I'm BACK to the AX!

[CodeBubba]

Well guys, after giving the "smart phone" gig a try for about a year I finally decided that my trusty old PDA / Phone combination is still the way to go.

Last December I got a Moto-Q 9c, tried to work it in for awhile; not a PDA. Used it along side an HP-111 for awhile. The 111 was a bit underpowered. Tried to completely converge, got a Samsung SCH-i760 to replace those two devices. (Got what I paid for the HP on eBay fortunately!).

The Samsung - nice device, really. Clear screen, pretty adequate performance, excellent pull-out keyboard, acceptable sound - not bad at all. Used it for about six months. The only issues: screen a bit small for these old eyes of mine and I'm having a tough time living with $30/month for a data plan! I just don't do much "online" stuff on my pocket device. About all I do is send SMS messages. Not worth $30/month. (I'm on Verizon)

Last Sunday I ordered a RAZR V3M and found a brand new X51 with WM 6.1 on it on eBay also. Got the phone in yesterday, the Ax arrived today - and I just finished setting it up.

The AX screen is like ... ACREAGE compared to the Samsung. Boy it's good to be back. Too bad they don't make these any more but at-least I was still able to get a new one.

Ahhh ...

The Samsung will be on eBay in a couple of days if anyone is interested.

-CB :D

[kcallahan]

Welcome back CodeBubba. Sometimes new isn't better. :approve:

[CodeBubba]

Welcome back CodeBubba. Sometimes new isn't better. :approve:

Agreed. The PDA/phone combo was always the "sweet spot" as far as I was concerned. I resisted going converged for a long time then when I did ... I found out I was right (for me) all along.

I might need to buy a spare Ax & store it somewhere for when this one wears out.

-CB :D

[larrywms45]

CodeBubba, welcome back. I did the same thing except I sold my AX and went to the Samsung Omnia. Used it for 9 months and my old eyes just gave up the fight. I sold it, bought the Ax and a simple large screen cell and couldn't be happier. I am on Verizon and I save the $30 a month data charge as well.

If the Ax was a convergent tool, I would buy it in a heart beat but alas, smaller is better I guess.

[CodeBubba]

CodeBubba, welcome back. I did the same thing except I sold my AX and went to the Samsung Omnia. Used it for 9 months and my old eyes just gave up the fight. I sold it, bought the Ax and a simple large screen cell and couldn't be happier. I am on Verizon and I save the $30 a month data charge as well.

If the Ax was a convergent tool, I would buy it in a heart beat but alas, smaller is better I guess.

Something else I've noticed too. The RAZR (as a phone) just works better than the Samsung did. Kind of hard to describe. The Samsung call quality seemed fine but then when I used the RAZR again the quality of the connection just seemed "steadier" if that makes any sense. When I was talking on it the RAZR seemed more like a landline - a little less "snowy", perhaps.

The Samsung screen is really clear and bright - but the screen on the Ax is 50% (or more) larger. A lot easier on the eyes when reading for longer periods of time. As for the touch-screen; no comparison. I frequently had to tap twice or tap really hard on the Samsung to get taps to register. On the ax I just lightly touch my target and it responds.

I'm sure they will continue to improve the technology but to me, at least, fully converged just crams too many things into one box. Sooner or later the human-interface part of it gets cluttered or something is compromised. I was trying to simplify by combining all-in-one but it just went a little too far.

-CB :D

[mostlylisten]

Ya even my hp211 has me wondering if I should have two x51v's instead of the 211?