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silvermountain
2010-09-19, 03:56
Curious. Looking back, what was the phone that you were most happy with at the time of ownership.
Mine, was hands-down the Palm Treo 650.
Loved that phone.
I remember switching to the vibrant and high res 650's (screen) and coming from the low-res low-color-pallette Treo 600 I was completely awed....
But I had too much cruft from the 600 and my 650 was never really stable. It had pretty crappy build quality too (Although Palm replaced my device a few times everytime they broke down).
For me, it was the Treo 680. Much of the same of 650, without the antenna nub... and much more stable :)
http://www.slipperybrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/palm-treo-680.jpg
allnameswereout
2010-09-19, 04:12
Them keys look... lets just say its not an IBM keyboard.
For phone... dunno, mine must been Nokia E71. Just the keyboard went broken twice. But damn, it was fast to use, usability-wise (it didn't have OMAP3 or sth for horsepower). Sometimes, I think a touchscreen gives too much freedom, also allowing for too much mistakes.
Hopefully SGS will be even better :)
ctbeiser
2010-09-19, 04:16
Am I allowed to say my N900? Actually, it could've been my G1, which was my first smartphone. I had a decent news and weather widget, and Google Sky Map is awesome, but even with an overclock, it couldn't really handle froyo; the browser wouldn't even load pages. It was wonderful for phone calls though, and I woulda kept it if it weren't for the $199 N900 deal..
I've only had 3 phones, all Nokia. 6682, N95-3, N900.
N95 was the game-changer for me, it did all the things I wish the 6682 would do: higher-resolution screen, more RAM, much faster, etc. Once it was hackable you could do lots of interesting things, with rompatcher etc. Getting transitions working was pretty cool at the time! And there was Apache/PHP/MySQL etc for N95 which also was pretty impressive.
N900 is clearly the most powerful and my favorite of the 3, but I think as far as "wow" factor N95 was (at the time) more impressive.
I used
Sony Ericsson P990i
HTC P3400
HTC Touch HD
HTC Hero
Now i am using N900
My Fav phone is always N900
N900 - No contest.
I have carried a mobile computing device since the days of a Psion Organiser, then series 3, then a 5MX, then 770, N800, N810, now N900.
A phone has always been a box with 2 functions, phone calls and mobile data. with the N900, I now carry 1 device instead of up to 4 (MP3, camera, satnav/gps, phone)/ Easy call really.
Well, now I am using N900 and am pretty sattisfy from it.
But my favorite phone is and still is Ericsson T39 iceblue collor.
Regards.
Bingley Joe
2010-09-19, 06:06
I have a real soft-spot for my trusty old Sony Ericsson w810i
http://fanw810i.ic.cz/sonyericsson_w810i_add_6.jpg
I bought it the week it was released and was using it right up until the day I got my N900. Such a great little phone :)
slobodsky
2010-09-19, 06:19
N900 is the only interesting phone for me. I'm a programmer and I like devices for the things I can write for them. No device can give me as much fun as N900.:)
cloudstrife1ph
2010-09-19, 06:26
n900 is already given since i should've dumped it earlier if i didn't liked it...
my two favorite phones was nokia 3310 because it's the first phone i had and nokia 8210 because it's so small and cool at that time...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Nokia_3310_blue.jpg/253px-Nokia_3310_blue.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Nokia8210.jpg
I would say my Nokia N95:
http://0.tqn.com/d/cellphones/1/0/y/j/4/nokia-n95-g.jpg
Except the battery issues a fast and stable phone with the later firmwares, also a good camera ;)
debernardis
2010-09-19, 06:49
At that time, the Nokia 9110 was a real breakthrough. I liked it very very much after having had the Nokia 9000 which was real bulky. Now, I could take my computerphone in my pocket! It was 80x86 compatible, had dos and geos as a gui, and could run also a very stripped linux terminal. Had browser, ftp, telnet, email client: everything one could need for his/her netizenship :)
http://www.sugarmice.co.uk/nokia9110.jpg
I would say my Nokia N95:
Except the battery issues a fast and stable phone with the later firmwares, also a good camera ;)
Same here, N95 just a peace of amazing hardware and software.
