Chris Beaumont wrote:
Plus once in a tiny little south coast village it was a lot less reliable at finding the wedding venue than the "old skool" method of "asking a local" that the other, much more talented, photographer used
pah, shut up. That was the brides fault and you know it
HJ_Mayes wrote:
Wonder if iPhone will ever NOT be tied to ATT - I like my carrier and won't move to them just for a phone.
If they had iPhones available with Verizon/Allel - I would be there in a heartbeat. If anything just for www.thebestcamera.com - Chase Jarvis invention.
Rumors are starting to appear that Apple will be making a new GSM/CDMA compatible phone in third quarter 2010. What that means is that there is a chance the IPhone may come to Verizon. Other rumors say that Verizon will get the iPhone once they move to their completely new network (called LTE) they are building out now for a deployment sometime in 2010. Next year will be very interesting with this development plus additional Droid devices will be released.
mikelax wrote:
Rumors are starting to appear that Apple will be making a new GSM/CDMA compatible phone in third quarter 2010. What that means is that there is a chance the IPhone may come to Verizon. Other rumors say that Verizon will get the iPhone once they move to their completely new network (called LTE) they are building out now for a deployment sometime in 2010. Next year will be very interesting with this development plus additional Droid devices will be released.
I guess I'll be keeping my old iPhone for another year. If I upgraded I'm locked in to AT&T
sidewa388 wrote:
I was looking at that but 1st Gen phones always suck
Check out the HTC Droid Eris, released at the same time as the Droid minus all the hype. It's basically a minor revamp of the HTC Hero (I think it was only on sprint). I got the Eris yesterday and so far I'm very happy with it, doesn't leave me wanting for the Iphone at all and yes I've used an Iphone.
I wanted an iPhone, but I am on the unfair and unflexible plan with Sprint, so I got the Palm Pre and I love it. Keyboard is great and calendars/contacts are brilliant. Updates itself easy peasy... Fast connecting to the interwebs and all that too.
I hear the Droid is supposed to be awesome though...
It is every bit as good as the iphone in that i can email, i have gps with turn by turn navigation, i can do slideshows for potential clients if i meet one on the fly, etc.
All of my apps are free, and i have a ton of em.
I chose a windows based phone because my best friend has a degree in computers and knows the pc world.
word, excel, powerpoint, notepad, one note, adobe reader, pocket rar
My phone is a wifi hotspot incase anyone around me needs to sign onto the internet from their laptop.
I plug my phone in to my computer at work and use it as a modem.
I have an app (haven't figured it out yet) that allows me to send text commands to my phone and retrieve call history, contacts and other info in the phone remotely via text.
Its total open source madness. I'm putting a new ROM operating system in it all the time and improving my battery live, free program memory, etc.
The newest badest phone from HTC is, I believe, the Touch Pro 2
Dude, just check out http://www.htc.com/us/ . For the windows world, which is what I am part of, these guys make the baddest phones on the planet. (or you could put linux on there I believe)
Here's some more apps I use a lot for iphone:
-auto GPS tracking of your mileage for deductions and logs it all
-remote iTunes control (controls iTunes on remote computer, so in studio I can change songs/playlists while in other room)
-check weather for the week when planning sessions
-wireless mouse for presentations
-online banking and even deposit checks with camera phone (USAA)
-tethering for laptop
-fart machine
I have Sprint service and use a Samsung Instinct. Used At&T at one time but had quality issues such as drop calls and poor converation quality and moved to Sprint. I am sure each area is different. The phone has good voice quality. Large keypad for text which I use a lot. Email connection and Navigation which is nice to have with you.I has a nice Local Business Look up feature that will give you a address and phone number of many business locations. No more calling information when you need a number. Local weather if you need to set up a outdoor shoot a few days out and calendar for reminders. Not the list of features the I phone has but it works for me.
Man, I swear photographers are all apple fan-boys.
I just got a blackberry tour (on sprint, but supports a sim card for globe-trotting) to replace my aging Treo 650 (must be going on 5 years with that thing). I have an Ipod Touch, so I know what an Iphone can do, but I need a real keyboard.
HTC Pro Touch 2, runs Windows so it syncs seamlessly with my Outlook contacts, email and calendar. Also I chose this phone because it has a real keyboard, which is so so nice if you have to produce any significant text. And as a bonus the Facebook integration is bitchin. It will associate (if you choose) your contact with that person's facebook profile, so it brings in their photo, their birthday/anniversary etc into your calendar and reminders, very very cool. Just couldn't imagine a better business and communication tool.
Sure, my wife's iPhone has a talking camel, which is handy when we are trying to entertain our 2 year old, but most of the time I'm running my business on my phone instead.
ChrisDM wrote:
HTC Pro Touch 2, runs Windows so it syncs seamlessly with my Outlook contacts, email and calendar. Also I chose this phone because it has a real keyboard, which is so so nice if you have to produce any significant text. And as a bonus the Facebook integration is bitchin. It will associate (if you choose) your contact with that person's facebook profile, so it brings in their photo, their birthday/anniversary etc into your calendar and reminders, very very cool. Just couldn't imagine a better business and communication tool.
Sure, my wife's iPhone has a talking camel, which is handy when we are trying to entertain our 2 year old, but most of the time I'm running my business on my phone instead.
FWIW I hear that the Diamond and the Pro are essentially the same phone except you have a slideout keyboard and a memory card slot....and I have the Diamond ONE while you have the Pro TWO so you are pretty kickin eh?
Another note on the memory slot. The iphones tend to have more storage memory. I wish I got a Pro just for the expansions slot, but I'm happy...
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