I think I am just going to have to find the cheapest phone that will text and work as a phone. I don't care if it takes pictures, surfs the web, plays music, work with that blue tooth thing, or even brews a cup of coffee, or what ever. I just need a decent keyboard for texting as that is how I best keep in touch with the wife and kids during the day.

I am addicted to texting.

Gordon Gekko had a nice phone in the first Wall Street, you should check into that

How about the Zack Morris phone?

Save by the bell?

Yes!

Yeah, he had one of the first "flip phones". Those things are so huge compared to the phones today

Had to laugh, was watching and early episode of Seinfeld and the cordless phone had an antenna he had to push down and raise up.

It was worse than a flip phone!

Zack Morris phone

Oh Yeah I forgot about that one.


My dad has a friend who still uses the old "Bag Phone" .

I love my LG (Android II operating system) touch screen phone with a slide-out qwerty keyboard (on Verizon). I have a data package with unlimited email, internet, texting, phone calls, etc. The camera takes better photos than my digital camera. Love it. Down the line, when Verizon gets iPhone and Apple releases the iPhone 5, I may switch, but for now, I'm very happy with what I have (and the price): I paid only $150 for my phone and got a $100 rebate by mail 6 weeks later.

Psst, Becca, don't sit on your phones and they will survive longer....

ETA: I also love the FREE kindle and nook applications. I've downloaded a whole bunch of free books and read them on my phone!

I think being dropped off of horses, stepped on, and dunked in water buckets is probably harder on them, but I'm jsut guessing. Like I said - phone-killer.

I forgot about the Nook App. I might have to download that tonight. I have a Kindle but one can never have too many eReaders, right?

Yeah, I wasn't clear in my post. I had an ancient Curve, like two years old. No 3G, data was real slow, so no youtube.

Absolutely LOVE my iPhone 4. It does everything I could even think of, and many things I would have never come up with. Works great, battery is good, apps are great.

^^^

Ditto!

I have the original Droid. LOVE it!! I bought it this summer when the new models were coming out and got a fantastic deal on it. Two phones for the price of one plus $200 rebate. Got both phones with all accessories for $248. Since I didn't need the latest and greatest model, it was a good purchase for me. My 13 year old son has the other phone and I've set parental controls on it so he doesn't have a free-for-all access to the internet!

Like others have said, the battery doesn't last long, but I've got workarounds for that (charging at work, in the car, etc). I also turn off the WI-FI, Bluetooth, and locater functions. If I'm indoors, I turn the light to the lowest setting and all that saves my battery.

It has absolutely everything I could ever need. My 3 year old niece loves it because I've downloaded games for her. It's been a great phone. My dad just bought the Droid Incredible (previsouly had the BB Storm and hated it). He's been very, very pleased with that phone.

If i was willing to pay for the data package, which i'm not, i would have an iphone. My ex had one, and he loved it.

He was bored with it when the iphone 4 came out however, and used all his birthday money to buy a google nexus 1 (android) and he adores it even more.

I think it really depends- Apple and the Iphone are much more user friendly, especially for people who are not so tech savy, but the android is a better operating system for those who know what they are doing.

Did have a Blackberry Bold. Very disappointed in the apps available and even though I purchased a memory card they wouldn't load onto it so I was very limited. Also, trying to use the zoom feature to read webpages kept me from accessing the Internet much on my phone.

Upgraded to the iPhone 4. Love it, love it, love it! Being able to increase the screen size and move it around by just touching the screen is great! The apps are unreal. With the new OS you can put apps into folders. I can now play games etc with other family members who had iPhones that I couldn't when I had a Blackberry. the camera in it takes better pictures than my digital camera!

Same with my Samsung Captivate. No flash btu the night modes and indoor mode are awesome. GREAT video on the Captivate.

iPhone 4 has flash you can turn off and on.

BBoyd, thanks for starting this thread. I am also in the market for a new phone. My curve is spending way too much time thinking these days. We have ATT service and would love some cool apps, but too cheap to pay for them.

iPhone is amazing!!!! Never had a problem with it.. battery lasts and Im a data/texting fool! Have a screen protector on it to protect the screen from scratches from being in my purse, i even did my xmas shopping on it!!

Right before I switched to my Droid, I was soft-booting my bberry curve every other day.
I was in such denial that my phone was ready for the garbage, but once I realized how much I was going through just to use it on a daily basis, it was an easy move.

iPhone

3rd one - had original, 3gs and now the 4

No complaints - works, battery lasts all day - plug it in at night
internet, email, scrabble, maps/directions

probably could not live without this phone now

I used the Navigation App on my Droid last night. It worked very well but she scared me when she started talking!!

I don't know, am I getting ripped off?

We have Verizon with 3 phones (including two smart phones with the cheapest internet package on both), with 1400 total minutes and 10 Family and Friends for a total cost (taxes included) of $184/mo.

Seems dang high to me.