<p>My brother was on the Nexus development team. They have high hopes, this should be interesting.</p>
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<p>This is what D1 told me last week. I, too, am up for an upgrade. Have been using a BlackJack for almost two years and am not very happy with several features. The question is, do I go with a Blackberry or iPhone; I am leaning heavily toward the iPhone. I will need a new laptop probably within the next few months, and am likely to go with a Mac, so the iPhone makes sense. </p>
<p>Now comes the tricky question… will someone who has fingernails about 1/8" over the tips of her fingers have problems with the iPhone? D2 has an iPhone and I need to sit down with it before she heads back to school and play with it to see how I’d manage. Right now my ‘c’ and ‘v’ keys on my Blackjack are stubborn which is incredibly frustrating. I either need to take the phone in and have it serviced, or move up my plans to purchase a new phone. </p>
<p>D1 has a Blackberry and has become frustrated with its lack of speed, etc. She also played with D2’s iPhone when she was home over the holidays and is leaning toward getting one. H’s phone is a Blackberry, but it is his work phone, so he takes what they give.</p>
<p>No, fingernails work with iphone. Didn’t work well with the others.</p>
<p>As for texting, the iphone corrects most mistakes and I find it the easiest phone to text on ever, even with nails that are probably a quarter inch. I had a Bberry for years. This is a pleasure.</p>
<p>We were on Verizon for years, switched to iPhones for S and me a year ago, and we love them. We are on minimum family plan minutes, added two other family member with basic phones, unlimited texting for all of us, and we have minutes to burn. I use my iPhone in NYC, and dropped calls are not a problem, except going through the tunnel on the train into the city. H has Blackberry Bold through work, on a different AT&T plan, but same network, so unlimited connections among all of us in the family. On Amtrak trip to Burlington, Vt. from NYC last winter, there were places the connections dropped, but quickly returned. Good luck.</p>
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<p>Your post made me laugh. We have a silly rule at our house: if you are lounging on the sofa and the kitty is cuddled on you, no one can ask you to do a chore. Can’t disturb the kitty!</p>
<p>edit: Hubby does not respect the kitty rule. If you try to use it, he will approach you, clapping loudly or making some other obnoxious noise. Kitty quickly departs, the couch potato must perform the chore (after cleaning up the blood, of course).</p>
<p>I am getting a new phone this month…I am leaning toward the new Blackberry Bold 9700 for its qwerty keyboard and its 3G. My girls have Blackberry curves and they love them but would upgrade to Iphones if we offered. I am not sure that I would use the features of the Iphone and I don’t love the keyboard on it. I figure if I don’t love the Blackberry Bold, I will switch over to the Iphone but…baby steps for me. I am really not that techno savy. I just want the full keyboard because my kids are all more reliable on text messaging than actual phone conversations.</p>
<p>I love my iphone. We have no problems with ATT. We have the family plan, with three iphones and one neon (husband is low tech). We love the free minutes to all ATT users (not just each other). One BF is now and ATT and it is a blessing. The rollover minutes are great, you can build up a cushion. You can get a family unlimited text plan for $30 and with two teens it is a steal. We have one original iphone so the data plan is still $20 and the other two are $30. </p>
<p>We visited NYC for 5 days before Christmas and I was surprised that we had little trouble using the phone or the data. Once in awhile data was slow to load. But the apps for the subway and the street maps WERE INVALUABLE and free. I cannot imagine traveling now without my iphone. On the road the maps with traffic is great. The new trapster app to warn about speed traps is great (also free). I have lots of apps and have paid for no more than two. I did pay for 2 SAT CR prep game apps (vocab) for D2 AND SHE LOVED THEM. SHE USED THEM EVERY DAY WITH NO PROMPTING and hated the blue book. She raised her CR 150 points (she took it the first time cold with no prep) after 20 min a day on the apps for a month or 6 weeks. </p>
