Texting on cellphone, pdas (personal digital assist.)

[sundial]

First gen iPhone user here--won't go back to the other phones. I enjoy texting on this phone. I've heard the Blackberry was THE choice phone to text.

[SouthernBelle]

I have a Palm Treo. Although I do text and occasionally use it to access the internet, It's PDA functions are what is most important for me.

I keep my calendar in Outlook on my office desktop and sync it with the Palm. Then I use Google calendar and have it set to automatically sync with my laptop and home desktop. It's great being able to access it almost anywhere.

[Tuckervill]

I have a Blackberry Curve, and I really do like it. I never texted before I got this phone. I, too, have a teen and two adult sons (and their "gals" <g>), and that's a good reason to text. I meet them where they are. I really love texting for the convenience. For instance, yesterday I texted DH to tell them we were at the store next to the restaurant we were meeting at, in case he got there before we saw him. That didn't really merit a phone call, but it saved any confusion if we missed each other.

My BB doesn't have GPS per se (I don't want to pay for it), but it has a Google maps application that knows my location via the nearest cell tower. That really saved me a lot of times when on my trip in September. Sometimes we needed to find a place to stay on the road, and that was very helpful.

The BB doesn't handle documents, either, but I'm never going to need to change one if I don't have my laptop with me. I do blog from it, with pictures, though. I liked that. I do use my laptop less for checking email, because of the email push on the BB. I can at least see if there's anything pressing.

I got the BB so I could communicate better when people walk up to me at the ballpark to tell me they didn't get their uniforms or whatever. I don't have to rely on my holey memory. I just send myself an email or make a note right on the spot.

Karen

[Crankin]

Boy, am I out of it...
If I think I can't remember, I write my appointments in a 3.99 date book I got at CVS.
Or I put a sticky note with a reminder in a prominent place.
But mostly, I can remember it in my head.

[SouthernBelle]

Boy, am I out of it...
If I think I can't remember, I write my appointments in a 3.99 date book I got at CVS.
Or I put a sticky note with a reminder in a prominent place.
But mostly, I can remember it in my head.

For me this is a business use, though I put personal ones in there too. My life is appointments and being somewhere at a particular time.

[OakLeaf]

Connectivity (the OP's question) vs. organization are really two separate questions. My connectivity is pretty limited (although I'm totally coveting my husband's iPhone, now that I've seen it in action - it's SO much more functional than my old PDA, with the glaring exception of document handling - I hope they remedy that soon). But, the amount of paper I've saved since I got my first PDA is literally staggering.

My shopping list is no longer on multiple scraps of paper scattered in various purses, pockets, tabletops and who knows where. It's all in one place. When I think of something I need, wherever I happen to be, I can put it on the list. And of course the calendar, as others have pointed out - if I've forgotten something, then a paper or desktop calendar doesn't help me. When my calendar is with me all the time, the alarm can go off in time for me to be where I'm supposed to be.

Last, rude is rude and I don't think it has anything to do with the mode. The same people who would text or phone during a meal, are the ones who used to read a newspaper or a book.

[snapdragen]

Sometimes I remember to turn my plain old cell phone on....

[Tuckervill]

Boy, am I out of it...
If I think I can't remember, I write my appointments in a 3.99 date book I got at CVS.
Or I put a sticky note with a reminder in a prominent place.
But mostly, I can remember it in my head.

I abhor purses anything larger than, well, my Blackberry, so I wouldn't have a datebook with me. One of my least favorite things about working full time was having to wear skirts, which seldom have pockets. It's been a long time since I worked full time, and I will never wear skirts if I do go back. (Thinking about it--the renter in our rental just lost her job, and if she can't make her rent I'm going to have to get a job.)

Karen

[Red Rock]

I'm a BB person now. Santa gave me the Storm. I guess I have been slow to get here but I finally made it?! I have used a variety of cell phones but have been migrating to someting like this over time. As with others the calendar and Contacts seem to be the thing that is "it" for me. I have been to many places and either needed to know something or had to write it down and then move it to the phone so I could remember. The phone is always with me, everything else might not make it.

My husband and I text each other oftentimes. More when I was working because it is not cool to be on the phone with your honey at work. Employers do not like that. It has been our short method of communication.

I am still having problems with this unit to get it set up correctly. Its been driving me nuts. Are all BB like this?? Arrgghh.

Red Rock

[Becky]

I am still having problems with this unit to get it set up correctly. Its been driving me nuts. Are all BB like this?? Arrgghh.

Red Rock

My Curve was a cinch. What sort of issues are you having? Check out forums.crackberry.com- very active forums with helpful people.

[Bluetree]

I'm an iPhone texting addict with an unlimited plan. Of course, it helps that most of my friends are also on iPhone!