Motorola A630 Phone (T-Mobile)
WOW - EVEN BETER THAN I EVER EXPECTED
Dispite having to wait a crazy 14 days (the entire remorse period) for T-mobile to activate t-zone and only three days into playing with the phones browser, I've decided this is the best phone every built in the history of cell phones!!! I've taken pictures of my sidekick and preparing it for quick ebay sale! <br /> <br />First off, I read all the bad press on the phone .. it delayed my buying it some, but at -$50 from Amazon it was hard to resist at least seeing for myself. <br /> <br />I'm a web developer (VB ASP.NET), and really I needed a cell phone with a querty keyboard and internet access that would fit in my pocket. My sidekick is huge and the $20/mo for internet is reasonable but t-zones at $5/mo is a much better deal. <br /> <br />So here's the surprise I never expected - perhaps I missed it in the technical specs or was not aware WAP phones could do this. The phone's browser is more than just a WAP browser, it can read html. Most of my server side pages (with DB calls etc.) work great. If anything, you need to re-engineer them with smaller forms and images (I already had an routine that shrinks pictures on the fly for this). Also javascript does not appear to work - but it does not work on the sidekick either. <br /> <br />Another great surprise was the ease of finding and loading custom software. An option the phone does not come with that I really wanted was a password vault type application with a password and encryption to store my passwords, bank accounts etc. I was able to find a free java application called Pocket Protector on  site [...] downloading and installing (via browser) the AP was a snap! <br /> <br />BTW, if you're considering the LG9000, which physically I felt was tighter a more durable looking phone - and you have the same interest as I do, don't even bother, the phone does not browse the web, which seems kind of rediculous. Even if it did, Cingular's internet plans are not competitive with t-mobile. <br /> <br />I'm not sure how I will feel about the phones physical hold up in 3 months, but regardless, I'll probably take some comfort in knowing the future of cell phones has arrived. <br /> <br />