Best Cell Phones for Text, Talk

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Nokia E63 Cell Phone

$268.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i chose the e63 because i am a heavy texter and the n82 t9 just wasn't cutting it.
from www.amazon.com
-the phone can read text messages, aloud!
from www.amazon.com
i got this phone because my wife had problems texting with her blackbeary perl.
from www.amazon.com
i was able to get 5 days out of a charge with light usage (30 texts per day, maybe 20 minutes on the phone per day and 10-15 minutes per day surfing using the wifi)
from www.amazon.com
this is a very easy phone to use if you follow the set instructions that comes with phone.nice size screen,easy to text/email etc.plenty of good applications on this phone, that makes life easy when

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Positives: Nice Functionality, Nice Connectivity, Compact, Display Size: 320 x 240

2 RECOMMENDED by 27 people for TEXT, TALK

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Smartphone

$383.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i use it for phone calls, texting & quick photos where i'm too lazy to get my camera out of the box.
from www.amazon.com
for my purposes, mostly music, appointments and alarms, and the phone, it is stable with just 1 exception when the battery overheated while i was talking on the phone and connected to my wi-fi.
from www.amazon.com
however, with that said i did want a phone that played media very well, texted well, and of course functioned as a phone well.
from www.amazon.com
-it is legit that it unlocks when you take it close to your face when you are talking.
from www.amazon.com
i really like the n95, but since i have started texting so much, really got annoying texting on the n95 (it just has a numberpad, no qwerty).

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Positives: Good Connectivity, Compact, Good Functionality, Battery Life: 8.8 Hours

3 RECOMMENDED by 16 people for TEXT, TALK

HTC G1 Smartphone

$425.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it's definitely for any cell phone crowd that's heavy into texting and emailing.
from www.amazon.com
i didn't like that the screen went to sleep while i was talking on the phone (this made setting up my voicemail a pain!) out in the market, i found a free app called "shake awake" which allowed me
from www.amazon.com
if you intend to use it for talking as well, i strongly suggest that you get a car charger and an extra power charger, or a couple of spare batteries to go ...
from www.amazon.com
best phone in its class for texting, internet, free market software, and features.
from www.amazon.com
trackball behavior to be perfected: when using trackball to move cursor while you edit text, more often then not, it'll end up moving it to a send/submit/cancel button instead of staying in text

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Positives: Nice Functionality, Long Battery Life, Great Connectivity, Battery Life: 6.77 Hours

4 RECOMMENDED by 26 people for TEXT, TALK

Nokia E71 Cell Phone

$393.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the thing i love most about this phone is that it is excellent for email and texting.
from www.amazon.com
call quality is great - very rarely i had dropped calls, but they were due to "network busy" errors on at&t's part and happened after 2 hours of talk - so i can't really blame the phone for it.
from www.amazon.com
with this phone you need unlimited net access.i'm a serious texting manic so i really needed it.
from www.amazon.com
this phone is truly a lifesaver and a great tool/gadget for my day to day activities, and talk about the sexyness factor sure it's a geek phone but come on the redesigned look of the e71 is
from www.amazon.com
there is a feature that will have your e71 read out you emails and texts to you with a choice of male or female voices, could be a nice feature if you multi task, but for me, it hasn't really been

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Positives: Excellent Functionality, Compact, Long Battery Life, Battery Life: 10.5 Hours

5 RECOMMENDED by 20 people for TEXT, TALK

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9000 Smartphone

$350.00 Est. at Amazon

from gyozaman, www.shopping.com
its a great phone for voice and texting, excellent as a mp3/video player, and a decent web browser.
from www.amazon.com
i received this for christmas i love it i had the moterola and liked it but i love this phone its easy to use and since i am a big fan of texting is so much nicer.
from www.amazon.com
the phone work beautiful, that only think i do not like is the battery, because if you talk too much that is my case you have to recharge in the day also because if not it turn off, but the rest is
from www.amazon.com
the battery cover has a nice leather-like texture to it.
from www.amazon.com
i've always wanted a blackberry but each time i go in to sign a new mobile contract some slick talking salesman talks me out of it.