Great Cam, Led Flash, OK browser for the time it was released, great spearkers + headphones jack quality, GPS was GREAT until it stopped working...
Today I got my Galaxy S, and I think it's going to take the N95 place soon if I am asked again.
The N900 will always have a corner in my heart as the phone that ran tclsh and python on the fly, What was that sir?? you need to calculate all that?? ok give me a sec i'll script it up!
Too bad maemo 5 distribution was so poor, or I really think it could have been super amazing.
Incredibly enough N900 is both my favourite phone ever and my worst. Favourite cos of how much you can customize and tweak it. Favourite cos of how cool you can make it look with your own icons, 9 desktops, etc.
At the same time it is my worst because it is the most buggy phone I have ever had with so many missed calls, device freezing, etc.
When it works I really really love it. When it does not I really really hate it and feel like chucking it on a wall.
Absence makes the heart go fonder though. My usb port is broken and I have bricked the device. So have not been able to use it for two weeks and it has been a very painful two weeks.
I'm honestly still looking for one that I truly like. But if I were put under pressure, I'd have to say that my most low-tech phone has been my favorite - my Motorola F3. e-Ink display, battery life like no other. And ultimately... nobody wants to ever steal it.
That's a tough one. If I could make one phone with the best of the N75, E71 and N900, that would be it.
Dancairo
2010-09-19, 07:52
aside from the N900, my fav ever has to be SE P910i, just a brilliant phone, superb resistive screen and excellent handwriting recog (the only think i miss on the N900)...I still use it today as my ebay, amazon etc phone with a PAYG sim..
sachin007
2010-09-19, 07:54
My favourite phone was the 7710... until the N900 came. But i miss the large screen from the tablets :(
Looking back, what was the phone that you were most happy with at the time of ownership.
Does the Snom on my desk count? ;-)
More seriously, I'm not a big fan of the smartphone device class in general, but from the ones that I've used I would pick the SE P910 for functionality or the Neo 1973 for openness. The Nokia E90 would probably get an honourable mention too for the keyboard (but not much else).
It has to be the N900, no other phone comes close.
But the Tungsten T3 is still something on its own. Even today its 400 MHz processor is capable compared to the newest gadgets (maybe last years gadgets :) ) Why Palm never integrated a GSM radio into the Tungsten line, was a mystery then, and is a mystery now. The Treos never worked for me with the small screen.
http://www.pdamuseum.com/palm/palm_pics/tungstenT3a.jpg
And of course the Spark. Big and with an antenna, even got animated menus.
http://img.gsmarena.com/vv/bigpic/phsparkb.gif
Have to include the P1i as well :) Clunky OS and way too small processor, but the concept with the rocker keys really work well, and it is built as a tank.
http://www.allproducts.com/manufacture100/adephonsel/product5.jpg
lazyslave
2010-09-19, 10:03
http://pdadb.net/img/nokia_7650.jpg
This was my first video phone andi loved it.
Was in my early 20's and have alot of really good footage taken using it.
RevdKathy
2010-09-19, 10:22
Hmm that's a tough question. I think the phone I had most emotional connection to was the Treo 600. I bought it not long after my Mum died, and it was like a personal friend. It was my first converged device, and it was a constant source of astonishment in terms of what it could do.
The n95 was probably the 'phone that did most of what I wanted' for a range of reasons. But I never had the same emotional connection with it. It was a brilliant tool.
The n900 doesn't actually do quite as much for me as the n95 did, but it has brought me to this community, so it's given me something that no other phone has. And much of what it does do, it does better.
In between I had a couple of SE phones that don't get a look in. ;)
deimian86
2010-09-19, 10:38
http://cdn.gizmovil.com/files/2010/08/juegos-para-n-gage.jpg
Nice pad, Game Gear, Game Boy and NES emulators, Tony Hawk, Tomb Raider, Pandemonium, Pathway To Glory...........
