I have been positively surprised by the Palm One Treo 600. It has a full
featured PDA, "one hand user interface" phone and a nice QWERTY keyboard in
about the same size as the SE P900. And if you can get one without a camera,
then I'd go for that.
I think Series 60 phones such as the Nokia 6600 / 7610 or Siemens SX1 are
decent business phones, but they don't match may needs since the calendar is
very limited compared to the default calendar Palm Os, Pocket PC or UIQ (SE
P800/P900). I've hoped since the 7650 that Nokia would put a more business
capable calendar on their Series 60 platform.
It's quite interesting that many organizations and enterprises are banning
camera phones, and the flagship enterprise model Nokia 9500 Communicator has
got one. Maybe they will announce a version without camera too.
>"TheQueen" <nonono@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:<caauel$he4$1@titan.btinternet.com>...
>> Whats the best business phone in your opinion. I have nokia 6600 and 6230
>> (which I use for everything else but business). I am looking for something
>> with the facilities of the 6600 ie. can hold several telephone numbers, fax
>> numbers, email addresses, postal addresses etc, for each contact and a good
>> diary. Sony Ericcssons I know dont hold addresses so they are out of the
>> running. And I dont want to carry a "brick". Many Thanks.
> Undoubtedly the best business Nokia phone is 6600.
Why? He asked for a business phone, not the most gimmicky phone.
> michael turner wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:30:13 +0000, TheQueen wrote:
>>
>>>Whats the best business phone in your opinion. <snip>
>>
>> Nokia 6310i ... Nuff said.
>
> Elaborate please? I'll have one for sale next week, but I haven't used it.
> Why is it considered the best business phone?
Because it does NOT have the school-playground gimmicks like wave-message
covers, print-your-own covers, crappy low-rez cameras, poly ringtones, FM
radios, MP3 players, big power-hungry colour screens.
But it do have data connectivity(internal modem), Bluetooth,
iRDA, tri-band, excellent battery life, Java, good contact management,
good signal handling, and an excellent car-kit.
>Whats the best business phone in your opinion. I have nokia 6600 and 6230
>(which I use for everything else but business). I am looking for something
>with the facilities of the 6600 ie. can hold several telephone numbers, fax
>numbers, email addresses, postal addresses etc, for each contact and a good
>diary. Sony Ericcssons I know dont hold addresses so they are out of the
>running. And I dont want to carry a "brick". Many Thanks.
The Nokia 6310i is pretty much the de facto standard business phone.
It does everything you want and has all the key business features
(good phonebook, easy of use, robust, good battery life, tri-band etc)
without all the "unnecessary" features such as camera, colour screen,
picture messaging etc. It also the only handset I'm aware of which is
supported by all major car manufacturers.
I personally prefer the 6100 which is similar in features but smaller,
lighter and has a colour screen. Were it not for the lack of
BlueTooth either the 6100 or the 6610 would probably be the natural
replacement for the 6310i.
michael turner wrote:
>
>>>
>>>Nokia 6310i ... Nuff said.
>>
>>Elaborate please? I'll have one for sale next week, but I haven't used it.
>>Why is it considered the best business phone?
>
>
> Because it does NOT have the school-playground gimmicks like wave-message
> covers, print-your-own covers, crappy low-rez cameras, poly ringtones, FM
> radios, MP3 players, big power-hungry colour screens.
>
> But it do have data connectivity(internal modem), Bluetooth,
> iRDA, tri-band, excellent battery life, Java, good contact management,
> good signal handling, and an excellent car-kit.
Many people who left the school-playground long ago, prefer what you
call 'gimmicky' phones. To them, a 6310i would be very dull, I suspect.
But now I know enough about this 6310 to be able to target the right
people when I sell it. Thanks for the info.
"michael turner" <zvxr.gheare1963@ivetva.arg> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.06.13.12.10.59.134000@ivetva.arg...
> On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:23:18 +0100, Steve wrote:
> > michael turner wrote:
> >> On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:30:13 +0000, TheQueen wrote:
> >>
> >>>Whats the best business phone in your opinion. <snip>
> >>
> >> Nokia 6310i ... Nuff said.
<snip>
> But it do have data connectivity(internal modem), Bluetooth,
> iRDA, tri-band, excellent battery life, Java, good contact management,
> good signal handling, and an excellent car-kit.
> Michael Turner
>
and probably the most reliable phone Nokia have ever made,
I've two of them and neither have had to see a CNSC
(Touch wood)
On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 23:28:15 +0100, "Steve Terry"
<g4wwk@despammed.com> wrote:
>"michael turner" <zvxr.gheare1963@ivetva.arg> wrote in message
>news:pan.2004.06.13.12.10.59.134000@ivetva.arg. ..
>> On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:23:18 +0100, Steve wrote:
>> > michael turner wrote:
>> >> On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:30:13 +0000, TheQueen wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>Whats the best business phone in your opinion. <snip>
>> >>
>> >> Nokia 6310i ... Nuff said.
><snip>
>> But it do have data connectivity(internal modem), Bluetooth,
>> iRDA, tri-band, excellent battery life, Java, good contact management,
>> good signal handling, and an excellent car-kit.
>> Michael Turner
>>
>and probably the most reliable phone Nokia have ever made,
>I've two of them and neither have had to see a CNSC
>(Touch wood)
>
>Steve Terry
>
if by reliable you mean stable firmware, how come 6310i's need the
latest firmware to work good with bluetooth?
On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 23:44:49 +0100, eggster2k
<eggster2k@NOSPAMbreathe.com> wrote:
>if by reliable you mean stable firmware, how come 6310i's need the
>latest firmware to work good with bluetooth?
That's what a firmware upgrade is *supposed* to do i.e. to fix
useability problems and fix bugs. Most all phones have firmware
upgrades. Usually the upgrade will fix bugs but often it will add
features as well e.g. the various updates to firmware fixed certain
bugs, but also changed the ability to add personal ringtones from 5 to
10. Look at the firmware upgrade version on some phones that go up to
10.something.
Best phone for Business??? 
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