Sony Ericsson 610 or 616 fits all your specs except the flip - but I think they recently announced a phone that is very similar that has a flip. Check their website. -- Cheers, Peter [Listening to "Can't Stop This Feeling I Got" by Prince] > From: est <est at lamar.colostate.edu> > Reply-To: "Bluetooth-Mac" <bluetooth-mac at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 04:15:07 -0700 > To: "Bluetooth-Mac" <bluetooth-mac at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > Subject: [BTM] OS X and Bluetooth - Smart Phones? > > This is a real newbie question, as I am about to plunge into the world of cell > phones for the first > time... > > I am a Mac fanatic. I want to control my computer with my phone via > Bluetooth, I want a color > screen that I can upload games, custom ring tones (from homemade .wav files) - > I believe they are > called polymorphic ring tones..? I also want the ability to backup the > contents of my phone like > the address/phone number list in case I lose or break my phone, too. And, > notwithstanding, I > want to be able to somewhat customize the appearance, but it's not a major > importance. A bigger > screen and maybe a flip-down to cover the screen would be nice so it doesn't > get scratched. > > I have heard of 'smart' phones, but was unable to find an ample amount of > information. Really, > there's a lot of information to sort out and I haven't had the 'joy' of > getting screwed on a bad plan > or have a provider with bad coverage or whatnot. > > I can say that I have heard good things about Sprint's coverage in my state > (Colorado), especially > for the mountains. They use the PCI spectrum, I believe, but don't know what > that really means, > other than I think it was an old section of bandwidth once dedicated to > schools, but they never > used it so the gov't took it back and auctioned it off to the suits. I > digress.... what I want is one of > the better options that is out there. Maybe not the best, but definitely > upper crust.... something > that I can grow into really well because I love OS X and technology in > general. > > Thanks for any and all help regarding a very fuzzy issue, > > EST > > > > ############################################################# > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list <bluetooth-mac at lists.themacintoshguy.com>. > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <bluetooth-mac-off at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > <bluetooth-mac-digest at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > Send administrative queries to > <bluetooth-mac-request at lists.themacintoshguy.com> >