Pros and Cons of buying PDA with verizon wireless?

Question

I have a cell phone with verizon wireless and I am thinking of going with a PDA, a Blackberry probably. What are the pros and cons of this? Is it true the email program on the phone does not work with free email like yahoo?

Answer 1

Windows capable phones (q9c, 6900, 6800, Treo 700wx, 5800) allow you to pay per usage on your data plans, other wise they range from 29.99 - 44.99, depending n the phone. They also freeze and run slowly if you don't delete your running programs or download too much content on the phone.

Blackberries on vzw require a $29.99 data package, there is no way to pay per usage.

Yes, it does disable the usage of a free yahoo account. =( You can get a free blackberry e-mail and fwd your yahoo e-mails to that. Annoying, YES.

Personally, Blackberries are the way to go!

Oh yes! Not many phones are available in the store for replacement purposses. Blackberries - occasionally! But MOST Windows devices have to specially ordered

Answer 2

I can tell you pros, that with verizon you have GOOD signal/internet almost anywhere you go.  As far as a pda, you ight as well go ahead and go with a Curve instead of a pearl....simply because the curve is bigger and newer with Verizon.  I have both a regular cell phone (work) with verizon as well as the blackberry pearl.  I am content all the way around.

I have 7email accounts set up on my pearl (yahoo, hotmail, aol, insight) and no problems checking all of those accounts on my phone.

Answer 3

Not to mention, the big con of Verizon is that it's network isn't nearly as good as Sprint.  I'm a over the road trucker... I had  a partner that had Verizon... The signal was horrid, where as I have only found a few spots where mine won't work.  And my free yahoo acct. works on my Palm 755