A phone ahead of its time.
My all time favorite is NOKIA E61 - fantastic build quality and Al-Mg body was pleasure to hold in hand, really nice QWERTY keyboard, Symbian at its peak with wide array of useful apps. It was a phone that sets you apart from the crowd in Europe.
http://www.cyberindian.net/wp-content/uploads/nokia-e61.jpg
PS. E61 won the battle with NOKIA 7110 by i slightest margin ;-)
I prefer the original n-gage over this one
Stereo sound, Mp3 player, recording from radio to aac, stereo input jact to record from your cd-player, ok awkward talking position, but who cares?
That was my first smartphone. The funny thing today is that people buy their first smartphones and tell me 'Hey I can do this, Hey I can do that, Hey my iphone multitasks' and I am 'Hey my n-gage could do all that back in 2004'
p.s. I've got 1.700.000 points on the (gameboy) Tetris DX on that phone :)
Still I think the N900 passed it (marginally)
Indeed they have a big thing in common. They really aren't very good phones. But they are excellent devices.
The best cameraphone I owned for it's time: Sharp GX30
Most impressive phone (to show off) for it's time: philips genie (voice recognition, lithium battery pre y2k)
Best battery ever: T39
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Rebeldiamond
2010-09-19, 11:04
My favourite is my current phone, the Iphone 3Gs which i got after trading in the N900.
Prior to that my fav phone was the N95 black, that was a fantastic phone.
tuxsavvy
2010-09-19, 11:22
What I previously owned :
- Nokia 3210
- Ericsson T39mc
- Sony Ericsson T230
- Motorola V3i RAZR
- Nokia N95-1
- Nokia N900
All time favourite would have had to be either N95-1 (even though it was loaded with dreaded symbian OS) or N900 (which still lacks features that N95-1 has but otherwise is much more powerful)
nikolajhendel
2010-09-19, 11:30
Nokia 8100 - a beautiful phone, I still miss it :)
deimian86
2010-09-19, 11:32
Still I think the N900 passed it (marginally).
Indeed they have a big thing in common. They really aren't very good phones. But they are excellent devices.
+1
And I admit that I prefer QD than original N-Gage only for design.
Offcourse N900.
I had mitsbushi Trium, Nokia 7610 supernova, few lg CDMA phones..and then came HTC touch ..
I was happy with HTC touch...but N900 changed that view..it is the best so far I had.
Although some problems I face..like slow GPS, unmet dependencies..but otherwise everything is great..touchwood..!!!
Crashdamage
2010-09-19, 11:45
If you're asking 'Favorite smartphone' it's N900 hands down, nothing else I've had or tried comes close. I'll be using it 'til it breaks.
If you're asking 'Favorite phone' it's still pretty easy. In 13-14 years of carrying GSM phones I only used one more than a year or two - an original silver Moto RAZR. Small, light, fairly good battery life, good reception and dead reliable for over 3 years of heavy use. Underrated, now disrespected unit that deserved to sell millions, which it did.
propably the n900, but i still miss my old samsung jet.
its not particularly better than the n900, but it had a great panorama-function that i really loved. i wish i didnt sell it.
the quickpanorama-program for n900 is really really poor.
louispires
2010-09-19, 12:07
http://cdn.gizmovil.com/files/2010/08/juegos-para-n-gage.jpg
Nice pad, Game Gear, Game Boy and NES emulators, Tony Hawk, Tomb Raider, Pandemonium, Pathway To Glory...........
A phone ahead of its time.
I have to agree with you there!!
I can still remember i went to Europe for a holiday and saw the QD for 99 euro's and i just had to get it!
I was one of the firsts to have it, but when the N95 was released i did some research and waited for the 8GB when that was released in my country i got it right away!
So my best phone is the N900 but following in second place has to be the N95-8GB and closely behind that is the N-GAGE QD in third place!
illemann
2010-09-19, 12:11
Sony Ericsson P1i had it all!
