A Phone for an old lady?

External Since: Jan 03, 2009 Posts: 1

My wife needs a new phone, and we are both at a loss for the best phone for
her needs. She needs a good phone for fringe reception in the boondocks,
and she wants internet access for checking Webmail. GPS would be nice, but
not a deal-breaker.

Her old RAzR has just about croaked, and I got her a BlackBerry Curve for
Christmas. However, she says the BlackBerry's keypad is too small and hard
to read/use.

We tried an Instinct at the Sprint store, and she liked it better as far as
being able to dial and surf, but the interface with all the other options
was confusing. Also, I don't want to get buried with a data everything plan
that costs us out the wazoo every month.

Any ideas for us? The more we look and the more we read, the more we
realize we are getting confused.

Thanks

External Since: Jul 01, 2005 Posts: 31

"Jim Dandy" <x.RemoveThis@x.net> wrote in message
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> My wife needs a new phone, and we are both at a loss for the best phone
> for her needs. She needs a good phone for fringe reception in the
> boondocks, and she wants internet access for checking Webmail. GPS would
> be nice, but not a deal-breaker.
>
> Her old RAzR has just about croaked, and I got her a BlackBerry Curve for
> Christmas. However, she says the BlackBerry's keypad is too small and
> hard to read/use.
>
> We tried an Instinct at the Sprint store, and she liked it better as far
> as being able to dial and surf, but the interface with all the other
> options was confusing. Also, I don't want to get buried with a data
> everything plan that costs us out the wazoo every month.
>
> Any ideas for us? The more we look and the more we read, the more we
> realize we are getting confused.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

So far the BEST phones I have seen for fringe receptions are the SANYOs...
Have you looked at the new Sanyo ECLIPSE X?
It has GPS, but I am not sure it is 'open' like other phones are where
something like Google Maps can use it.
My son has the Eclipse X. When I picked it up to use, the menus did not seem
as intuitive as other Sanyo's...
We are running that phone on and old, old grandfathered plan with the old
unlimited Vision..