Mobile phone for use with N800?

[clq]

I got me a N800 a couple of months ago, and I'm loving it. Now my mobile phone has died, and I need a new one.

My only major requirements for it is 3G and wlan, but of course, it should have some kind of mp3 player, the basic web-surfing capabilities etc. However, this phone will most of the time be used together with the N800, and though I'm not on an extremely tight budget, I wouldn't want to spend way much more than I need.
So what reasonable phone can I get that doesn't "overlap" too much with the N800?

(I prefer Nokia or Sony Ericsson, but I am open to try new products)

[treasonx]

Here is a list of phones known to work
http://maemo.org/maemowiki/BluetoothDUN?highlight=%28dun%29

I personally have tried the
Moto KRZR
Moto Q (kinda works with pdanet but its a crappy phone)
Sanyo SCP-8400
and now I am using the Samsung SPH-M620 UpStage

All of these phones have been CDMA phones. I really like the speed sprint offers.

[bakerbaker]

hey, how do you like the Samsung SPH-M620 UpStage? that phone looks real nice from sprint. is pairing easy and what plan do you have for the n800?


Here is a list of phones known to work
http://maemo.org/maemowiki/BluetoothDUN?highlight=%28dun%29

I personally have tried the
Moto KRZR
Moto Q (kinda works with pdanet but its a crappy phone)
Sanyo SCP-8400
and now I am using the Samsung SPH-M620 UpStage

All of these phones have been CDMA phones. I really like the speed sprint offers.

[clq]

IIm probably going with the E65. In Norway carriers really aren't an issue. Most carriers
give a discount on any phone if you agree to be with them for a while, after a year or two you can switch at will. Of course one can get any phone without a carrier, for a higher price of course.

[treasonx]

The upstage paired with no problem at all. I do pay for the phone as a modem plan.

When they first activated the phone for me it wouldnt connect as a modem. Then after a restart it worked great.

One thing you have to remember when using the upstage, its not an ipod! Don't try to use the touch panel like a click wheel. If you do it will do really funny things.

Sprint's network is pretty fast I generally get 400-500Kbps, but sometimes during the day when the network is busy it drops to about 300Kbps.

Overall I am happy with the upstage for now. I would love a blackberry but they don't support bluetooth DUN profile and I dont want to have to add software to make it work.

The moto Q is really crappy and for some reason when I installed pdanet to tether via bluetooth I could only get about 150Kbps-200Kbps. And I constantly had to restart the phone because bluetooth would stop working.

[bakerbaker]

the 39.99 data unlimited plan?

[treasonx]

YEah thats the plan. I use the phone as a modem with my laptop and n800

[emory]

I use a Nokia N95 with my N800. Everything works perfectly, can pull photos and videos I shoot on the N95 straight over to the N800 for viewing, which is pretty rad.

I don't find EDGE slow, which is all I can do on T-Mobile US. I haven't ever used WCDMA/UMTS in the United States, so I'm not missing anything ;)

[basco]

I got me a N800 a couple of months ago, and I'm loving it. Now my mobile phone has died, and I need a new one.

My only major requirements for it is 3G and wlan, but of course, it should have some kind of mp3 player, the basic web-surfing capabilities etc. However, this phone will most of the time be used together with the N800, and though I'm not on an extremely tight budget, I wouldn't want to spend way much more than I need.
So what reasonable phone can I get that doesn't "overlap" too much with the N800?

(I prefer Nokia or Sony Ericsson, but I am open to try new products)

Probably one of the best phones out is the Moto RAZR V3xx. No overlap, pairing was a snap and has the latest bluetooth and 3G .

[popeye]

Looking to connect through blackberry. What software is out there to connect to a blacberry 8703e? Would it work on the 770? Appreciated.

The upstage paired with no problem at all. I do pay for the phone as a modem plan.

When they first activated the phone for me it wouldnt connect as a modem. Then after a restart it worked great.

One thing you have to remember when using the upstage, its not an ipod! Don't try to use the touch panel like a click wheel. If you do it will do really funny things.

Sprint's network is pretty fast I generally get 400-500Kbps, but sometimes during the day when the network is busy it drops to about 300Kbps.

Overall I am happy with the upstage for now. I would love a blackberry but they don't support bluetooth DUN profile and I dont want to have to add software to make it work.

The moto Q is really crappy and for some reason when I installed pdanet to tether via bluetooth I could only get about 150Kbps-200Kbps. And I constantly had to restart the phone because bluetooth would stop working.

[rbracewell]

Just thought I would add another one to the list
I have an O2 Cocoon running from a Vodafone sim and all works well

Cheers