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iSync compatiable phones for Verizon
· Networking · 10 posts · Jul 19, 2004 View original thread ↗
My wife decided to get Verizon Wireless for the family. Most of her famliy and friends use it so I figured I won't argue. I'm not a big cell-phone user. However, if I'm going to have one I'd like one that I can link up to Mac for Phone numbers, ect. I looked through the Verizon offering but did find much when compared to the Apple list. Just wondering if the are any I can use. The Apple list looks pretty outdated.

Thanks for any help.
I've been asking the same question, but it looks like there aren't many options. I hear the Motorola v60 has limited accessibility.

Their phone selection is really holding them back.
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Originally posted by Timo:
You might try here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maccellphone/

FWIW I left Verizon for T-Mobile, in part so that I could get a phone that synch's with my mac.


I'm a sprint PCS user and the service is driving me crazy. I hear great things about the Verizon coverage area and quality. I haven't heard many negative comments on T-Mobile.
I've got a V60s and Verizon service. iSync works quite well.
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Originally posted by C.J. Moof:
I've got a V60s and Verizon service. iSync works quite well.


Interesting, a few additional questions:

Are you using Verizon?
How do you like the phone overall?
What do you like most about it, what do you like least?
What kind of battery life do you get?
Would you buy it again?
Verizon's phones suck. They are so behind the curve technologically. I moved to AT&T and never looked back.

Mike
Well Verizon wasn't my first choice, I wanted to go with T-Mobile, but my parents, her parents, and most of her friends and my company all use Verizon so, I'm kind of stuck. I do save a bundle because she can all most of her friends and family on the Verizon Network without hitting the minutes. The Verizon network is huge too. We can all my parents when they are in California for free anytime.
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Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
Interesting, a few additional questions:

Are you using Verizon?
How do you like the phone overall?
What do you like most about it, what do you like least?
What kind of battery life do you get?
Would you buy it again?


-Yep.
-Overall, it's a decent piece of hardware. It consistently makes and receives calls, which is job #1 in a phone.
-It's quite good for me. I rarely use >100 minutes/month, so I'm not a heavy user. I like clamshells since they fit in my pocket well, and it's a decent size. It's a trimode phone, as I do need to have analog service- I drive Hwy 2 in the U.P. of MI a few times a year, and there are plenty of places with analog only coverage. I've never actually used it there, but it's nice to know there's a chance it will work. The speakerphone is a nice feature for the car, since I drive a manual. It has some stupid things, like the fact that when you're in a call, the time dissapears from the display, but it's happy to tell you that you're using Verizon Wireless. Thanks, I know who I pay my bill to, but I don't know what time it is right now. The monochrome display is easy to read in direct sunlight, but is really small to try to make the calendar useful. A webbrowser in a phone like this is just a joke.
-I charge it every 3-4 days.
-If there wasn't a color trimode phone with iSync support, I would get this again. Getting contacts synched into the phone is very, very useful, but I wish I could use Get it Now services to get weather radar on the phone, without sacrificing analog coverage and iSync. Gotta have priorities.

Verizon is woefully behind in releasing new phones. They just made the Treo 600 available today. Welcome to last October.
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