Re: Can you recommend a Verizon Phone?

I'll settle for any phone that correctly syncs iCal, not just MOTO
phones.

--- In maccellphone%40yahoogroups.com">maccellphoneyahoogroups.com, "Dave Schultz"
<mailingtodave...> wrote:
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> --- In maccellphone%40yahoogroups.com">maccellphoneyahoogroups.com, "s_lessard" <s_lessard> wrote:
&gt; >
>; > I'm looking to get a new phone for my Verizon account. My
requirements are that it
> work
> > flawlessly with iSync for contacts and calendar items. It must
have bluetooth. It would
> must
> > support DUN, preferably out of the box. Also, it must support
bluetooth OBEX, even if it
> is
> > through a hack to the firmware. Can anyone recommend such a
phone?
> >
> > I have been looking at the Moto KRZR K1m but read there is a
problem with calendar
> syncing.
> > I am also considering the Moto SLVR L7c, but it isn't explicitly
listed on Apple's
> compatibility
> > page. Are there any other phones I should be looking at?
> >
> > Thanks
&gt; > -SteveL
> >
>;
> From what I have seen, it's the verizon software on the phone that
causes the iSync
> problems. So, I doubt it matters which verizon phone you get,
you'll have iSync woes no
> matter what. What I have heard is people flashing the phone back
to the Motorola stock
> software then hacking it to get it back on Verizon's network (at
the risk of creating a
> somewhat expensive brick).
>
> The last time I was at an apple store, I asked about iSync and my
Verizon phone. They
> were amazed that I managed to get anything to work through iSync
with Verizon.
>
> I do use my KRZR K1m for DUN (and sending faxes), and iSync with
AddressBook (flawless)
> and iCal (only one-way - I have to do a seperate "reset devices&quot;
sync to push iCal to the
> phone and I have to set the timezone one hour ahead to compensate
for the clock drift -
> so synching is a two-phase process - disable AddressBook sync and
reset device; disable
> Calendar sync/Re-enable Address Book and do a Sync. Also, had to
hack the
> metaclasses.plist file to enable the Calendar in the first place.)
>
> Hope that helps.
&gt;
> P.S. I'd love to be proved wrong and have someone point out a
motorola phone that DOES
> sync iCal flawlessly under Verizon.
>

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--- In maccellphone%40yahoogroups.com">maccellphoneyahoogroups.com, "s_lessard" <s_lessard...> wrote:
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> I'll settle for any phone that correctly syncs iCal, not just MOTO
> phones.
>
>

Well, like I said, it seems to be the Verizon software on the phone. So, it may not matter
what brand you get, Verizon will have crippled it...

I quick comparison of Verizon's current list of phones and the iSync page doesn't offer
much hope. The Nokia and Samsung phones that Verizon offer's aren't listed. It would be
a LOT easier to do this compare if Apple would seperate the list into GSM and CDMA
categories.

Apple is very slanted to GSM (bigger world-wide market). Combine that with Verizon's
closed policies on their phones, and it doesn't spell good support.

Good luck.

If you are still picking out a phone, it means you may not be on a new Verizon contract
yet. If you really want good iSync support for your phone, you've got to consider going
GSM (ATT, T-Mobile, etc.)

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