Nokia E61
I was IM'ing, ssh-ing, reading e-mails downloading podcasts and watching movies before many knew what a heck an iphone is. BTW all that with multitasking.
Of course some things were awkward and slow, but it worked and it had stellar battery life. And the battery was the same with the n800 I still use.
The e71 I now use is just a speed upgrade (and smaller case with smaller screen which I don't necessarily like)
terryowen
2010-09-22, 03:18
My first phone obsession was the Motorola A780. It was Linux, it was my first experience in flashing and tweaking. But it didn't have wifi :-(
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQO_b-AaExdi2dbZ4q9hgLhqpOsBIwYHcZRGSDP1Pva1iVxwpc&t=1&usg=__5Lk0No_RiFhGa9WGG6DMQiYyMtI=
When my Dell Axim went on life support, I bought a T-Mo Shadow. (HTC Juno). While I loved the A780, I used the Shadow's 2 MP camera, wifi for reading rss feeds and checking email while my husband was in the hospital and in general read ebooks, listened to music and watched videos. I especially liked the 20 key condensed qwerty slider keyboard.
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXxep9nWrXGahNC74lO1XRN9wTx5byg Rc9KIFX4o4Tgi-TDRA&t=1&usg=__bQNyy07U-SE325pkv1lFQ4pH1oM=
The Shadow was small and sleek but I started snapping more pics and wanted a better camera. It was about that time that I saw the barcode app on the G1 and that was my next phone.
But the G1 was like the N900, obsolete, more or less, not long after its release. Most new sleek Androids were keyboardless and I missed real keys to dial with, so I dumped the Android for a used Nokia N79.
The N79 is my main phone and I'm back to PDA territory with the N900. It's just too freaking big to use as a phone. But it keeps my OCD, tweaking, Linux-y self happy. It's interesting that I waffled for months between the N86 and the N900. Most days I wonder if I did the right thing...
I just found out that Motorola is releasing a new Android Ming this year. That should be interesting. :-)
Terry
p.s. All phones were purchased used on eBay, with the exception of the A780 and the N900.
onethreealpha
2010-09-24, 21:09
SE P910i
having stepped up from the P800, the phone was the duck's guts for me.
Had loads of features and could easily get 5-6 days on a single charge (anyone remember phones that could do that?):)
BigBadGuber!
2010-09-24, 23:24
Nokia E71 and Nokia 51.....loved the E51 packed with stuff in such a small size
festivalnut
2010-09-24, 23:47
3310 as pure phone, it had brilliant form factor for the time, i actually won competitions for fastest text with that plastic keypad, robust as anything i've encountered, good battery good signal, just good.
smartphone the n95 rocked, never met anyone who's wned one and been unhappy. i kept it waaaay past my contract ended, 3years of VERY heavy use. all the paint has scraped off every key, the sd cover fell off, on my 3rd replacement battery cover, 4th replacement battery. i still keep it in the glovebox for nostalgia as well as a spare satnav.
ebasconp
2010-09-25, 00:00
I am still using this Nokia 1600 waiting for my brand new N900 to be bought:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Nokia1600_01.jpg
And ZShakespeare makes a hasty exit.
Nokia 8910i, just oozed class and quality when i first bought it. not quite found a phone as classy since.
pinkfloyd
2010-09-25, 00:50
Motorola A1200
N95
N900 < best of all
matthew maude
2010-09-25, 01:12
N900 is the best!
i've been happy with all my phones, excluding my N97 - nice idea but lacked stability. and my samsung E70i (or whatever it were called)
i even had a Trium Geo 10 years ago which were fantastic with its wap on its dot matrix style screen :-D
I have a real soft-spot for my trusty old Sony Ericsson w810i
http://fanw810i.ic.cz/sonyericsson_w810i_add_6.jpg
I bought it the week it was released and was using it right up until the day I got my N900. Such a great little phone :)
I got W810 in 2006 which is my favorite and now N900.