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Positives: Great Functionality, Great Connectivity, Compact, Battery Life: 5 Hours

RIM Research In Motion BB8900CURVE Curve 8900

$230.00 Est. at Amazon

from cuppycakes, www.shopping.com
its very light compared to the bold and instant messaging is a plus, i rarely ever have to phone or text my ...
from www.amazon.com
the only problem i have with this phone is that it's much harder to text and type on it than it was on the 8310.
from www.amazon.com
i text alot, comming from a non qwerty phone, this one was easy to adapt too, i have normal hands i guess, if you bite your nails you may have issues.
from www.amazon.com
not to mention it can get annoying when you are texting or typing emails because you have to keeping hitting alt before you type a number.
from www.amazon.com
i wanted a qwerty keys because i text more than i talk and this phone was perfect.

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Positives: Compact, Good Functionality, Good Connectivity, Battery Life: 5.5 Hours

HTC Touch Pro Smartphone

$400.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
after a few sessions of youtube or the internet and text messaging alot, i usually have to charge my phone twice a day.
from www.amazon.com
this provides a much larger effective screen for anything which involves text.
from www.amazon.com
five-row qwerty keyboard for quick and easy text entry.
from www.amazon.com
email, texting no worries, the htc touch flo interface offers elegant ways for you to read and send messages on the device.

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Positives: Great Functionality, Nice Connectivity, Attractive Design, Battery Life: 8.08 Hours

LG Dare VX9700 8 GB Cell Phone

$78.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i have only two problems with it: one, when texting in the qwerty mode, you have to be precise in typing, its very easy to miss the letter and hit the one next to it.
from www.amazon.com
it will read your text messages back to you.
from www.amazon.com
i really love the touch screen on it and the qwerty touch screen board for text messaging.
from www.amazon.com
it is great for texting; it has full keyboard on the outside; no flipping needed.
from www.amazon.com
remember you will need phone plan, internet plan, picture/text plan and they have many to choose from.

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Positives: Compact, Easy To Use, Good Functionality, Display Size: 240 x 400

Motorola V197

$48.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
overall, even though i went back to my smartphone a few days later (only because of my dependency on its features) i highly recommend this phone to those who need only voice + text.
from www.amazon.com
i want a phone to call someone, not to play games, take picture, text, or surf the net.
from www.amazon.com
i needed a small phone that i could make emergency calls or receive text messages from my friends, and this served the purpose very well.
from www.amazon.com
wouldn't have minded having a camera on it, but i only needed something for calls and texting.
from www.amazon.com
this is a good basic phone for calls & text messages.

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Positives: Great Functionality, Long Battery Life, Easy To Use, Battery Life: 8 Hours

Nokia N85 Cell Phone

$455.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i did read a review that said "this phone is painful to message on if you're a major texter" which i am, and it did take some adjusting to since my nokia 6263 had a much larger keypad and the buttons
from www.amazon.com
i use this phone for both business and personal and have had no problem sending or receiving calls or text messages.
from www.amazon.com
my favorite thing about this phone is, your able to listen to your text messages.
from www.amazon.com
another good function of this phone is the predictive text.
from www.amazon.com
do feel that if you do alot of texting, the n85 might not be for you, you may be happier with a full keyboard.

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Positives: Compact, Good Functionality, Long Battery Life, Display Size: 320 x 240

Nokia E75 Cell Phone

$463.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i talked to amazon.com and they replaced it for free because it was in the first 30 days.
from www.amazon.com
battery life= i can usually go 2-3 days between charges with a few voice calls, tons of texts, and browsing the web.
from www.amazon.com
i do wish the keyboard had a dedicated button to send text messages.
from www.amazon.com
like the qwerty keyboard,great for text and email.
from www.amazon.com
i was able to comfortably go the day without charging the phone while utilizing heavy text, email, some internet and talk time, and overall tinkering with the phones functions.

