Need cellphone help (please)

[Darlin Beauxs]

Originally Posted by Jenn218

Well, I say AT&T and my MIL just told my Alltel... so I can't remember what we had before...I am bad I'll have to dig out old statements.

DD is looking at the BlackJack2 (att) because some friends have it and told her that you can hook it into their computers to put songs on it (instead of always having to buy songs from the phone) and use your gel earbuds.

OR
The blackberry pearl (depending on the music uploading).

She is really wanting to be able to plug a phone into her laptop to add songs to it, since she has sooo many there...and use those little gel earbuds.

sigh....I get so overwhelmed....

On a bright side...my MIL said that she THOUGHT she could just add my daughter's phone onto her account..idk...she said she was talking with the alltel people today.....

If she texts alot, I would get a phone with a full QWERTY keyboard, it makes it much faster. I have alltel, and I love the service. I have a motorola q, which is not the most stylish looking smart phone, but I can text really fast, and can use it to check my e-mail, etc. I have a 2g card in it with some music on it, and the motorola bluetooth wireless headphones (THAT is a GREAT gift), but I use the wireless headphones with an adaptor in my ipod more than with the phone. Using a smart phone as an MP3 player really drains the battery...and I'm scared I will be left with a dead phone in an emergency!

[Jenn218]

Originally Posted by Darlin Beauxs

If she texts alot, I would get a phone with a full QWERTY keyboard, it makes it much faster. I have alltel, and I love the service. I have a motorola q, which is not the most stylish looking smart phone, but I can text really fast, and can use it to check my e-mail, etc. I have a 2g card in it with some music on it, and the motorola bluetooth wireless headphones (THAT is a GREAT gift), but I use the wireless headphones with an adaptor in my ipod more than with the phone. Using a smart phone as an MP3 player really drains the battery...and I'm scared I will be left with a dead phone in an emergency!

Ohhhh...I didn't think about that! I guess, I just assumed that if you get a phone that is like an mp3, that would be better than carrying around your ipod/mp3 player too. dang it...another thing to look into now!

[xxmxaxrxyxx]

what cell phone company are you with? AT&T?

[Jenn218]

Originally Posted by xxmxaxrxyxx

what cell phone company are you with? AT&T?

The phone she has before was AT&T, but we always had issues w/ the bill (they would had on a lot)...so DH is thinking Alltel for the next on because MIL has it and is thinking she can add my DD on to her plan.

[Ashley V]

Palm Centro... I have a pink one and I LOOOVE it. It has MP3 capabilities and is good for texting... which is mainly what I use it for.

[Nikki+2]

Jenn if you decide to go with an unlocked phone through ebay, make sure you get a reputable seller recommended to you. A few years ago I washed my daughter's phone (ruined) and bought an unlocked through ebay. It didn't work. I returned it and they exchanged it but that one only worked around a week. They were great about taking it back but how many times does anyone want to deal with that. Luckily my husband needed a new phone for work and she was able to just take his phone and we could be done with it.

Also check Amazon. I got our last phones through them and you are still getting AT&T phones (or whatever carrier you want) and you get your plan through Amazon too. So in my case I was getting AT&T phones and an AT&T plan just through Amazon. The plan rates are the same but they have MUCH better deals on phones. After you receive your phones you deal with your carrier directly for everything and Amazon is out of the picture. You can still get insurance through AT&T and everything is handled just as if you had bought the phone at an AT&T store.