Are Smartphones Worth It?

[mineolasmitty]

I didn't know what I was missing until I got the Droid. I go nowhere without it now. A great piece of equipment. i was one of those people who only wanted a phone to talk on. Now I know better I will never go back.

 

[CXXV]

I worked for Sprint for a long time. My answer was always this: Do you want a phone that can do some other stuff or do you want a PDA that can make calls.

I've yet to find a device that does both well. ERIS is pretty good at this but it's still more on the PDA side. The radio portion is quite good but still lacking.

So if you aren't making a whole lot of calls and want to be on the net most of the time then buy a smartphone.

 

[Ryobi]

Most smartphones are worth it, just not this POS Eris. Save your money and wait for either the N1 or the Incredible.

 

[smacky]

Actually, man, the N1 isn't all that it seems. I was all for it when it comes out in the next few weeks, as per rumor, but it really is nothing more than a prototype for the Snapdragon processor. It's like a concept phone, similar to a concept car, where new technology was tested. Even the Incredible will be rather prototypical since it will be the first phone after the concept phone and stuff can still go wrong.

You want something that has most of the wrinkles of the current smartphones ironed out? Wait until the holidays. But then you'll have a whole new set of problems. But you'll have a faster phone that may meet your needs if the curren 528Mhz doesn't.