Smartphones

[Bike Writer]

I'm on my third Blackberry, I guess you can say I'm hooked. What you want to do with a phone is a good factor in determining what kind to get. My phone is used for task oriented items. #1 a phone, #2 email, #3 calendar and tasks. I snap a photo now and again and use it for navigation when I don't know where my destination is but seldom surf the web with it. I do use the web a tiny bit more now because I have a BB with a larger screen and it's a touch screen. The Torch is a bit weighty but I couldn't give up my keyboard for only touch screen typing because I respond to too much email on the fly. I never text or listen to music on my phone.

Friends and business associates who have the droid love them. I don't do apple products or the latest and greatest gadgets, I usually have something that's been out for a while.

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[jyyanks]

I have the new iPhone 5 and I love it. I have never owned an android phone but had the iPhone 3GS and the iPhone 4 previously. The iPhone 4 was my least favorite because it was bulky and I felt like it my battery was always drained. I love the new iPhone 5, its lightning fast, sleek, light, easy to use and has a great interface. My 2 complaints 1) the Apple maps are awful, I prefer the old google map app and I'm annoyed that I don't have it anymore because I used it all the time 2) Because it's faster, the battery tends to to need recharging more often than my other iPhones. I would recommend it for a beginner, especially if have an itunes account and/or an ipad.

[Crankin]

Irulan, you addressed your post to me (maybe because in the past I've mentioned how I'm slow to embrace technology?), but I was not the OP!

I have an I Phone 4GS, got it about a year ago. I like it, but I don't do anything except check my VM, make a few phone calls, text, get and respond to email, and read TE. I have never downloaded any music, and I have no idea how I Tunes works. DH has all of our old CDs stored on his computer and he downloads stuff on his phone as he listens to music when he commutes (). However, I just don't listen to music anytime, so it's not important to me (my car radio stays on one station, and the guy trying to sell me Sirrius when I got my new car didn't believe me!). My battery lasts just fine, too, although I am not downloading stuff or playing games, ever. I do use the web.
DH got the I Phone 5 and he loves it. He said the map thing is not that big of a deal to him, but he generally uses an app he bought for navigation, which is actually really good. Me, I have a small, portable Garmin that is just fine. I use it when I have to find a new client's house, but other than that, I generally don't drive anywhere new.
As a techno adverse person, I had no trouble learning to use the I Phone, but, there are a lot of things I don't know about it, like pressing things twice, sweeping, etc. But, since I don't need to do anything more that I do, it's fine. The only 2 apps I have are FB and Yelp and I can't see that I'll be getting more. Also, we are a total Apple family, so using the I Phone was not any different than using my computer, in many ways.