landrovered said:
Cingular 8525 at your service.
I post regularly from my phone. It works well.
i must agree w/ lr'd, the 8525 (htc hermes) wins out over the iphone in my book.
now the iphone is dead sexy and much slimmer than the hermes but until they overcome the limitations:
1. corp 3rd party security for email and
2. get on the 3G network
3. improve the qwerty design
it will remain, i fear, at the lower end of the smartphone spectrum w/ regard to overall functionality.
another compliment for the iphone would be the safari inet interface - MUCH better than winmobile! but this is completely offset by the speed of the 3G network...
also, i am posting this from my laptop up in breckenridge CO using my 8525 as a high-speed (literally) wireless modem. it is so fast that i have cancelled my comcast high speed service at home and simply use my hermes ($29/month unlimited svc).
i, like many, am waiting for apple to work out the initial bugs, solve for the above shortfalls (none of which require new technology - just apple playing nice w/ 3rd party app's) before switching over. from the latest scuttlebutt, it sounds like this will be late Q1/early Q2 of 08.
btw, Merry Christmas rover fans!
-snosrfr