > - Is currently on Verizon, but can move to any carrier > - He travels a lot, so can't rely on Wi-Fi for anything cloud-based > > He likes physical keyboards, but also knows Grafitti; I imagine him > putting up with a virtual keyboard if he had to, but the screen would > have to be pretty big (he's not young). > > Any suggestions on specific devices would be really welcome. > > Thanks. > - Craig
