Upgrade: Recommend me a phone that is NOT touchscreen

Ricochet J

Ricochet J

Ricochet J

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Can't stand touchscreen phones. So I'm stuck with Orange asking me if I want to upgrade. What kind of none touchscreen phones are out? I need them to do the following:
- Have SatNav capability, such as TomTom software or others (this is very important)
- Surf the net (this is not as important)
- Have Office Mobile (this is not as important)

Is the Blackberry any good? Does it have the above features?

Many thanks :)
 
Ricochet J said:
But I need a none touchscreen phone. Thanks though :)
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Then the Blackberry Pearl would be suited to ya.

Check their Webby, it's nice and informative. I'd personally go either the Pearl or Storm if I went Blackberry tbh, the rest don't look as good as either, most have similar functionality.
 
I've been reading I can get the Blackberry Bold and buy Garmin for £70. Bold looks really good too. I'm not too keen on the flip phones Locke. But thanks anyway :)
 
There's a flip and non flip ;)

Anyway I'm at a blank for any other non Blackberry suggestions, except for maybe the C905, but that's dreadful with anything Office.

Most others are touch screen.
 
I'm not too bothered about Office. The thing is, I need a new phone, but I'm also in the market for a SatNav so I'm trying to kill two birds with one stone ;)
 
Nokia e71?

I've recently got one, I've put Garmin Mobile XT on and it works fine (it does have inbuilt GPS and nokia maps installed).

also has a qwerty keyboard for emails, surfing etc. There's a thread on here about the E71 somewhere.
 
I second the E71 suggestion - have one myself and has quickly become my favourite handset so far. Battery life is amazing too! GPS lock-on time is fairly quick too when used with the assisted gps option. Not sure if it runs TomTom tho as last time I checked it had issues with using the internal gps, there were some hit and miss workarounds tho i think.
 
BB you say??...no touch screen you say??..then its a non brainer...the one you want to get is the Bold...no question about it. Its the best BB in the BB range...has 3G and is fast, stable and pretty awesome. The other BB you might want to consider is the 8900 curve..similar to the Bold but without 3G but its slimmer, lighter and has more memory than the Bold...256mb of ram compared to the 128mb of ram the Bold has.

I have the Bold and have to say since owning it back in Dec...its the BEST device i have ever used and ive owned a hell of a lot of phones from symbian to winmo but nothing comes close to the BB for me. The fact that i can get my mail 'pushed' to my device, work and personal is awesome...i no longer have to wait to get to the office to read and send a reply. Also the call quality is simply out of this world...talking on the speakerphone to someone is mind blowing...i havent owned a device that can come close to what the Bold can do as of yet.
Now on Sat i got a 8900 curve as part of my upgrade with Tmobile and thats a lovely piece of kit...very small, light and just as awesome as the Bold but without the 3G which kinda sucks. But im pretty impressed with it so far...its as stable as the Bold and is pretty nippy. I dont know if im going to keep it...if i do then ill be unlocking it so i can pop an O2 sim as O2 support the EDGE network and the 8900 is EDGE capable so it will be slightly faster than GPRS.
Ill say this about BB's though...that QWERTY keyboard is such a godsend...once you start using one you just wont go back to a normal phone type keypad:p. Ive used my bros E71 and its just not the same tbh...altho the E71 is quite a nice device but i wasnt that impressed with the screen quality...my bro is blown away by my Bold and 8900 curves screen...very crisp and sharp...so much so hes thinking of dumping the E71 to get a BB now...i think ive now converted over 10 people to the BB way of life and yes im a BB whore and proud of it:D.

But seriously this is just my opinion...i dont expect many others to agree with me...it depends on what you want from a phone. Id suggest popping into a Voda shop if you can and play around with the display BB's...that way you get a much better idea if you can get on with one etc.
 
have just ordered an o2 XDA Serra, its got a full slid eout keyboard aswell as touch so best of both worlds :) Its the same as the HTC TouchPro:

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I think the N95 fits the bill nicely, one of the best phones i've ever had - GPS, Wifi etc...wish i hadn't got rid of it :(..
 
Eugh, not a Nokia. Can't stand their menu's and slowness. I held a Bold in my hands today. It was quite wide but easily fitted in my pocket. Keys are easy to press. Looks promising.
 
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