I picked up a Verizon cell phone a couple of weeks ago, and I am quite satisfied with it on two out of three areas.
I'm satisfied with the phone as a multimedia capture/send device. The pictures aren't bad and I can post them directly from the phone to Blogger. The 15 second video clips aren't bad either and I can send them to any e-mail address. You can't post a video to Blogger directly from the phone just yet, but I'm sure they are working on it. Typing out text messages on the number pad is tedious -- but you can also record a voice-memo to describe what the photo or video is about and attach it to the same e-mail. Slick. I'm also surprisingly satisfied with the Verizon V-cast network. The selection isn't amazing but there's enough stuff I want (Daily Show, CNN) to justify the monthly fee. The streaming video quality is very good. I am not at all satisfied with the phone for web browsing/videoblog viewing/email receiving. I can't for the life of me figure out how to watch any videoblogs on the phone. No Rocketboom, no MobuzzTV. It's strange to me that the phone can capture and send 3GP video and WAV files in an email, but if somebody emails files in those formats to the phone, nada. If my wife sends a long text email to the phone, it cuts it off after a few lines. All in all, it's really quite amazing to me what this phone can do. I'm sure these things will continue to improve. Is there a Yahoo! Group where people devote a lot of attention to phones the way this group devotes attention to videoblogging? Eric http://strollingbones.blogspot.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