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Positives: Excellent Functionality, Long Battery Life, Compact, Display Size: 320 x 240

LG Lotus LX600 Cell Phone

$3.00 Est. at Amazon

from jesterrace, www.shopping.com
i don't care for texting and i have no use for mobile i-net.?
from www.amazon.com
gps, email, texting, internet, phone - it gives my wife's blackberry curve some serious competition.
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wouldn't want to use them on here all the time, but for somebody like me who just uses it to phone and text, it works great.
from www.amazon.com
everytime i took a picture (flip) texting (flip)search on web or music search (flip) the one sided lotus cured that whith just being a flip phone.
from www.amazon.com
it's great for texting and the small size is great for travel.

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Positives: Attractive Design, Good Connectivity, Compact, Display Size: 240 x 320

Palm Treo Pro Smartphone

$405.00 Est. at Amazon

from Shanny from Huntsville, AL, clickfrom.buy.com
i wish the keys were bigger to that texting and sending email was easier but it's not too bad.
from A Customer from Houston, TX, clickfrom.buy.com
if you are looking for a device that is great for phone calls, texting, and email and that can do pretty much anything, the treo pro is for you.
from lt.dell.com
doesn't have great noise cancellation so whoever you are talking with hears a lot of background noise.
from www.amazon.com
another example is you can optionally respond to ignored calls with an automated text message, something that spb phone suite has if you buy it and install it, but the device comes with this feature
from www.amazon.com
phone is great........needs more talk-time....higher processor speed ....more memory and an fm radio to be the king of the hill!

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Positives: Compact, Easy To Use, Excellent Functionality, Battery Life: 5 Hours

RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330

$133.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
:) what's not so great:?not so great internet "i loved my blackberry for use just as a phone for talk and texting.
from www.bestbuy.com
we're talking almost two minutes from pressing the power button (or inserting the battery which turns the device on automatically) to usable phone.
from www.amazon.com
they keys on the phone are easy to use if you are familiar with using a text messaging phone with a qwerty keyboard.
from www.bestbuy.com
it restarts a couple times a day, everything is delayed (texts, voicemails come in hours later-sometimes 24 hours later or not at all), it doesn't ring over half the time so calls don't register as
from ms_pookie, www.shopping.com
pros: email+phone+text+sms+mms all-in-one, keeps one connected, good battery life cons: camera quality, calculator is not as user-friendly the bottom line: i love my blackberry curve 8330!?

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Positives: Nice Connectivity, Good Functionality, Long Battery Life, Weight: 4.2 oz.

RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 Cell Phone

$200.00 Est. at Amazon

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it's in the troubleshooting section that talks about optimizing device performance.
from www.amazon.com
the secret is to not look at the text as you type - it will just confuse you.
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to be fair, i've talked to people with other blackberries and this is a problem with the blackberry network, not this particular phone.
from www.amazon.com
qwerty key board like those curve or bold series (which comes out too small to press without any mistakes anyway) with the 'sure type' function that comes with pearl which help you texting very fast.
from www.amazon.com
-texting: at first, i really hated the button configuration for texting.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Display Size: 240 x 320, Multimedia Features: MIDI Ringtones,MP3 ringtones,Polyphonic ringtones, Weight: 3.6 oz.

Nokia N79 Cell Phone

$372.00 Est. at Amazon

from zephxiii, www.newegg.com
naviwheel, while sometimes unresponsive, and doesn't work everywhere....really rocks when you need to scroll through a lot of emails or text messages...super handy.i love this phone for its 3.5mm
from www.amazon.com
the buttons are also really nice and the number keys are god for texting.
from Joel, www.newegg.com
cons: no querty other thoughts: even without the qwerty keyboard the phone is highly usable as a primary messaging device due to the excellent implementation of t9 predictive text.

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Positives: Excellent Functionality, Long Battery Life, Excellent Connectivity, Display Size: 320 x 240

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