Should I buy a Blackberry or Palm Treo?

Question

Alright, so I bought a Motorola Q off a friend a few months back for a really cheap price. But as I'm sure everyone probably knows, they're terrible phones and it's recently been really acting up and I need to buy a new phone.

I'm with Verizon and buying one in the store just is too expensive to be an option so I checked ebay. Surprisingly to me, blackberries and palm treos were practically the cheapest phones available (some seeming to go for between $70-100).

Having a QWERTY keyboard is very important to me, but I'm not going to be purchasing a data plan or using the internet.

So given my provider, price range, and preferences - which phone should I buy and which model would be best?

Thanks so much for the help guys. If I've left anything else please just tell me...I got burnt on a phone once so I'm hoping to get a quality one this time lol.

Answer 1

I am an iPhone guy. Before opening day of the first iPhone I was a BlackBerry guy. By FAR I would recommend a BB after a quick comparison of the BB and Palm. I had the original version of the BB Pearl (8100) when it was brand new and LOVED IT! I gave it to my brother and he is still using it without a single problem and has no data plan like you mentioned. The BB Curve is the best Verizon has to offer and fits your requested criteria. Check it out: http://www.verizonwireless.com:80/b2c/st...

Answer 2

Get a palm centro and go to sams club they sell it for only 29.95 with 2 year contract! I have a centro and im palmljp on youtube. You can play nintendo games and put youtube videos in there. How cool is that. Pm me if you want instructions

Answer 3

bro its all about blackberry... I also have a first-gen blackberry pearl and i was downloading things like crazy on it, and tmobile are idiots and screwed up the software, so i downloaded the upgrade off the BB website.... Blackberry is the best phones because they dont freeze.... by far the best operating system in terms of doing things a smartphone should do.... and theres like millions of forums and they will show you how to get the internet without getting a data plan (free internet thats badazz right?) syncing your information is easy as 1-2-3 and it looks way better than a palm treo