Cell Phones and other horrors
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ennierdaSo my phone has started randomly dying, but the good news is that my contract JUST came up. I am free to move about the cell phone providers, in addition to getting a new phone.
1. I have Verizon. What I don't like is that they do not have a plan that fits my usage - their plans jump from 450 minutes to 900, with no plan in-between. Whenever I have the 450 plan, I go over, and when I switch to the 900, I am inevitably under. Naturally, Verizon does not have a roll-over minutes plan, otherwise the 450 would be fine. It makes me crazy. I've heard Verizon had the best coverage, but I hate their plans. Haaaate! So. If anyone else has a provider that they like and is cost-effective, then please let me know.
2. In terms of phones, what I really want is a phone that is also a personal organizer (I need serious help in this area.) I was leaning towards a Blackberry because you can get Word and Excel on it, but then I realized that would probably lock me into a service plan that costs ridiculous amounts of money per month (indeed, their lowest plan, which I would probably run overage charges on, costs $79. Add another $15 for taxes and you get EEEP.) I'm therefore thinking about investing in an i-Touch. The city has enough wireless internet hot spots that I'll be able to hook in (almost) anywhere I go (though not, ironically enough, at my job.) A friend of mine went with this and loves it. My laptop is a PC, though - will they have trouble talking to each other? Any iTouch love out there?
Any help most appreciated. Much thanks.
1. I have Verizon. What I don't like is that they do not have a plan that fits my usage - their plans jump from 450 minutes to 900, with no plan in-between. Whenever I have the 450 plan, I go over, and when I switch to the 900, I am inevitably under. Naturally, Verizon does not have a roll-over minutes plan, otherwise the 450 would be fine. It makes me crazy. I've heard Verizon had the best coverage, but I hate their plans. Haaaate! So. If anyone else has a provider that they like and is cost-effective, then please let me know.
2. In terms of phones, what I really want is a phone that is also a personal organizer (I need serious help in this area.) I was leaning towards a Blackberry because you can get Word and Excel on it, but then I realized that would probably lock me into a service plan that costs ridiculous amounts of money per month (indeed, their lowest plan, which I would probably run overage charges on, costs $79. Add another $15 for taxes and you get EEEP.) I'm therefore thinking about investing in an i-Touch. The city has enough wireless internet hot spots that I'll be able to hook in (almost) anywhere I go (though not, ironically enough, at my job.) A friend of mine went with this and loves it. My laptop is a PC, though - will they have trouble talking to each other? Any iTouch love out there?
Any help most appreciated. Much thanks.
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Date: 2009-09-05 02:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-05 12:48 pm (UTC)I'll scratch talking about prices, because I just looked at the current contract prices, and they're pretty consistent with everyone else, now.
Palms can have software installed to handle Word and Excel. There is also software to use them as wireless modems (check your plan before you do this, because data transfer limits can be vicious).
As for the iPod Touch, they should play fairly well together, Apple gets most of their stuff right. (Disclaimer: I don't own one. I'm applying experience with other devices.)