<p>I can check my email anywhere, surf the net, use apps. My only complaint in NYC was having to take my glove off each time to use the touch screen. Next time I will bring one of those gloves with the finger tip missing, or one that has the fold over finger tips.</p>
<p>I was puzzled why DD loved fingerless gloves so much until I got my own iPhone! Then DD had to teach her dad that he did not really need to press hard on his iPhone’s touchscreen - dad also has a company-issued BlackBerry :)</p>
<p>I bought a pair of gloves at Target that have a buttoned flap on the pointer finger. While I text with my thumbs, having the one finger available has worked out fine. I do use a bluetooth while driving so I do not need to remove my gloves to answer the phone; if I didn’t have the bluetooth in the Target gloves would solve that also. I don’t want all my fingers uncovered, just the one I need for the phone.</p>
<p>I am a heavy email user. Had a Treo for years but it died and I didnt want a Pre. So I got an iPhone. It is a terrible email machine. The virtual keyboard is a poor substitute for a mechanical one. In all other respects the iPhone is great, but when and if Palm or someone else comes with a better device my company supports (no Blackberries–go figure) I’ll give the iPhone to my D.</p>
<p>The Nexus One is simply amazing. It is more of a computer than just a phone. You can use T-Mobile right now and AT&T’s edge network. AT&T’s 3G network will be available soon. In a few months, Verizon will offer service for the Nexus One.</p>
<p>Nexus One on T-Mobile is substantially cheaper than the iphone.</p>
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<p>We are leaning towards the Nexus - I hate buying something so new that you know all the kinks haven’t been worked out. I’m sort of horrified by the price of the plans, it’s not like any of us got raises in the last year!</p>
<p>When you upgrade to a Blackberry/iphone and add a $30/mo data package, do you still have to pay separately for a texting plan?</p>
<p>Okay, I took the plunge on Friday and purchased a new BlackBerry Bold 9700 phone (we have the ATT family plan already, I just upgraded from my old razr). Let me tell you guy, I LOVE this phone. Only problem, is now I really do need to keep my reading glasses on, since I am constantly playing with the phone! Best Buy has the phone for $99 upfront with new activation OR upgrade, and you don’t need/get a rebate at Best Buy! I love not having the fill out paperwork and wait 8-10 weeks for a gift card! I was intimidated at first but the guys at Best Buy (I love the Geek Squad) completely set up my phone for me and showed me how to use it. He spent almost an hour teaching me my phone in the store! The phone paired up right away with my car bluetooth (and easy as pie since the guy at best buy set it up for me before I left the store).</p>
<p>Somemom, we currently have a family texting plan so I cannot answer your question about if the $30/month internet data plan is inclusive of texting.</p>
<p>When I was looking at Blackberry/Verizon a few months ago the texting plan was extra; the $30 data plan was for Internet.</p>
<p>The new Motorola Droid (Verizon) is great. It has most of the featues of the iPhone, most the apps are free AND it has a slide out keyboard. The Blackberry Storm has a keyboard that is very difficult to use.</p>
<p>I will confirm that texting is not included with the $30 BB data plan. It’s an expensive package all in.</p>
<p>We have a family plan w Verizon.
I have a blackberry tour , the $30 is for email and Internet, everyone else has reg phones, although they do have global web tocheck email, weather etc. </p>
<p>My experience with AT&T is limited to activating a gsm phone that we had purchased for D to use in india ( but had never been used). Since H & I wereinterested in the iPhones ( we both have itouch) we were curious about AT&T coverage and service and gave it to D to use at college. </p>
<p>She came home at thanksgiving and reported that she hated it and wanted a new Verizon phone( she chose an LG env touch). I tried canceling it immediately( it had been active about 16 days). They told me that I was already into the next billing cycle and that they coulnt cancel it until after Christmas. With activation charges and being forced to pay for two months coverage for the smallest plan( w text) it was well over $ 150 ( Inc taxes).</p>
<p>I am not happy with AT&T, and tmobile who is cheaper has lousy service in this area. That is what my brother has and critical calls that were made surrounding my mothers recent illness and death , went out fine on my end but were not recieved on his until later.</p>