digital909
2010-09-25, 15:54
My little siemens C35i with the wap browser I still have a soft spot for. It was a sweet little phone. N900 is my first smartphone and despite some shortcomings has set the bar pretty high. Lovely piece of kit that is truly like having your laptop in your pocket.
http://jamesoff.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/dsc_4161.jpg
Personally, I loved my 7110. Bought it three years ago used off ebay for ~10 euros. The mechanism is badass. Sadly, I broke off the antenna, which ruined reception when I wasn't near a celltower, and my s.o. forbid me to use it anymore :(
I've hade a bunch of Nokia phones. The one that stands out is the original N-Gage. That was a great device. Unique and fun. Frodo made it awesome.
The N900 is my favorite by far though. No contest.
matthew maude
2010-09-26, 23:23
and here it is :-D
http://www.todaysiphone.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/mitsubishi-trium-geo-2.jpg
mr_xzibit
2010-09-26, 23:25
nokia ringo.http://images.gfx.no/393/393182/fav-ringo.jpg
hands down
simpler times.
never crashed. never rebooted. never recieved dodgy marketing texts
infact didnt recieved texts!
as a phone it was perfect!
mr_xzibit
2010-09-26, 23:27
I've hade a bunch of Nokia phones. The one that stands out is the original N-Gage. That was a great device. Unique and fun. Frodo made it awesome.
The N900 is my favorite by far though. No contest.
i had the gage. holding it sideways to call someone was a tad annoying
silvermountain
2010-09-27, 03:49
I must admit I didn't know Nokia had produced this many.. http://www.newlaunches.com/entry_images/1107/12/nokia_timeline.php
shockgiga
2010-09-27, 17:59
i've had tons of phones since 1997. due to cellphones here in the philippines are somewhat of a status symbol. LOL
i tried other brands too but i keep coming back to nokia.
the n900 is by far the best one i had. but looking back, i'd say my list of all time favorites were the N90, 8800 sirocco, 3650, 7110 and 8210
Mine was Siemens S75 :)
http://www.meilleurmobile.com/images/product/mobiles/230x342/369.jpg
It's not even close...
http://www.feelphones.com/wp-content/uploads/n900-open.jpg
Everything I ever wanted!!
christoph
2010-09-27, 18:21
Siemens S25. My first phone with AT-Modem
Ericsson GF788
Ericsson T18
Ericsson T28
Ericsson T39
Sony Z5
NOKIA 7650
SE P800
SE P900
SE P910
SE P990
SE M600
SE P1
htc Hero
htc Desire
NOKIA N900
There were others and also some PDAs but without a doubt the best phone was SE P910.
Of course, every new model was better but also had some compromise so you could easily find a device which is better in some aspects. P910 was superb in everything for the year 2005.
Nokia 3660
Sony-Ericsson w810i (modded with the K810's sliding camera cover)
Sony-Ericsson p1i (died in a tragic girlfriend-put-pants-in-wash death)
HTC Hermes (flashed to winmo 6.1 for threaded SMS)
Openmoko Freerunner (never used as a main phone, for obvious reasons)
T-Mobile G1
Nokia N900
I would say the N900 is my all-time favorite. It's got the right amount of openness and prowess. Runners up are the G1 and the P1i.
towhatend
2010-09-27, 20:18
Nokia N-Gage, not a hit but i liked it, QD was prettier but some nice functions have been removed, weird.
rainmaster
2010-09-27, 20:30
http://www.idhawati.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Nokia-6600-Reviews.jpg
still miss it :(
Nice to see so many N-Gage fans here. I bought the GameDeck on launch day after seeing Tomb Raider running on it. It was also the first device to give me a practical understanding of how an OS actually works and my first introduction in to the hacking&modding scene.
http://www.awn.com/files/imagepicker/1/wireless01_nokiaNGage.jpg
My fave was always this until the N900 came along
towhatend
2010-09-27, 21:16
Nice to see so many N-Gage fans here. I bought the GameDeck on launch day after seeing Tomb Raider running on it. It was also the first device to give me a practical understanding of how an OS actually works and my first introduction in to the hacking&modding scene.
