<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div>On Nov 3, 2009, at 4:32 PM, Joe Sporleder wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>What smart phones that work with Verizon have any of you had good luck with? I'd love an iPhone, however, Verizon is my only option for a carrier that haves reliable service both where I live in Kansas and to areas that I travel to (I am on part of the Alltel network that just got bought out and rebranded by Verizon).<br><br>I have an iPod Touch that I enjoy, so I have a good idea of what the iPhone experience would be like. At minimum, I would like to be able to sync iCal and Address Book with my mobile phone. I currently have a RAZR2 that my contract allows me to upgrade to a new phone in December. I am wanting a true "smart phone" and would like to do more eMail and text messaging in a mobile format. The RAZR2 is one of the most disappointing phones I've ever owned. Any phone I get, I would really like to be able to tether my MacBook Pro with. I was able to do it with the RAZR2 over bluetooth, no thanks to Motorola. I had to Google a home grown solution from others on the Internet.<br><br>I'm leaning towards one of the BlackBerries, as I see that at least there's tools available to sync with my Mac life.<br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>I have a work provided BlackBerry Curve with Verizon. <div><br></div><div>Their new BlackBerry Desktop app syncs with iCal and Address book. </div><div><br></div><div>I have successfully tethered it to my Mac with the BB supplied USB cable. I cannot get it to tether over Bluetooth.</div><div><br></div><div><div></div></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>--</div><div>Nick Scalise</div><div><a href="mailto:nickscalise@cox.net">nickscalise@cox.net</a></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span> </div><br></div></body></html>