Changing jobs...so time for a new company car and a new company phone/PDA. I got the G35xS last week, which I love, and now I need the smartphone/PDA to go with it.

I've been on the Infiniti site which lists phones that work. Naturally, the tested phones are not necessarily the vendors' current phones. I can go with any provider (Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile, etc). I will be turning in my old Samsung 710, which was running Windows Mobile 5.0 and served me well with pocket Excel and Word. It synced with Outlook seamlessly and maintained all my contacts and my calendar.

So, of those "business" phones that are compatible with our cars, what ones have the best features? Do you like the Blackberry Curve, the Palm Treo 755or the Samsung Blackjack II? What else am I missing? I don't need mobile TV, a touch screen or even a camera, just a large screen for web surfing, a large keyboard, adequate email service, Outlook compatability, good phone receptivity and clarity, and great bluetooth integration with my new G35. Any experts out there?

Thanks!

 

I've tried a number of these phones (all on Windows Mobile), and the best I have found, not only for the bluetooth with the G, but also in general, is the MotoQ Global (aka Q9h) from AT&T. It's fast, stable, good antenna (Blackjack II has a terrible antenna - I kept on dropping calls, and I tried 2 of them in case it was just the actual unit I had), has tons of RAM, and a great keyboard. It's not the prettiest looking phone, but I highly recommend it.

Cheers
Tamir

 

i use an asus p735
best. phone. ever.

 

I think my 755p worked better than my blackberry 8830 on the G.... but i LOVE the blackberry a million times better as a phone....

 

I noticed on the Infiniti site that they list bluetooth phones/PDAs they are "testing" -- any insight as to how long this process takes? I saw the Sprint Mogul is in testing, along with the Blackberry Curve 8330. Or does anybody have any G35 experience with these two products? I forgot to add that my G has navigation, if that matters. Thanks again for your advice!

 

I have never been able to get my curve (AT&T) to send contacts to the car so I just have to add whenever people call me. It does pair with the bluetooth, though. I probably need to try the 'On Hold' option because every time someone calls me and I have either a co-worker or a woman in the car, I'm afraid of one of my friends starting off a conversation with something about alcohol or strip clubs.

 

My Palm Centro connects perfectly and sounds great, people don't even know I'm on the car bluetooth, but I'm having problems sending contacts.

 

According to the Infiniti bluetooth web site, the only issues with the Centro seems to be caller ID and call waiting; I guess those don't work with the bluetooth in the car. Infiniti reports no issues with phonebook download.

Centro seems to be a lot of phone for the money....how is it surfing the web?

 

Centro is pretty good at it but it has a dated technology which made me dump the palm os.

 

I get caller I'd on the screen half the time but its digits, not the contact name.

I have to have email and with sprint, its either palm os or windows mobile and screw windows.... so its treo or centro.

 

my Moto Q9m works amazingly well with the bluetooth, all features work well.

 

Please do not go with Verizon XV6800 and Sprint Mogul.

They're basically the same phone carry internal code HTC TITAN, and they're major fail with Nissan BT systems.

 

Weird my mogul works like a charm.. Shrug

 

Are you serious?????? What rom version do you have?

 

I have nochem's 5060 custom rom... But even with my default krappy stock rom it still worked well...