i want a smartphone. no doubt the iPhone is a pretty smart one but the fact that it really cannot do much in terms of file sharing leaves me at a dead end. i want some form of document editing too. i know the Nokia E71 has the office suite and it also has adobe reader.
i have been wanting the iPhone ever since it had been unveiled last year. i got myself an iPod Touch just because it looks and functions almost like the iPhone. however, the longer i wait, the more i had time to think. just what is it that i want out of a phone?
if all i want out of a phone is just to call someone and/or send sms, i can get by with any phone. i don’t really need the phone to play media because i already have an iPod. i don’t need a camera phone because i already have a camera. or had one. no idea what happened to my digital camera but it just wouldn’t take pictures any more. so now that i have eliminated the media player and camera from the phone’s function, it turns out that the iPhone has lost pretty much quite a bit of it’s appeal.
it can go online. so can the E71. the only thing the iPhone has going for it is pretty much its look. and the screen. form wise, E71 is about the same size and the same monoblock shape as the iPhone. the iPhone is less complicated than the E71 in terms of navigation and usability but the iPhone seems like it has a host of problems like for example, syncing issues.
the phone i will be getting will mainly function as a PDA and therefore, if the iPhone were to keep losing my data and all that, there’s no reason for me to get it. another reason for me to get the iPhone is also the mobileme thingy. so far though, all i’ve used mobileme for is just to sync my calendars.
ho hum. what should i do? what should i get?