Need smartphone advice

[dougo]

I think I've decided that I want a smartphone. I don't even really need the phone part, I just want a portable web browser that doesn't depend on free wireless access (which is not as ubiquitous as I'd like, and often flaky and/or slow when it does exist, e.g. True Grounds). I don't want an iPhone, for (let's just call it) religious reasons. Any advice? I realize that the smartphone landscape is changing rapidly, and maybe I'd be better off waiting six months, but I think it would be convenient to have one for the MIT Mystery Hunt.

Comments

[shannon_a]

Comparatively, most pre-iPhone smart phones are crap for net browsing. After the iPhone, there's only one other next-generation smart phone on the market, and that's the new touchscreen Blackberry. I haven't looked at it that much (since it came out just as we were putting the book to bed), but I'd say it's your best non-Apple bet from what I've seen.

[shannon_a]

Here's the sfgate's review of it:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=31247

[dougo.livejournal.com]

Huh? There are lots of other next-generation smartphones: T-Mobile G1, Neo FreeRunner, Samsung Omnia, and HTC Touch Diamond. And probably more that I'm missing.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

And the LG Dare.