1. What PDA and/or mobile phone do you use today? No PDA, only Motorola w385.
2. Are you locked into a mobile carrier (i.e. Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS, etc.), or do you prefer a particular carrier? Do you know if one carrier has better coverage in places that you need to be? (PLEASE SEE THE CARRIER NOTE BELOW) - VERIZON
3. Where are you based? Do you stay in one place or travel a lot? Do you travel internationally... how much and where? Do you intend to use your
PDAPhone there? Mostly stay in the same 20-30 mile radius.
4. Do have a preference of Palm,
Pocket PC, Symbian, Smartphone OS, Blackberry, etc.? No, whichever is best.
5. Are you likely to run it the way it came out of the box, or do you intend to load a whole lot of extra applications and stuff on it? Do you know of anything now that you will need to run? Probably the way it comes out of the box.
6. How important is wireless data access, and for what would you use it? (i.e. Web browsing, VPN, Remote termnial Access, Instant messaging, etc)? Important... mostly for email access.
7. Will you need to view Microsoft Office documents on the
PDAPhone? Will you need to edit them? Yes and yes.
8. Will you need access to an email system? Yes.
a)Is it corporate (Exchange, Groupwise,Lotus, Other?) What Version? Do you want email wirelessly or do you want to do it in the office with a sync cable/cradle? Can you get your Corporate email configured for mobile access or do you need to run a desktop redirector? Outlook on an exchange server,I would like email wirelessly. I don't know about the "desktop redirector".
b)Is it Pop3/Imap? Who is the service provider? imap.
9. Do you do SMS messaging a lot (telephone to telephone messaging)? Not very much.
10. Do you want to use a GPS with the
PDAPhone for mapping and navigation? Maybe, but not required.
11. What is your size preference.. very close to the smallest cellphone, or you don’t care.. function over size? Smallest possible, but not the PN-820.
12. How will you carry it... pocket, belt, purse, etc.? Pocket or purse.
13. Do you prefer a particular form factor… flip-phone, candy bar, etc? Smallest possible.
14. Do you prefer a QWERTY keyboard, numeric dial-pad, or stylus? Probably qwerty.
15. Do you want to play a lot of video games on the
PDAPhone? What kinds - puzzles, strategy, action adventure, etc.? No.
16. Do you want to listen to music on the
PDAPhone? What kind... mp3, streamed, etc.? Yes, mp3.
17. Do you want a camera on the
PDAPhone? yes.
18. Do you have any other hardware you intend to use with the
PDAPhone? Do you intend to use any Bluetooth devices? What types of devices? No, except for maybe a bluetooth headset.
19. What kind of battery life do you need?(Always near a charger, battery life is not an issue or Need the battery to last several days) How many hours do you expect to spend talking on the phone? How many hours of data?(Web browsing, push email, VPN, IM etc) Battery life not that important, not sure about the time spent.
20. What are your budget limits (
PDAPhones range in price from below $100 for older used models to nearly $1000 for high end models without a carrier subisidy)? Up to around $400.
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