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I'm trying to decide which cell phone to upgrade to so that I have internet and email access. I use T-Mobile. I've seen posts from Chris Hansen about his AT&T Tilt and from ebayhateluv about the palm treo. Today I hard that you can use a blackberry to connect a laptop to the internet. Can you do that with the Tilt or Treo????? Anybody else have suggestions?

Tilt is the best to me. They use 3g internet network which is close to 1-2 mb broadband speed. Blackberrys are slooowww , so I heard..

The Tilt is the best phone on the market now.. It can do alot of stuff and I mean alot.Alot more then the backberrys

Thanks for that info. Can you connect a laptop to it and have internet access??? I would rather not have to buy a separate air card.

All-in-one device for simultaneous voice, data, and email
Large tilting touch screen, slideout keyboard and Wi-Fi
3G fast wireless broadband connectivity and speed
Microsoft Windows® Mobile 6 Professional with Vista compatibility
Go global with tri-band UMTS/HSDPA & quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
Stereo Bluetooth® 2.0 - Use voice, data, and accessories simultaneously
Next generation processor for 3G fast wireless broadband connectivity
Music player, AT&T Mobile Music, and Cellular Video capabilities
Instant Messaging - Yahoo!®, AOL®, & Windows Live(TM) Messenger
Sliding QWERTY keyboard with trackwheel for easy navigation
Microsoft Office® Mobile - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
3 MP camera with 10x digital zoom and autofocus
Multiple messaging capabilities - Text, picture and video messaging
microSD expansion supports up to 32 GB potential expandable memory
Integrated Wi-Fi (802.11 b.g) capabilities
Tethers to your laptop as a high-speed modem
Push to Talk capable for instant communication
Built-in GPS for use with Telenav GPS Navigator(TM)
Voice command and voice dialing

Ok aspkin thats alot on a phone, which one do you use or recommend?

Thanks Aspkin....I think I'm sold! :)

I've spent 2 days and 6+ hours on the phone with tech support for T-Mobile. Their internet connection is only 512kb...so it would be a waste for me to buy the tilt with a 3gb speed. They've offered to ship me a T-Mobile Wing to try for 14 days. I can cancel and return it if I'm unhappy. I couldn't turn that down. LOL So I'll try the Wing and then decide if I need to change cell phone providers!

FYI, it blew their minds when I asked about static vs dynamic ip addresses. Seems the only thing that they have that support dynamic IP's is their T-Mobile phone that feature Windows Mobile. That's the dash, shadow, and wing! I went thru 3 levels of supervisors to find someone who could answer my questions. To change IP's on T-Mobile you have to put the phone in and out of airplane mode so it will establish a new internet connection. If you don't go with a window's mobile enabled phone you have to turn off/ turn on the phone! Hope that helps somone else! :)

Uhn first of all the Tilt is not by T mobile. Its made by ATT, so you might want to recheck it. And the 3g speed is around 1 MB.. I think you got it all wrong and mixed up...


The T mobile wing is Shi*ty..

Here is a link to the ATT Tilt
AT&T Tilt(TM) Cell Phone - Wireless from AT&T, formerly Cingular

I KNOW the Tilt is by AT&T. I have t-mobile service! (I stated that in my original post!) And T-Mobile told me the tilt is WAY faster than their service allows! So I have to compare changing cell phone provider to AT&T and using the tilt to using an unlocked Tilt on T-Mobile. Even though the Tilt is a GSM phone doesn't mean that T-Mobile supports all the features. SO... I have to decide whether to use the best phone available with my T-Mobile plan or to change service providers to get another phone! Maybe you didn't read my post and YOU have it all mixed up! LOL

LOl yeah I think I may have.. Sorry

Prices ?

For the Phones???? $300-$400

UPDATE: I added t-mobile internet service and while waiting on my new phone went ahead and connected my Motorola V330 to my laptop via bluetooth to act as a modem. The connection SUCKS! I think it's even slower than dial up. I call customer support and they said the speed wouldn't change with my new phone. So tomorrow I'm calling other service providers....AT&T and checking into changing service. I'm so glad I have 14 days to return T-Mobile's phone and cancel my service! :)