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.

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[mattsnaps.livejournal.com]

There's an app called joikuspot for Series 60 devices, which turns the device into a wireless hotspot. The traffic doesn't show up as tethered traffic either, so you don't need a tethering-ok data plan.

I would avoid the Storm while it's still on Verizon.