My fave was always this until the N900 came along
I have been using two N-Gage classic and one QD, my first stopped working just before I was about to move to another town, so it was just to buy the QD, then i was robbed one night, with my Tony Hawk game. :( Then I fixed the classic again and been using it until I upgraded to the N900.
I have always loved the palm family, so when the treo came out, I was very close to buying one until someone told me it didn't have a touch screen (do not know it it's true).
So for a long time I had my old trusty palm tungsten T besides a nokia 9110 / 9210 / 9310 / E90 but when I got my N900 I found something close to perfection (for me at least) so now my palm has been sent on pension.
I have not been able to find a palm pre in Denmark, so I cannot know if it vould have been a better choice.
So my answer bust definitely be the N900 !
Kim
All time favorite Nokia 6600
http://pdadb.net/img/nokia_6600.jpg
Followed by both the N82 BLACK and N900 at second place
http://www.slashphone.com/media/data/1177/N82_05.jpg
http://www.uncrate.com/men/images/2009/08/nokia-n900.jpg
And lastly at third place the Sony Ericsson T610
http://www.phonedog.com/r/c/279-954-167-175-250x275.jpg
Nokia N900 and HTC Universal :D
silvermountain
2010-09-27, 22:58
I have always loved the palm family, so when the treo came out, I was very close to buying one until someone told me it didn't have a touch screen (do not know it it's true).
Palm Treo had a touch screen and the 650 is my all-time favorite phone for it's time.
http://www.compu-seite.de/handys/ericsson-t39m-2001.jpg
Ericsson t39m. It's so sexy that I want to buy it somewhere even now.
Before the N900 I was a die-hard Palm OS fan until the bitter end. The Treo 650 is now the second best phone I've ever owned.
http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/s/2463/ddcee3c43c654395b2c506f7e7b05176.jpg
southwalesboy
2010-09-28, 00:46
n900 now for sure its like havin your eyes opened for the first time switchin to this! can really connect and navigate usin it without feelin like i was trying to do it all through a peeping hole
before this was def my n82 wicked fone! and still 1 of the best cameraphones i know of with its xenon 5mp an sturdy as hell design
Kingsley
2010-09-28, 01:20
I loved my 6630.. first 3g phone..
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1268/760371163_7349269ebb.jpg
then i did have it after a dreadful v80 so could just have been love by comparison..
I loved my 6630.. first 3g phone..
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1268/760371163_7349269ebb.jpg
then i did have it after a dreadful v80 so could just have been love by comparison..
First phone to break the 200Mhz barrier as well ;)
EDIT: I also think it was the first 1.3mpx phone :) ......... or was it Siemens S65
rootytooty
2010-09-28, 02:19
Like my friend above I have had Psions since the Series 3 then the 3a and all the rest up to and including the Netbook. Those machines are still ahead in many ways.
I currently have a Nokia 9300. E90, N97 and my N900. I like them all that is why I still have them. I think once I get used to the Linux and have more third party software I could put my N900 in the top category. To be honest with the Symbian OS there are so many things one can do and do them very easy.
But I will get there on my N900 too. Its a great phone and I love it.
NokiaRocks
2010-09-28, 02:26
N95/N95 8gb and N900 all the way.
Still got the N95 and it's working rocksolid.
ZackMorris
2010-09-28, 04:16
Once I finally caved and decided to get rid of my trusty Motorola pager
My first phone was the 7210, I really loved texting on that thing once I figured out T9, could really fly with it.
