If you want to buy a new (advanced) cell phone, you should question yourself:
What kind of cell phone do I want?
a. A PDA with a phone, like HTC P3600 or HP iPAQ hw6915;
b. A phone with a PDA, like the Sony Ericsson P990i or Nokia N80;
c. A phone with a MP3 player, like Motorola Rokr or Sony Ericsson W850i;
d. A MP3 player (or should i say an iPod) with a phone, like iPhone;
After answering this question, then you can think:
- What’s my budget? (added at 15:11 - 11.01.2007, thanks to a tip from Rui Moura)
- Do I want a touch screen with stylus?
- Do I want a good camera?
- Do I want/need GPRS/UMTS?
- Do I want WiFi?
- Do I want GPS?
- Do I want to be able to expand the memory?
- Does it should be open and be able to install 3rd party software?
By answering this questions, you will be able to choose the right phone for you.
Posts
11.01.2007 @ 13:15h
I want a cellphone with a good browser and 24/7 connectivity. It must be easy to type text, to enable activities such as blogging and send mails.
11.01.2007 @ 13:25h
Hugo, nice Wizard!
With a little off Ajax and Ruby you got a nice service called chooseyourmobile.com
11.01.2007 @ 13:30h
the domain is already taken. but it’s for sale…
11.01.2007 @ 13:31h
Bem visto … Está uma boa tabela, para guardar com carinho
11.01.2007 @ 13:37h
Há tanta ideia parva por ai, a ter sucesso, quem é que pega nela??
11.01.2007 @ 13:39h
Claro que tinha de ter uma conta para cada utilizador, profile, espaço para upload de imagens, review de produtos e agora parece que voltaram, um forum!
11.01.2007 @ 14:57h
Hu, reparei agora que me escapou um pormenor fundamental, que falta na lista: o orçamento. Sem orçamento, só podemos imaginar
11.01.2007 @ 15:03h
Ups
I totally forgot the budget.
Thanks Rui.
11.01.2007 @ 22:57h
I’m definitely going with a “phone with a PDA”, namely, the yet to be released Nokia N95
22.08.2007 @ 8:57h
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