Frankster wrote:
>
> "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:47EAEAE9.9080208@comcast.net...
>
>> vznphoneuser@netnewss.com wrote:
>>
>>> Finally getting ready to upgrade from ancient LG VX4500.
>>>
>>> Putting aside any other considerations - would like to know what phone
>>> sold by Verizon is best if the only decision variable is convenience
>>> in sending and receiving text messages.
>>
>>
>> You might want to look at the Palm Treo! It has a miniature "qwerty"
>> keyboard. I'd say that is a necessity if you are going to be doing a
>> lot of texting! Punching the 2ABC key four times to get a "C" may be
>> tolerable for rare text messages but it would be a royal PITA for more
>> than twenty or thirty characters a day!
>>
>
> I have to agree with you RBG... I've had my Treo for almost two years
> now and I still love it. I would not trade it even-up for any other
> phone on the market right now. It does everything I want. Including,
> tethering to a laptop on VZW's high speed network, built-in web, qwerty
> keyboard (that I can even use with ONE HAND!), and more. Battery life is
> great for a phone of this type. I use the PIM (Personal Information
> Manager) in my business for my businesses contacts. It's great! There is
> not a "Contacts" feature on any regular phone out there that can even
> compete with the Treo. BTW, some don't like its size. Well, guess where
> the great battery life comes from? A big battery! Duh...!
>
> BTW, yes, I have the unlimted data plan and the appropriate tethering
> add-on plan. If you can't affort the data plan, well, maybe a regular
> phone is your best bet.
>
> -Frank


I've been using an older Palm M500 as my "auxiliary brain" for many
years now. I couldn't live without it. My RAZR V3m has some of the
features but I don't consider it a full fledged PDA. The M500 is a lot
easier to use as a PDA than the RAZR. Of course the M500 has no cell
phone capability. If I ever need one box to be both a phone and a PDA,
I think I would chose the Treo or something similar.