Then I got the 6820, my god I loved that phone, this was when AIM was the preferred method of communication amongst friends and it was so nicely integrated, and the little camera was great. Also it had a phone call record option that would record calls without the annoying little beeps, omg I had epic prank phone calls on that phone. Then I lost it the phone, and was heartbroken, and shortly after I lost it, I dropped off the grid and went out of civilization and lived out in the country for a while. I ended up getting a free nokia for about 6months from ATT when I returned to society. Then I got the N82
I really love the N82, and in fact I still own it and take it out on occasion when I know I'm going to be drunk and rowdy and around a lot of friends so I can take pics. I remember when I first got the phone I would upload pics to Facebook and people would not believe the pics came from my phone, I still think the night time pic quality of that phone in a dark bar or club is unmatched till today, until the N8 comes out. I noticed I used that phone so much to browse at home on wifi even with its inferior browser, and I saw the buy.com deal for the N810 and bought that and instantly fell in love with Maemo. Afterwards I bought the N86 and after a month I saw the plans for the N900, I knew I had to have it because after using Maemo staying with Symbian just felt flat, so I sold the N86 and bought the N900 upon release. I had to send it back for a defect and it took about 3 weeks to get a replacement, once they got back in stock I have had the N900 ever since. I love the N900 hands down the best phone/mobile computing experience ever. I thought about the N8 to have as a secondary, but I can't justify it, not with the N9 looming around the corner and I still haven't hit any walls so to speak with the N900 so I'm going to keep it until the N9.
hmnn.. I have used many phones and N900 is my favorite phone ever.
I didnt even understand that phone can be this brilliant and amazing!
My e71 is probably the best phone I've ever had. Nuff said! For me the N900 never was about calling and phone features (which are rubbish), so I'm not even considering it in this.
Second and third place is taken by my first and third ever phones. The Alcatel Barclaycard phone I got in 1997. It had features ahead of it's time that convinced me to get a mobile. Balance checking, mini-statements and the like. It was also the thinnest phone I'd ever seen before the Startac came along.
http://www.retrofones.com/images/SV206989.JPG
My Nokia 5110 was a great phone. Reliability, loooong battery life, multiple ring tones and of course snake. I thought express covers where a bit gimmicky and I never changed mine.
http://www.bluejackq.com/ProductImages2/nokia-5110.jpg
Then around 2001 I got the first Western colour screen phone the Sony Ericcson T68. It was a great size, excellent keypad (with the first extra long battery life and the screen really gave a glimpse of the future mobiles. Bluetooth for the masses and most importantly T9. What a phone! It gets an honourable mention.
http://www.mobiles.co.uk/white_labels/mobiles/images/sony-t68-mobile.jpg
Got to be this
http://www.siemens-club.ru/images/ph/s6.jpg
My first love....Siemens S6
And now of course N900
nokia 3210. what a phone. never played a better snake game!
http://www.trivia.se/bilder/questions/9470-20071211221213.jpg
My first phone with an internal antenna, the 3210 is pretty memorable. Plus it was so solid that my brother once used it as a weapon in an impromptu street fight!
Still fave so far N900, although my E90 runs a close second.
I would have to say the iDEN i1000 plus.
After finding the right cable and support documentation I was able to hack into iDEN's blazin' fast :rolleyes: 25 kHz pipe and tether packet data to my laptop while on the road.
It is also when I first realized that these cell phones more and more people were starting to carry could eventually be used to serve HTML and other Internet content. :eek:
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all time best phones i had!!:D
gabby131
2010-09-29, 23:28
Nokia 3650 and motorola KRZR K1, my first smartphone and colour display phones.
quipper8
2010-09-30, 00:11
another vote for the Palm OS treo line
had 650 and 700p
really these phones were amazingly fast for what they were
still the best PIM suite IMO
sophocha
2010-09-30, 00:18
1) N900 of course
2) E70....with foldout keyboard....brilliant
3) Sony T630
4) Some crappy old Nokia from the 90`s which I don`t even remember the name of it!I worked everytime.....
My favourite phone was the 7710... until the N900 came. But i miss the large screen from the tablets :(My favorite as well. Never been another one like it in the US. I had to send it back because it was a prototype. :( I would probably still be using one today if only it had 3G.
I had a Treo and a Centro.
