Anyone had experience with the Mogul cellphone?

Eric Isaacson

Eric Isaacson

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I'm looking at getting a new cellphone for my wife, she needs something with internet capabilities, plus email. Camera would also be nice.

I've narrowed it down to the Mogul by HTC or an IPhone.

The Mogul can be used on our current provider (Sprint) so I won't need to get out of a contract. If I go with the IPhone I'll need to buy my Cell contract out.

Any thoughts?

Thanks
Eric
 
Oh yes. Lots of experience with this phone. What exactly are you seeking about it?

It's a Windows Mobile device, external memory, 2 MP camera, full web browsing capabilities and all the other productivity stuff. If she just wants to check e-mail and make calls, it might be a bit overkill. Another plus, is that it has Wi-Fi so you can surf/e-mail/Skype from your wireless LAN and not use any airtime. You did mention iPhone. The Mogul has MP3 and video capabilities, that is not tied into iTunes so you can side-load your media if needed.

Let me know what you are looking for in a Sprint device. Can definitely help you with it. And no I'm not a salesman.
 
Saunterer said:
Oh yes. Lots of experience with this phone. What exactly are you seeking about it?
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Honestly, I'm wondering how it compares to something like the IPhone.

Here is what she needs, she works in the energy industry, and needs to keep track of the markets, etc. Because of this she needs access to these market websites and also her company websites, plus she needs access to her email account. It will be more than just answering email though.

I'd love to hear what you think she may need, if you have experience with Sprint maybe you can recommend something that will be better or more functional for her.

The camera and ability to play music are just a plus.

You can answer here or feel free to email me e.isaacson@insightbb.com

Thanks for the help

:D:D
 
Generally speaking, Eric, phones that have been good at integrating with your email server, have pretty much sucked at web browsing - while phones that have had acceptable web browsing capability (I don't know that any of them would have been described as "good") have been notoriously bad at synching with the email server.

Blackberry and Treo are obviously the brands most often recognized as being pretty good (but far from foolproof) at delivering emails. The iPhone has taken a fairly major step forward in making surfing the internet an enjoyable experience. If the tech geeks at work give her good odds at being able to make her email work with the iPhone, then I'd say it might be worth a shot. One advantage of the iPhone introduction is that AT&T/Cingular are offering it with a pretty reasonable internet access package. I believe you can get unlimited web access added on for about an extra $20 per month. Last time I checked prior to the iPhone launch, I think a similar package was close to an additional $50 per month.
 
If you decide you want out of your Sprint contract, you might want to check through your last few bills for changes they may have made to it (don't know if there have been any lately). Generally the will have to let you out of the contract without penalty if they make changes that you object to. YMMV.

I suffered for a year and a half with a crippled phone on Sprint's network (they obsoleted my phone on their network without telling me or their support agents for three months) waiting for the iPhone to be released. It was worth every minute of the wait!
 
Longer battery life – approximately 20 percent more than its predecessor, the PPC-6700.
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I suffer with a PPC-6700. A 20% increase in battery life would amount to maybe, maybe, an hour of standby time, maybe 10-15 minutes of talk time.

These things drain batteries quickly.




On the other hand, I just don't know what I'd do without my slide-out QWERTY keyboard. And EVDO rocks!
 
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