I have long carried a HP iPaq PDA for appointment scheduling and now I am living without it now that I have upgraded my cell phone to a smartphone. I have an LG enV Touch. Although this is not a 3G phone, it has many of the features that I wanted and like.
With a free software download from LG I can now sync Outlook on my two computers and carry my appointments on my phone and drop my PDA entirely. I did find out that I had to turn off the automatic alert setting in Outlook for my appointments as when they were transferred to my phone, my new phone was constantly doing an irritating alert to tell me of my next appointment or task that had to be done.
The new phones that are available now are really wonderful and a real improvement over what was available just two years ago. One of the things I really like about my LG enV Touch is that I get free web email. Now, I do not want to be inundated with office email in my down time or when I am away from my office, but to have the ability when I travel to offer clients a way to contact me via email to my cell phone is excellent! Better yet is the ability for my family to get me by email, text or phone call when I am away from home.
The only thing I really miss about my PDA are my games. I used to while away time at the soccer field for practice or at piano lessons playing solitaire, so I’ll just have to buy that for my phone now. If you haven’t upgraded your phone for awhile, definitely check out the new features and options. I only pay $9.99 a month to get Internet access for 100 pages and free unlimited web mail with my mobile service. I don’t think that I would have paid $30 a month for the email, but for $10 a month I am glad to have it.