The N900 is my favorite -- no contest.
luiscesjr
2010-10-01, 01:23
I have a real soft-spot for my trusty old Sony Ericsson w810i
Just Couldn`t agree more with this. No need for another post,
I miss, I mean, A LOT, my old w810i... But it burned -.-
Curious fact.:
I bought it some years ago, maybe 3 or 4, and in the same week I bought it, I went back to the store to change it 4 times!
I burnt 4 mobiles in one week!!! but ok, the last one took SOME weeks to burn =P
jperez2009
2010-10-02, 02:39
My favorite phone? N900! :D
Jesse~
SE P910i
having stepped up from the P800, the phone was the duck's guts for me.
Had loads of features and could easily get 5-6 days on a single charge (anyone remember phones that could do that?):)
SE P900 1st Release use it until Break.. than N Gage (gone)... back to P900 (same like 1st, Break at TouchScreen)
than N70 & N900 Now:cool: (almost forget, Nokia 8310 include since the SE P900 1st time) :D
I think it's nice to resurrect dead things (threads) every once in a while. :)
So here's my list:
For Fun
Nokia 5510
http://www.extragsm.com/images/phone/big/Nokia/5510/Nokia-5510-02.jpg
SE K750
http://www.cameraphonesplaza.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/sony-ericsson-750-phone-review.jpg
SE K770
http://www.freshpilot.com/wp-content/images/sony_ericsson_k770.jpg
If I owned a SE K800, I'm sure it will be on this list. :)
For Functionality
Nokia E51
http://mobilephone4all.com/images/0,0,204,62534,369,317,ea78e894.jpg
Nokia N900 (this one got FUN points too!)
http://maxcdn.jaypeeonline.net/images/nokia_n900_angle.jpg
SE W300i because it was so tough. It took years of abuse, getting thrown about. I used to throw it 6m in the air and let it land on the floor near the end of its life and it still worked. tbh it never broke i gave it away to someone who needed a phone lol
then the N900 because am just a geek really
Strive_Masiwa
2011-07-05, 15:20
6110. Classic:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Nokia6020.jpg/200px-Nokia6020.jpg
Phone Features
Three games: Memory, Snake (with two-player mode using two phones and IR connection), Logic
Calculator, clock and calendar
Currency converter
Works as a pager
Profile settings
4 colors
SE W300i because it was so tough. It took years of abuse, getting thrown about. I used to throw it 6m in the air and let it land on the floor near the end of its life and it still worked. tbh it never broke i gave it away to someone who needed a phone lol
i checked out the model. i'm surprised that a clam shell could be so tough. i stay clear from phones with moving parts (clam/slide) because i think they'd break easily. the N900's just too irresistible for me. hehe
@strive
the original snake seems very popular here. ;)
N900 hands down, no contest. I'm even thinking about buying a spare N900 because we will never see another phone like this one in the future (albeit the N9 sounds gouod, it proved this).
Motorola T191 http://www.unlockadvantage.com/images/products/Motorola-T191.jpg
Nokia 6600 http://www.messiphone.com/img/6600.gif
Nokia N70 http://2play.bg/photos/catalogue/13013.jpg
Xda Orbit http://www.itreviews.co.uk/graphics/normal/hardware/h1153.jpg
Nokia n900 http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2485/4169880384_7ea46731ff.jpg
laasonen
2011-07-06, 01:41
3110 was my first phone and it was great.
5110 was pretty much like 3110 and I don't remember it so well.
3310 was small, but it was also too much like 3110.
5510 was my first phone with usb, qwerty and mp3-player.
5100 had color screen and was tough, but had the damn pop-port :mad:
6600 was my first smartphone and had camera.
9300i had wlan, great keyboard, trackpoint, 600x200 resolution and was small, but it also had pop-port :mad: Docking-station however made it easier to use.
E90 had even better keyboard and screen, but it was larger and had arrows instad of trackpoint. Nokia also decided to start using usb-ports again after 6 years :)
N900 had Maemo, but communicator's had better keyboards.
N900 would probably be my all-time favorite. Hopefully N950 will be even better :)
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