8525 iPhone centro
So, you’re finally looking at smartphones, but so many choices. Let’s play the one-question game: what are you after — high function or fun design? If “fun design” is you, go try an iPhone. (Enough said; see earlier posts for more iPhone detraction, even perhaps a retraction.)
If you want/need to get more done and nifty is not as important as can-do, you might look to an 8525 (Tilt is its successor w/precious few improvements) or Centro. The Palm Blog recently presented a decent review of what a Centro offers versus other smartphones. At conclusion, it conceded some of “what you don’t get” with a Centro:
1. Built-in Wi-Fi. Current Palm models lack built-in Wi-Fi, though Palm CEO Ed Colligan said last year it would be added to future Palm devices.
2. Built-in GPS. Given how clueless GPS-based driving directions can be, I don’t see this as a terrible loss. Also, Google Maps came preinstalled on my Treo, and it has often served me in a pinch.
3. A Pleasurable Web Browsing Experience. Surfing the Web on my Treo is painful, even using Sprint’s fast EVDO network. If a meaningful mobile Web experience is crucial, your best smart phone choice currently is the iPhone.
4. Style and a Large Screen. I’d love to see a sleek new Palm OS handset that combines a large touch screen with the usual sturdy Palm keyboard.
Now, do you “don’t get” those spec’s with a Tilt (improved 8525)? No. Understand? The Tilt has:
1. integrated wi-fi;
2. Telenav GPS Navigator(TM) support
3. web-browsing with Explorer on 3G network (Opera mini is a free-n-easy add-on for “pleasurable” full internet zoom in/out function); and
4. style and large screen? 2.8-inch screen (versus Centro’s 2.2) and let’s just leave “style” to the eye of the beholder.
If you think the Kansas Business Attorney is off-base on the 8525, ie. your phone is better, do tell because I doubt it! I realize there are a few out there which will stream live video to the web. My 8525 will not handle that (guess whether I need that function), nor does it handle GPS without add-ons (yes, that’s one of the improvements in the Tilt, along with a tilting display and 3.0 vs 2.0 mp camera; see previous “guess whether…” comment).
Your phone is more productive than mine? Prove it and say on.