What's the best bluetooth phone to use with my mac?

[Dlatu1983]

I'm looking for a new phone (preferably one offered by voicestream)...everyone says the t68i is CRAP. I need it to have bluetooth, and I definately want some sort of camera attachment. I've heard that with iSync, I can automatically sync my address book (and therefore, all my #'s) without having to manually enter them on the phone. Also, I'm told that you can set it so you see the person's iChat photo on the phone's screen when you receive a call. Can anyone suggest a decent, fairly inexpensive phone?

[Randman]

It's not inexpensive but the Nokia 3650 is a very good phone (other threads have been on this subject). The T68 does have a history of bad reception (I had one and it was very, very poor though my g/f also has one and her is slightly better but not comprable to the Nokia). The camera is good (even has video and voice function), there's plenty of features (almost a mini-pda in itself) and the bluetooth works quite well with iSync. The keypad does take a little while to get used to, but my sms speed is as fast now as it was with a standard layout.
BTW, the Nokia 6600 is expected in a few months and it'll be the top-of-of-the-line Nokia, the G5 of mobiles, so to speak.

[Nosh]

The 6610 is already being advertised with T-Mobile plans, though it does not have Bluetooth. You'd want the 6650 for that. On a similar note, does anyone know of a cell phone that has bluetooth and GPS built in? I see many phones with either or neither, but not both.

Nosh

[Randman]

GPS? Do you mean GPRS? Or GPS=Global Positioning System. Haven't heard of any phone (less it's a special model, perhaps for mountain climbers) with that feature.

http://www.esato.com/phones/

[Nosh]

There are quite a few phones with GPS receivers built in, designed to alert a sufficiently equipped 911 call center to your exact location, should you be able to achieve a GPS satellite fix. These phones also give you the ability to turn on NMEA streaming data through the phones data port to a computer for use with mapping/routing/waypoint software.

Nosh

[Randman]

Yeah, I knew they were available, but they're not cheap. And I don't know if they have bluetooth, but I guess they can.
Another option would be to get a pda. The Tungsten T and T/2 (and the sweet T/3 in October have bluetooth and are compatible with a number of GPS apps.

http://discussion.brighthand.com/pal...der=descending

has some info, as does

http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/default...rentVersion=EN

And while it's not pure gps, there is a nifty app for the 3650 (and related Series 60 phones) called mini-GPS. It reads and records the cellular signals at various locations and then you can set various functions on the phone.
For example, when I get to my office (on the second) floor, my phone automatically turns to a work profile, quiter and different ringtones and alert than normal, different picture on it and different favorites than my normal. But when I get home, I have it set to go back to normal. And there's a few movie theatres where it's set to automatically go into a stealth mode and turn off all ringtones, alerts and sounds until I hit the parking lot. Nifty stuff.

[cfleck]

sony ericsson made the t610 and t616. i have the t616 through cingular and i love it. it has a camera built in too. best part imho is that it comes with q*bert! i'm addicted. anyway, the phone is sweet. check it out.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/us/spg.jsp?page=start

[Langley]

Sony Ericsson T610 is cool. I iSync with my Poorbook and then it's all done. Contacts, Address's the lot. Only problem is that my calander is out of Sync 'time' wise and I can't fix it. Example my 10am calander entries start at midnight. Doh!