I'm sick of my Treo crashing all the time. What should I replace it with? (OTHER than an iPhone...something with a real keyboard that I can actually afford would be nice.)

I'm amazed Apple hasn't hopped on the eBook train with the iPhone yet. They've got all the technology already out there, they just need a bit of software and to integrate it into iTunes for purchasing.

By the way - a month of iPhone thoughts: battery life sucks, software bugs are just stupid (why oh why can't you web browse and listen to music without it crashing? Seriously?), "Notes" function is pointless 'cos it's not synchronised, camera isn't very good, lack of Flash support in browser is seriously annoying. I still love it, but it's gonna take them a while to fix the software issues.

If you jailbreak it, you can read some eBooks on the iPhone pretty well. But its not the same technology. The difference between the LCD screen and the e-Ink is astonishing for reading.

If I were going to replace the Treo with something non-Palm and non-Apple, it would be the Blackberry 8800. Or one of the wing-style Nokias.

Jessica, what is your price range?

I absolutely *love* my Nokia N95, but I had to sell some stuff on ebay to afford it. I bought an external keyboard for it.

Gud, problem solved. A friend of mine linked me to this: [link]

Thanks again for offering to help out.

I used to love my Nokia E70, but they shipped me a dud. My eyes have been wandering towards the E61i, because that's what my eyes do. As an OS, I like Symbian a great deal. Nokia doesn't have the form factor I want (slider and full keyboard). If I had my druthers (and a bunch of cash) maybe I'd try a communicator.

When I upgraded to Leopard, Palm syncing broke entirely. That was the last straw.

I promised myself I wouldn't buy any new gadgets until the new year, so now all I'm doing is waiting until the Steve Jobs keynote on Jan 15 to get an iPhone. If they introduce a 16GB model, that would be really sweet.

I'm sick of my Treo crashing all the time. What should I replace it with? (OTHER than an iPhone...something with a real keyboard that I can actually afford would be nice.)

This is what drove me away from my Treo. I tried Windows Mobile for a year and it sucked donkey balls. Kristin has a Blackberry Pearl and she really likes it, you might like the Blackberry 8800 as it has a full keyboard instead of the odd hybrid keyboard of the Pearl.

I must say I was suspicious of the keyboard on the iPhone but took the plunge anyway and it turns out to not be the problem I expected it to be.

Yeah, I love my Helio Ocean, but you're probably not wanting that. I recently got the Blackberry "Curve" (I think the 8800) for work--it's got the pearl, and a full keyboard. It's not too bad.

I would *love* a Nokia E90 communicator, but the N95's pretty sweet too.

My realistic price range is "whatever I can dig out of the sofa cushions," but the inability to send a freaking TEXT MESSAGE without this phone crashing is driving me to drink.

When I upgraded to Leopard, Palm syncing broke entirely. That was the last straw.

ARGH. UNCOOL, STEVE.

ND, I have an iPod Touch and the keyboard drives me bananas, as does the inability to copy-paste. I'm just old-fashioned enough to prefer a phone with buttons and a stylus.

Maybe I'll check out the Blackberry Curve. Sounds like whatever I switch to I'll be ditching Palm, which means finding all third-party apps. (I am extremely addicted to playing Sudoku, Freecell, and Scrabble on my morning commute. Having to give up any of these would make me extremely cranky.)

Or maybe I'll hold out for an Android phone...

Anyone used the Verizon LG Voyager? I could probably get one of those practically free if I renewed my contract.