I want a phone. I don't need a camera BUT it seems that they are compulsory
nowadays

I need to be able to use Mickysnot Outlook for emails and Outlook Calendar.
I need to be able to use /read Wordlike files, PDF and excel on the phone.

A qwerty keyboard is O.K. but could use a touch screen.....

Everyone says that the Blackberry 9700 is what I need apart from one friend
who has the Nokia with the long slide out keyboard and another friend who
says the HTC phone is the one to have...

Any thoughts or experiences please?

In message , Mike
writes

Everyone says that the Blackberry 9700 is what I need apart from one friend
who has the Nokia with the long slide out keyboard and another friend who
says the HTC phone is the one to have...

Any thoughts or experiences please?

Try this:
http://www.gsmarena.com/blackberry_bold_9700-2963.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_hd2-2957.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n97-2615.php
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Paul Harris

"Mike" wrote in message
. uk...
I want a phone. I don't need a camera BUT it seems that they are compulsory
nowadays

I need to be able to use Mickysnot Outlook for emails and Outlook
Calendar.
I need to be able to use /read Wordlike files, PDF and excel on the phone.

A qwerty keyboard is O.K. but could use a touch screen.....

Everyone says that the Blackberry 9700 is what I need apart from one
friend who has the Nokia with the long slide out keyboard and another
friend who says the HTC phone is the one to have...

Any thoughts or experiences please?






I have a Blackberry 8900 (work) and a Nokia N79 the principle differences
a -

1. 8900 doesn't have 3g (N79 and 9700 do).

2. Wi-fi download speed on the 8900 is much slower than the N79.

3. Screen is bigger and higher resolution on the Blackberry (but the same as
an N97).

4. GPS is native on the N79, but server dependent on Blackberry.

5. Surfing is native on the N79, but via servers on Blackberry. The latter
improves speed at the price of resolution etc.

6. Blackberry can only view PDF's a page at a time in emails in low
resolution, whereas the N79 can open them native.

7. There are three ways of viewing emails on the N79, only one AFAIK on
Blackberry.

8 N79 supports VOIP via Wi-fi; AFAIK the Blackberry won't.

Thanks Mark, that's very helpful.

"R. Mark Clayton" wrote in message
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"Mike" wrote in message
. uk...
I want a phone. I don't need a camera BUT it seems that they are
compulsory nowadays

I need to be able to use Mickysnot Outlook for emails and Outlook
Calendar.
I need to be able to use /read Wordlike files, PDF and excel on the
phone.

A qwerty keyboard is O.K. but could use a touch screen.....

Everyone says that the Blackberry 9700 is what I need apart from one
friend who has the Nokia with the long slide out keyboard and another
friend who says the HTC phone is the one to have...

Any thoughts or experiences please?






I have a Blackberry 8900 (work) and a Nokia N79 the principle differences
a -

1. 8900 doesn't have 3g (N79 and 9700 do).

2. Wi-fi download speed on the 8900 is much slower than the N79.

3. Screen is bigger and higher resolution on the Blackberry (but the same
as an N97).

4. GPS is native on the N79, but server dependent on Blackberry.

5. Surfing is native on the N79, but via servers on Blackberry. The
latter improves speed at the price of resolution etc.

6. Blackberry can only view PDF's a page at a time in emails in low
resolution, whereas the N79 can open them native.

7. There are three ways of viewing emails on the N79, only one AFAIK on
Blackberry.

8 N79 supports VOIP via Wi-fi; AFAIK the Blackberry won't.

Mike wrote:
I want a phone. I don't need a camera BUT it seems that they are compulsory
nowadays

I need to be able to use Mickysnot Outlook for emails and Outlook Calendar.

You need outlook on the phone? or you need to talk to the same server
that outlook does?

I need to be able to use /read Wordlike files, PDF and excel on the phone.

A qwerty keyboard is O.K. but could use a touch screen.....

Everyone says that the Blackberry 9700 is what I need apart from one friend
who has the Nokia with the long slide out keyboard and another friend who
says the HTC phone is the one to have...

An android phone (HTC Desire, Google Nexus One etc)

I believe the HTC versions have better webdav sync for Exchange (I
prefer to use IMAPS and SMTPS, it still acts like push mail) I don't
sync to an Exchange calendar, again the HTC software is supposedly
better in this area.

Mike wrote:

Any thoughts or experiences please?

Or, of course, the ubiquitous iPhone, I understand the exchange sync is
good, providing you can live with the Apple philosophy that they know
what's good for you better than you do.